Vice President Kamala Harris recently hosted an event focusing on reducing conflict-related sexual violence globally. During the event, she met with an Israeli lawyer who shared her harrowing experience of being sexually assaulted while held hostage in Gaza. The lawyer, Amit Soussana, was abducted during an attack by Hamas on Israel in October and later released during a ceasefire in November.
Harris expressed her concern that more such accounts of sexual violence may emerge as additional hostages are released. She highlighted the disturbing reports of rape and gang rape at the Nova music festival, where women were found naked, bound, and shot in the head. These atrocities underscore the urgent need to address conflict-related sexual violence.
