Israeli activist takes aim at 'disgraceful' response to Hamas use of rape in war: 'They have failed'

Israeli activist takes aim at 'disgraceful' response to Hamas use of rape in war: 'They have failed'

An Israeli women's rights activist said on "Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy" that the sexual violence used by Hamas as a weapon of war must be universally condemned.

"I think it's a disgrace," Moran Zer Katzenstein told Gowdy about the atrocities committed by Hamas since October 7.

"I think that we should all know that women's bodies [are] being used as weapons," Zer Katzenstein said. 

"This is the reason why we all need to draw a red line and say this is not even part of a political issue. You can't allow women's bodies to be used as [a] weapon, and this is our expectation of women's organizations and human rights organizations, and they failed in this area."

Gowdy raised the question of whether Hamas could be withholding the release of all female hostages over fear of the "stories" these female hostages would tell if they were released.

"Is that possible that they're withholding female hostages because they don't want to be further criticized for this?" Gowdy asked.