https://apnews.com/article/gaza-sexual-exploitation-women-aid-israel-war-44c9daf14f2888d43cd05562b7d24a10BY SAM MEDNICK AND SALLY ABOU ALJOUDSeptember 30, 2025After weeks of scraping by to feed her six children in Gaza, the 38-year-old woman thought she’d found a lifeline.At a shelter, a friend told her about a man who could help with food, aid, maybe even a job. The woman — separated from her husband, and forced to shutter the business that once kept the family afloat — approached him.It was about a month into the war in Gaza, she said, and he promised her work, a six-month contract with an aid agency. On the day she believed she’d sign the paperwork, he drove her not to an office but to an empty apartment. He complimented her, she said, and told her to remove her headscarf.He told her he loved her and wouldn’t force her, she said, but he also wouldn’t let her leave. Eventually, they had a sexual encounter, she said. She declined to give details of the nature of their interaction, saying she felt fear and shame.“I had to play along because I was scared, I wanted out of this place,” the woman said.Before she left, she said, he handed her some money — 100 shekels, about $30. Two weeks later, he gave her a box of medicine and a box of food. But for weeks, the job didn’t materialize.As Gaza’s humanitarian crisis grows, women say they have been exploited by local men — some associated with aid groups — promising food, money, water, supplies or work in exchange for sexual interactions. Six women detailed their experiences to The Associated Press, each speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution from their families or the men and because sexual harassment and assault are considered taboo topics. Sometimes, they said, the men’s solicitation was blatant: “Let me touch you,” one woman recalled being told. Other times, it was culturally coded: “I want to marry you,” or “Let’s go together somewhere.”
>>517678226A tent camp for displaced Palestinians stretches among the ruins of buildings destroyed by Israeli bombardments in west Gaza City, Saturday, June 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi, File)Aid groups and experts say exploitation often arises during conflicts and other times of desperation, particularly when people are displaced and reliant on assistance. Reports of abuse and exploitation have emerged during emergencies in South Sudan, Burkina Faso, Congo, Chad and Haiti.“It’s a horrible reality that humanitarian crises make people vulnerable in many ways — increased sexual violence is often a consequence,” said Heather Barr, associate director for the women’s rights division at Human Rights Watch. “The situation in Gaza today is unspeakable, especially for women and girls.”Four psychologists working with women in Gaza described patients’ accounts to AP. One said her organization — focused on protecting women and children — treated dozens of cases involving men sexually exploiting vulnerable women, including some in which they became pregnant. The psychologists, all Palestinians working for local organizations in Gaza, spoke on condition of anonymity because of privacy concerns for the women involved and the sensitive nature of the cases, in a conservative culture where sex outside of marriage in any context is seen as a grave offense. They said none of their patients wanted to speak with AP directly.Five of the women who shared their stories with AP said they did not engage in sexual interaction with the men. The psychologists said some women who came to them agreed to the men’s demands, while others refused.
>>517678265Six human rights and relief organizations — including the local Palestinian group the Women’s Affairs Center and the Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse network, which coordinates with various aid groups including United Nations agencies — told AP they were aware of reports of sexual abuse and exploitation linked to receiving aid.Aid groups say the context in Gaza — nearly two years of war, the displacement of at least 90% of the population, and turmoil over aid access — has made humanitarian work for vulnerable people particularly challenging. As hunger and desperation grow across the enclave, women in particular say they’ve been pushed to make impossible decisions.The groups blame Israel’s offensive and blockade for the humanitarian crisis and say the war has made documenting exploitation cases difficult. More than 66,000 Palestinians have been killed, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which is part of the Hamas-run government and staffed by medical professionals. The ministry does not say how many of those killed were civilians or combatants, but it says women and children make up around half the fatalities.“Israel’s siege on the Gaza Strip and the restrictions on humanitarian aid are what’s forcing women to resort to this,” said Amal Syam, director of the Women’s Affairs Center.Israel says there are no restrictions on aid and that it has taken steps to expand what comes into Gaza. Israel also accuses Hamas of siphoning off aid — without providing evidence of widespread diversion — and blames U.N. agencies for failing to deliver food it has allowed in. The U.N denies there is widespread aid diversion.(AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)Some say limited data is just ‘the tip of the iceberg’
>>517678304One of the women who spoke to AP described phone calls that began in October, a year into the war. At first, she said, the man’s questions were simple. What happened to her husband? How many children did they have? But, the 35-year-old widow said, his tone took a turn. What underwear was she wearing? How did her husband please her?She said she’d met the man in Muwasi, a strip of land Israel designated a humanitarian zone. She described standing in line to get assistance and giving her phone number to an aid worker — a Palestinian in a uniform labeled UNRWA, or the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.Shortly after he took her number, the late-night calls began. He would ask sexual questions, she said, and she’d stay silent. She said that at one point, he asked to come to her, for sex. She refused, and after nearly a dozen calls but no aid, she blocked his number, she added.The woman said she reported him to UNRWA in Gaza in a verbal complaint. She said she was told she needed a recording of the conversations as proof, but she had an old phone that couldn’t record calls.UNRWA communications director Juliette Touma said via email that the agency has a zero-tolerance policy for sexual exploitation, takes each report seriously, and doesn’t require proof. But she wouldn’t say whether staff were aware of this particular incident, citing UNRWA’s policy against discussing individual cases, and wouldn’t comment further on its awareness or work on exploitation cases overall.The PSEA network — to which UNRWA belongs — said survivors can report anonymously or without naming the perpetrator and are never required to provide proof.
