Thirteen women and two men who survived captivity by Hamas said they experienced or witnessed sexual violence while held hostage in Gaza, according to a new report by a group of Israeli researchers known as the Dinah Project.

A U.N. Commission of Inquiry into sexual assault on October 7 found that Israeli women were subjected "to gender-based violence such as physical, sexual and psychological violence, including threats of such acts, coercion and arbitrary deprivation of liberty."

A report released on Tuesday offers detailed evidence that Hamas used sexualized violence as a "tactical weapon of war" during its October 7, 2023 attack on Israel - and that such violence continued against hostages held in the Gaza Strip.