Gal Abdush (Hebrew: גל עבדוש) was an Israeli Jewish woman from Kiryat Ekron, presumed to have been murdered by Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, during the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel. She has been referred to as "the woman in the black dress" (Hebrew: האישה בשמלה השחורה) due to a video of her taken after her murder which. It has been used as evidence of sexual and gender-based violence in the 7 October attack on Israel.

Abdush was 34, a mother of two. She and her husband, Naji (Hebrew: נאג'י) Abdush, 36, had been at the Nova music festival when Hamas terrorists attacked. They tried to escape on Route 232.[1]

Video

A video reviewed by the New York Times included "a woman in a black dress lying on her back, dress torn, legs spread, vagina exposed" with her face completely charred, whom Israeli police officials believed to have been raped.[2] The Times and Israeli authorities identified the woman as Gal Abdush.

Reaction

Gal Abdush's mother Etti Brakha (Hebrew: אתי ברכה), stated “We didn’t know about the rape at all. We only knew after a New York Times journalist contacted us. They said they matched evidence and concluded that she had been sexually assaulted.”[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "S'Screams Without Words': How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7". New York Times. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Islamic Jihad terrorist admits to rape, NYT probes Hamas sexual violence". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 2023-12-29. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
  3. ↑ תורג'מן, מאיר (31 December 2023). "אימה של "האישה בשמלה השחורה": "בהתחלה לא ידענו על האונס. חיללו את נשמתה"" [Horror of the "woman in the black dress": "At first we didn't know about the rape. They desecrated her soul"]. Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 10 January 2024.
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