>>517678338Understanding the scale of exploitation is challenging, said Sarah Achiro, a coordinator for the network, which works to prevent, and respond to sexual exploitation and abuse in humanitarian and development settings. Gaza’s limited connectivity restricts calls that could report abuse, and constant displacement makes it harder for survivors to seek in-person help and for aid groups to build trust.Achiro noted that sexual violence is vastly underreported, particularly in humanitarian and conflict settings, where data often shows just “the tip of the iceberg.”The PSEA network said that last year, it received 18 allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation linked to receiving humanitarian aid in Gaza, all involving either aid workers or those associated with it, such as community representatives or private contractors. Allegations against aid workers are investigated by the employer organization. The network wouldn’t indicate how many of the cases were being investigated, saying it can’t disclose information unless they are formally concluded.(AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)‘I told myself that no one would believe it’Four of the women who spoke to AP said the men who solicited them identified themselves as aid workers, and, in one case, a community leader promising aid.Like the widow, several women said it happened while registering or trying to register for aid, with men taking their numbers — frequently a step in the aid process — and later calling. The women said all the men were Palestinian. Several said they weren’t able to identify which aid group the men seemed to be associated with.The U.N. and aid groups generally work with local communities: paying people as contractors, using volunteers, or having leaders appointed by the community as liaisons.
>>517678384The mother of six said the man who promised her a job drove a car with U.N. markings. After their interaction, she said, the messages kept coming — late-night sexual calls and requests for photos. She described dodging them with excuses: She was busy, her phone was broken, she couldn’t talk.But about a month after their sexual interaction, she saw the man at an aid site, in December 2023. He then helped her get a six-month position with UNRWA, which she completed, she said.She told AP she never reported the man, their encounter or his exploitation attempts.“I told myself that no one would believe it,” she said. “Maybe they would say I am only saying this so that they would give me a job.”Asked about the woman’s story, UNRWA’s Touma emphasized the organization’s zero-tolerance policy and said it would seek more information on the exploitation incidents and accusations.Since the interaction and her job, the woman has been displaced, doesn’t have work and struggles to feed her family. She said she blocked the man’s number but he’s tried to contact her as recently as this summer.(AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)Groups say that despite stigma, exploitation is clearly on the riseSome women say they’ve been solicited multiple times, by various men throughout the war.A 37-year-old mother of four told AP she was approached twice, once by the head of a shelter. She said the man offered food and shelter if they could “go together somewhere,” like the sea. She said she understood he was asking for something sexual. She refused.Psychologists and women’s groups said cases have increased as the crisis worsened — with more people displaced, reliant on aid, and crammed into camps. One psychologist said some women were kicked out when their husbands learned what happened.
>>517678226blacked invasion of gaza?
