These Holy Days—A High Holidays Supplement After October 7 | Page 92

לֶּ‏ ה אֶ‏ זְ‏ כְּ‏ רָ‏ הֵא פְ‏ שִַׁנ
שִָׁנ
דִֵז
הוּדָ‏ ה : ‏ְי
‏ְו י עָ‏ לַ‏ י אֶשְׁ‏ פְּ‏ כָ‏ ה . כִּ‏ י בְ‏ לָ‏ ע וּ נ וּ י ם כְּ‏ עֻ‏ גָ‏ ה בְּ‏ לִ‏ י הֲפוּכָה . These I will remember . I pour out my very soul . Those insatiably bent on evil have devoured us .
י ם בְּ‏ צִ‏ יּוֹן עִ‏ נּוּ בְּ‏ תֻ‏ Sת בְּ‏ עָ‏ רֵ‏ י “ Women were raped in Zion , girls in the towns of Judah .” ( Lamentations 5:11 )
The Hamas terrorists who attacked Israel on October 7 weaponized rape and sexual violence against their victims . Women and girls were raped . And gang-raped . Breasts were severed . Female soldiers and civilians were sexually mutilated with knives and nails and bullets and grenades . Victims , living and dead , were left exposed and placed on public display . The executive director of the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel spoke of the enduring trauma of survivors of these sexual assaults : “ Many people are looking for the golden evidence , of a woman who will testify about what happened to her ,” she said . “ But don ' t look for that ... The corpses tell the story .”
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