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UN Special Rapporteur ‘unaware’ of rocket attacks on Israel

Reem Alsalem, the United Nation’s Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, confirmed during an interview on Tuesday that she was unaware of the frequent rocket attacks made by Hamas and Hezbollah against Israel.

Speaking with Ynet’s Bar Shem-Ur, Alsalem commented on reports that Israel is committing “war crimes, crimes against humanity, and an unfolding genocide.”

Hearing that Alsalem did not mention the way that the war, which started with Hamas’s invasion on October 7, had impacted Israelis, Shem-Ur commented “but in Israeli cities and Israeli schools are also being bombarded every single day.”

In response to the comment, Alsalem confirmed in a questioning tone “Every single day?” 

 Injured People arrive to the Ziv Medical center in Tzfat, after being injured from a missile fired by the terrorist organization Hezbollah earlier today in the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, February 14, 2024. (credit: DAVID COHEN/FLASH 90)
Injured People arrive to the Ziv Medical center in Tzfat, after being injured from a missile fired by the terrorist organization Hezbollah earlier today in the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, February 14, 2024. (credit: DAVID COHEN/FLASH 90)

Continuing, Alsalem said “Well I would recommend, if that is the case, I would recommend that you also send that information to the special procedures so that we can look into it.

“Don’t you see the reports?” Shem-Ur asked. “Don’t you see the missiles coming from the north by Hezbollah and from the south by Hamas?” 

“At this point, I have not seen that, no,” Alsalem confirmed.

On the same day as the interview, over 30 rockets were fired from Lebanon toward Kiryat Shmona on Tuesday evening, with 17 rockets falling in open areas and 13 intercepted by air defenses, according to the municipality. 

On Monday, one person was killed, and 7 others wounded after a Hezbollah anti-tank missile hit the area in which they were farming in Margaliot. The wounded parties had all been Thai workers. 

Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the rocket barrage, saying it was conducted in response to Israeli strikes on Hula earlier in the day.

Alsalem’s official involvement in the Israel-Hamas war

Alsalem authored a report accusing the IDF of sexually abusing Palestinian women and abducting their babies, according to a special edition from Hazinor.  

Asked where she got her information for this report, she said the “reasonably credible information” had come from sources she could not cite and Euro-Med. 

Euro-Med is reportedly run by anti-Israel conspiracist Richard Falk, who claimed that Israel was responsible for the Boston Marathon bombing.

Alsalem also claimed that she had not seen sufficient evidence to accept that rapes occurred on October 7.

She insisted that it “may have happened” despite the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, releasing two days prior that there was substantial evidence to conclude that victims, as well as hostages and survivors of October 7, were sexually abused and raped by Hamas terrorists. 

Tamar Uriel-Beeri contributed to this report.

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