>>517678414Before the war, exploitation reports happened once or twice a year, but are up dramatically, said Syam, of the Women’s Affairs Center. But she said many organizations won’t highlight the numbers or the issue.“Most of us prefer to keep the focus on the violence and violations committed by the Israeli occupation,” Syam said.Israel says it is fighting to dismantle Hamas and release the hostages taken in the 2023 attack that sparked the war, and that it mitigates civilian harm as much as possible.The women who spoke to AP said it’s important to try to hold on to their dignity as the war continues.For weeks last fall, a 29-year-old mother said she received calls from an aid worker asking her to marry him in exchange for nutritional supplements for her four children.She refused and blocked his number, she said, but he called from different phones. He insisted he liked her and made distasteful comments that she called too vulgar to repeat.“I felt completely humiliated,” she said. “I had to go and ask for help for my children. If I didn’t do it, who would?”SAM MEDNICKMednick is an AP correspondent for Israel and the Palestinian Territories. She focuses on conflict, humanitarian crises and human rights abuses. Mednick formerly covered West & Central Africa and South Sudan.
>>517678226>he gave her a box of medicine and a box of foodWhat is this obsession with medicine in all these works of fiction? It's always "medicines for le children" bullshit. I didn't spend my childhood taking medicine all the time, ffssmgdh.
>>517678511Women with healthy children obviously aren't seeking medicines, retard.The ones with sick children obviously make up 100% of the women seeking medicines.
>>517678742I know, but literally every one of these works of fiction is about muh medicines. As if childhood is nothing but medication.If you were going to write one of these articles would you include a bit about medicine?>think of le children>think of le medicine
>>517678226Sad if true. Can't imagine how revolting the IDF are in comparison if a woman is willing to forgive her rapist.>culturally coded rape: “I want to marry you,” or “Let’s go together somewhere.”I take back everything I said femoids are still femoids in the end
>>517678226i would love to join an IDF rape gang
>>517678226>Palestinian women are extorted for sexIsn't that a woman's purpose according to Islam?
>>517679474that's a woman's purpose according to biology
>>517679190adult women on the other hand do spend all their time taking medicines. could be drugs like opiates, could be painkillers for periods or a toothache, cold or flu tablets, cough syrup, indigestion medicine, vitamins. they just say it's for the children.
Are all the aid workers Indian?Who the FUCK would want to fuck a 38-year-old street shitting Arab from a warzone?I call bullshit, frankly.
>>517679613antivirals and antibiotics, sleeping pills, anti-psychotics or anti-depressants, aderall for ADHD, estrogen and HGH. medicine can mean anything, the aid is coming from Israel after all when they let it in.
>>517679623it actually happens all the time, Haiti, Congo, whatever, aid workers do this shit all the time.not only that but charities hide it and downplay it all the time. you'll even have utterly unrelated charities running interference just so the aid industry doesn't get tarnished. try finding anything bad about charities on google nowadays.
imagine all the trafficked girlsterrible
Typical leftoid menSay stuff like> nooo not the age gap at consenting couplesAnd then do shit like this
>>517680601There is no fucking way first-world aid workers are engaging in that, it's got to be locals or third-worlders that are employed by the organizations
>>517681410It is believable, beta simps are like that if you give them a bit of power
>>517678226aint nobody trying to fuck those ugly ass bitches..
They voted for it.
>>517678226NGO workers using Aid to get pussy has always been the case. there was a large scandal with Oxfam about 10 years ago which almost destroyed Oxfam where some french workers were running brothels of local girls they were meant to be helping. there was a large push to make the media quiet on it which worked, and oxfam continue to get millions from western governments.
>>517678226Each kike that is violently murdered is one less pederast. Each democrat voter that is violently murdered is one less race traitor.
>>517679190>work of fictionSays the lard burger who spends sucking Israeli cock and never left mums basement
>>517679362Dude, the aid is being distributed in gaza by Israelis. Those rapists are IDF. Every Israeli gets drafted into army when they turn 18 and receives military training. Many get posted to active duty and remain on stand by as army reserves
>>517679472Sure they already rape your tax money. They will happily rape your obese bussy too
>I want to marry you>Help I'm being raped!!!
>>517679474No. thats goyim womans purpose, according to Torah
>>517678226based
>>517681410Nah, dude it sucks but it happens.One guy gets it in his head he can start fucking the locals in exchange for aid and it spreads.Countless times now the UN peace task forces have been caught doing this shit because there's little oversight and when it does get caught it's immediately buried.
