Unbelievably there are still westerners pretending they don’t believe Oct 7 was an abomination on every conceivable level. The reason, I assume, is that being honest to themselves about what happened would mean acknowledging they have actively supported the people behind it. But for anyone interested, here are the vast and diverse array of sources used by the Civil Commission to compile their report. The acrobatics required to pretend it’s all made up are Olympic level, but hate does that to people. It is a poison. … The Civil Commission on October 7 Crimes Against Women and Children (a non-governmental Israeli body) published its report Silenced No More: Sexual Terror Unveiled on 12 May 2026.  This 280–300-page document is the most comprehensive independent investigation to date into the systematic sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) committed by Hamas and affiliates on 7 October 2023 and against hostages in Gaza.  It draws on a dedicated “war crimes archive” the Commission built immediately after the attacks (preserving materials later removed or lost) and follows trauma-informed, survivor-centred, internationally recognised standards.  Key sources include: •  430+ formal and informal testimonies and interviews collected over two years from survivors, direct witnesses, released hostages, family members of victims, first responders (including paramedics and ZAKA volunteers), soldiers, and experts. Victims represented 52 nationalities in addition to Israelis.  •  Front-line responders’ accounts and site evidence — explicit testimony and observations from first responders, emergency personnel, and military personnel who recovered bodies, treated survivors, and worked the attack sites (Nova festival, kibbutzim, roads, etc.).  •  Extensive visual and forensic archive — over 10,000 photographs and video segments (more than 1,800 hours of analysis), including perpetrator-recorded footage, bodycam and security camera recordings, open-source material, and geolocated datasets from the attack sites.  •  Victim and family statements — direct accounts from survivors of sexual violence, released hostages describing abuse in captivity, and families of murdered victims, often cross-referenced with visual evidence. •  Open-source intelligence and expert consultations — geolocation-supported verification, interdisciplinary expert review, site visits, and meetings with affected communities.  •  UN and prior international investigations — the report builds on and incorporates findings from UN reports, notably the March 2024 report by UN Special Representative Pramila Patten on sexual violence in the context of the 7 October attacks, as well as other UN documentation.  •  Official records and primary materials— forensic reports, communications, and documentation preserved in the Commission’s independent archive that are no longer publicly available.  The Commission systematically cross-referenced all materials by time, location, and pattern, identifying 13 recurring forms of SGBV used deliberately across multiple sites and phases (attack, abduction, captivity, and digital dissemination). All evidence was handled under ethical “do no harm” protocols.  This body of primary, multi-source evidence (testimonies + visuals + archives) forms the core of the report’s conclusion that the sexual violence was systematic, widespread, and integral to the Hamas-led assault.