Rape

Petah Tikva man indicted for rape after allegedly posing as Nova festival survivor

Prosecutors say the 22-year-old ignored the woman's repeated objections, forced his way into her Petah Tikva apartment, and sexually assaulted her. They asked that he remain in custody pending trial.

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Barkat Abu Issa, accused of of breaking into an apartment and raping a woman in Gedera, arrives for a court hearing at the court in Lod, on February 23, 2023.

Gedera rapist sentenced to 21 years for home invasion attack on mother

d4vd performs at Gobi Tent during the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 20, 2025 in Indio, California.

Judge orders pop singer D4vd to stand trial for murder, dismemberment of 14-year-old girl

Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate arrive before US President Donald Trump to attend UFC 327 at Kaseya Center, Miami, US, April 11, 2026.

Andrew and Tristan Tate to seek release from US jail as they fight UK extradition for sex offenses


In denying Hamas's sexual atrocities, UN's Reem Alsalem is complicit with terror - opinion

When a UN mandate-holder denies crimes so thoroughly documented, it is not a failure. It is complicity with terror.

SAYS THE WRITER: ‘From the stage of the Halifax International Security Forum, I issued a simple, painful invitation to the special rapporteur: come see. Bear witness to the evidence and heartbreaking testimonies we have been living with every day.’

Two asylum-seeking Afghan teenagers jailed for raping 15-year-old girl in England

The boys, Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal, both aged 17, carried out the attack in a park in Leamington Spa in May after taking the girl away from her friends, prosecutors said.

In this photo illustration, a close up of a police cordon tape is scene across a footpath, on June 28, 2025 in Weymouth, United Kingdom.

Knesset hears harrowing new testimony of alleged ritual sexual abuse; survivors demand action

The testimonies describe patterns of abuse that survivors say were organized, repeated, ideologically framed, and allegedly carried out by groups of adults.

Naama Lazimi (The Democrats) at the panel as Knesset hears harrowing new testimony of alleged ritual sexual abuse and survivors demand action December 2, 2025.

Iranian authorities publicly execute man who raped pregnant woman, her friend at knifepoint

The unnamed man was killed in the town of Bastam following a guilty verdict by the Supreme Court.

The first mural, featuring Mahsa Amini and other martyrs, was a bold declaration of solidarity with the women of Iran.

Haifa Court indicts school custodian for rape of young security guard

Sexual offenses listed in the indictment were confirmed as rape, forcible indecent acts, and sexual harassment of a young security guard on her first day of work.

Children arrive for the first day of school in the Israeli town of Mevaseret Zion, September 1, 2025.

French Muslim boy jailed for rape of 12-year-old Jewish girl has sentence commuted in retrial

A French court reduced the sentence of a teen convicted in the 2024 antisemitic rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl, citing reintegration needs, sparking renewed outrage.

 French police officers stand guard in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, France on November 14, 2015. Photo by Laurence Geai/Flash90

Israel rape crisis centers report 51,000 cases as ministries withhold key data

Before the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25, the ARCCI noted that several state organizations withheld key information.

Demonstrators gather during a protest the crimes and sexual violence against women in October 7 massacre, outside of United Nations headquarters in New York City, on December 4, 2023.

Women flee Sudan’s Al-Fashir amid reports of rape, child abductions, UN says

Al-Fashir's fall on October 26 has cemented the RSF's control of the Darfur region in its 2-1/2-year war with the Sudanese army.

Sudanese residents gather to receive free meals in Al Fasher, a city besieged by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for more than a year, in Darfur region, on August 11, 2025.

Education Ministry under fire for rehiring principal accused of sexual harassment

'This is a distorted decision that normalizes sexual misconduct and ignores the serious harm it causes to those who were harassed'

Education Minister Yoav Kisch, August 31, 2025.

Two National League players, former player arrested for rape in Tel Aviv

Two National League players and a former player are arrested after a 29-year-old US tourist accuses them of rape during her stay in Tel Aviv.

 View of an Israel Police vehicle.