>>517679623Before you call bullshit, keep in mind that all aid in gaza is distributed and managed exclusively by Israelis. No one else. All international aid organizations are prohibited. These rape stories you are reading about is done by Israeli aid workers. Now the next question in your mind is "Israelis wouldn't do such thing. They're first worlders. They wouldn't stoop to such levels. Ohmagawd!!1!" remember how thousands marched in tel aviv to make it legal to rape Palestinian prisoners? How IDF rapist, who openly bragged about raping Palestinian children on Israeli news channels, was declared national hero? Still not convinced? Read Torah and see for yourself how rabbis mention it is perfectly kosher for a jew to rape 3 years old goyim girl, as goyims express reason to exist is to serve jews desires and needs.
>>517680601>>517681410yeah when you read OP's article it's not even aid worker, it's making it sound like it's a random Arab dudemaybe a locally recruited volunteer for a charity idki'm just saying, i'm a thirsty fuck but i wouldn't stoop to filthy middle aged 3rd world pussy
>>517678226I'd eat her out
>>517686267it's not the moral angle that makes it hard to believe for me, i thought i made that clearalso women are clearly incentivised in saying they got raped
>>517678226that is horrendous. hamas needs to accept the deal on the table and end this.>>517685349this is in areas where the idf isnt operating, this also isnt GFH (the abu shabab front). order has broken down in gaza and its worst people are doing what they want.don't be glib. this happens in alot of wars and it's wrong, whether it's in vietnam in the 70s or berlin in 45 or gaza now
This is a 57-58 year old Palestinian woman, Samah Sabawi. She was born in 1967 and is way past middle age.She looked even better in her forties. Palestinian women don't turn into babushkas when they become middle aged.
>>517678226who gives a shitwhy are all these muhammeds posting on this boards?
>>517679524t.
>>517686581israeli can write what they want online but history books already include the israeli-palestinian conflicts. The entire world already know even if the israeli narrative is endlessly pushed on major media. The world knows, and history books will include everything that happened in this war, every single violation of international law, of war crimes and crimes against humanity, so that every generation moving forward know as well.
>>517678226We used to this as hunter-gatherers not long ago. As did the old empires. There is absolutely nothing wrong with women giving up their snatch for food for themselves or their children. If they don't want to, they can go forage whatever scraps they can manage. If you want a convenient life by the hand of others, prepare to barter with your gash if you must.That type of sex must be hot too btw. VERY HOT. Animalistic.
>>517687318lol ok, so long as those pigs in hamas aren't parading our women through the street i'm happywe werent the ones allahu akbaring in the streets with excitement for this war, nothing you say will change it.
>>517689323Israel is literally the only country, that you can attack, kill 1000 people for the lulz at a music concert, and then expect them not to fight back.Muslims are rabid creatures, they kill in Europe, they kill in the Middle East, and they kill in America. If you do not put them down, they will consume and destroy you.Israel literally has done nothing wrong, they are the only ones with balls enough to fight back.
>>517689601I'm guessing you're a big fan of hitler then. he was just fighting back after all
>>517690478Oy gevalt! This evil goyim is making light of the Shoah! I'm telling Donald and he's bombing your house!
>>517690478if you want to be serious i think we did many crimes to arabs, but losing our minds when our women and children get paraded through the streets of gaza isnt one of those crimeslet it be known, we lose our minds when our women and children are violated. who doesnt?
>>517690822so that gives you the right to endlessly commit crimes in retalation?
>>517690894Goyim are not people to him, anon. That's the fundamental misunderstanding that's being had. He does not view non-jews as actual human beings so nothing that is done to them actually matters.
No wonder Trump supports isreal: They're rapists too.
>>517690822This is entirely reasonable and valid as a response to the exoteric situation. (Situation as immediately understood by many/as appearing in the mainstream news etc.)The underlying situation, though, is elites of Israel funded and supported Hamas to have an enemy to fight against, and seem to have had a stand-down order (or deliberate security failure) on 10/7, as justification for the war and probably a longer-term Greater Israel agenda. Besides following the Hannibal directive, with IDF military helicopters having shot at their own citizens to prevent hostage-taking, possibly bumping the casualties by hundreds.So it’s both Hamas and elements of Israeli government being very fucked up here. I sympathize with anger at 10/7, of course.
