Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report says
by Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem from World news | The Guardian on (#75333)
Experts say attacks, also carried out by settlers, are leading girls to quit school and enter early marriages
Israeli soldiers and settlers are using gendered violence and sexual assault and harassment to force Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank, human rights and legal experts say.
Palestinian women, men and children have reported attacks, forced nudity, invasive and painful body cavity searches, Israelis exposing their genitals, including to minors, and threats of sexual violence.
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