Israel captures Gaza parliament, other institutions run by Hamas: Report

The Israeli army on Tuesday (Nov 14) claimed that they have captured the parliament along with other government institutions which were run by Hamas in Gaza City as its forces escalated their offensive inside the Palestinian territory.

Military units "took over the Hamas parliament, the government building, the Hamas police headquarters and an engineering faculty that served as an institute for the production and development of weapons," said the army, in a statement.

The Israel Defense Forces had announced that several Hamas governmental buildings which were located in the Gaza City neighborhoods of Sheikh Ijlin and Rimal were captured by the 7th Armoured Brigade and Golani Infantry Brigade, the Times Of Israel reported.

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It stated that troops also captured the governor’s house in Gaza, which houses the offices of Hamas' police and military wing offices of Hamas’s intelligence division, and other sites which were used for preparing for the October 7 attack.

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The IDF stated that they also took over the engineering faculty building of the Gazan university which “served as an institute for the production and development of weapons,” and another Hamas compound which had a training base, interrogation rooms, detention cells and command centre.

The images shared on social media platforms showed Golani soldiers inside the Gaza parliament building and military police headquarters in Gaza.

Israel police to investigate 'several cases' of sexual violence on Oct 7

Israeli police on Tuesday (Nov 14) stated that they will be investigating "several cases" of sexual violence allegedly committed by Hamas militants against women during the October 7 attacks, and added that they have "multiple witnesses" to incidents of rape.

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"We have multiple witnesses for several cases," stated David Katz, head of the Lahav 443 criminal investigation unit, as he showed the footage of testimony from a survivor, who was present in the rave party and saw how a woman was gang-raped and shot by the militants.

"We have no living victims who said 'we have been raped'. We have several statements from people from ZAKA who saw the bodies of women without pants or underwear," he said.

"We took more than 1,000 statements and some of the victims cannot speak due to being in psychological and medical treatment," he added.

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(With inputs from agencies)