>>517686319I would do it right now and i just jerked off to a tranny thread on gif
>>517690822You seem like a reasonable person who has a good understanding of history and what actually happens during war. I don’t think you’re going to make much headway here
>>517678226Looks like jews are doing the same script they did in Germany. Who knows if they are not bartering child/mother sex for food given the Pali men are just dying.
>>517681410>first-world aid workersWhat fucking moron are you? Hilary Clinton literally abducted children for abuse and adrenechrome.
>>517678226>brown bitch analcan't really tell if she shits on you or not so it might be worth an extra box of tampons...
>>517679190In a city without sewage, no nutrition, and dead bodies everywhere, THEY ARENT REALLY SICK, JEWS WOULD NEVER DO THESE THINGS, THEY ARE GODS HAND CHOSEN PEOPLE, GOD SPECIFICALLY TOLD A JEW THAT THEY WERE THE GOOD GUYS NO MATTER WHAT!!!
>>517691848Wouldn't surprise me, also appreciate you not hiding behind a memeflag Rajesh, props, but anywayThe name of the game for der juden ATM is organ harvesting
>>517678226What else would you join a NGO for except to fuck exotic pusi?
>>517678226easy math deconstructs the existence of Israelthe jews are no killing arab population effieciently enough to justify giving them moneyit takes them 600k to kill one arab which means they'd need 6e+14$ to kill the entire arab population so it'd take 200000 years for them to finish the job
>>517681410Nigger, ngos are used as a cover to traffic children all the time. Do you not remember what happened in haiti after the hurricane?
>>517696498Well we have been saying theres no genocide in gaza the whole time. the bombs are made out of wood, for Gods sake.
>>517684180>French workersAdd it to the list.Also damn, government sponsored waifus are actually real.
Poor women
>>517699378Wholesome!
>>517686581>it's not happening>>517689323>It's not that badKek>>517689601I was reading a news article from some Jewish American site. It said that Hamas killed a few hundred out of 1200. They never outright stated IDF killed the rest/majority but they do go on to say they bombed entire buildings killing everyone and the hostages too. That's on top of reports of the anti government protestors (the concert attendees, that's what the concert was) were just outright shot by IDF while running away. I just can't stop thinking about some Israeli flag on here joking that we'll never hate Jews as much as Jews hate Jews.
>>517678226Muslims are shit.
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>>517691848>>517691966Never thought I’d say it but, based Bharati poster. Especially the second response. People are incredibly naive about this, “Oh no, first-worlders couldnt be doing that!” They can and do, psychopaths exist everywhere, it’s just a matter of how much power they have, oversight over them, maybe the culture and upbringing, too. So maybe stuff can indeed become more fucked up in developing nations or third-world nations, but you get first-world psychos too. There were international tourists, allegedly from Germans, French, Spaniards, Italians, Americans, etc. (so first-worlders) who came to the Bosnian war to pay compromises people in the Serbian army and snipers to let them snipe at Bosnian civilians from their vantage points. Tourism for sniping fucking civilians. Wars, great crises and catastrophes, they can bring out the best in some people, but also attract some of the most vulturish and evil people, too.
>>517690894>child thinks wars are clean from the safety of his home in europeyou need to be over 18 to post here
>>517686802>this is a 60 yo woman>she looked even better in her 40strvth nvkes dropping like bombs over here
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>>517678226based>if hamas didnt want them to prostitute themselves for food they would give it to them
>NGO workersyou mean Hamas
>>517678511Nons waste antibiotics on colds and shit
>Palestinian women extorted for sexWhere's the fuggin SAUCE
>>517680727This. War creates the perfect environment to steal and traffic people. Guess Jeffery and friends must be happy that they have a stable supply of palestinians children.
>>517678226Makes sense to me. They pull shitstains off the street to distribute food and aide, then they tell little girls they have suck their dick for a can of beans.
>>517717886why do palestine cuties prefer getting raped by jews instead of just being my live-in refugee to cook, clean, play videogames and have loving sex with me?
It's beyond subhuman to exploit a poor woman in such horrific circumstances. God's judgment be upon them for preying on the weak
>>517678226Steven Crowder?
>>517678226Woah. I don't care. Fuck off. Fucking losers flooding this board with Muslim bullshit. GTFOH.
>>517678226Shes just another big Bulgarian cock enthusiast.
this thread has some weird monitoring on it messing with captchasnuke israel
>>517678226based how do i sign up to be an aids worker
