Pramila Patten, the UN special representative on sexual violence in conflict, amplified Israel’s 7 October mass rape claims despite the absence of verified victims. (Inter-Parliamentary Union/Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0) This article contains explicit descriptions of sexual violence. UN investigators have verified multiple rapes of Palestinian detainees by Israeli forces, but have still not verified a single claim of sexual violence against Israelis on or after 7 October 2023.