Even sex crimes committed in person? “We face a serious risk of humanitarian collapse.” [Y녹취록]

■ Host: Anchor Ho Jun-seok
■ Appearance: Seunghoon Baek, full-time researcher at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Middle East Research Center

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◇Anchor> You mentioned hostages. You suggested that Israel might give up some of the hostages. Do you think that is likely?

◆Baek Seung-hoon> They may not say anything about it officially, but if we look at their military operations, we can feel that they are giving up and making collateral and carrying out military operations like this. However, officially, the Israel Defense Forces will continue to carry out military operations as they have been doing now, saying that they will defeat Hamas and rescue 100% of the hostages.

◇Anchor> Because the civilian casualties were so great, public opinion in the international community was critical of Israel. However, when 1,200 people were killed in a surprise attack on October 7, there were unspeakable cases of sexual assault, murder and beheading after sexual assault. These testimonies and evidence are being revealed one after another. What do you think?

◆Baek Seung-hoon> I believe that some part of it is real. But isn’t this a war situation now? So, since it is a war situation and it is not easy to investigate the truth and truth, perhaps after the war is over, the international community and international law will apply, and the International Court of Justice or something like that will intervene to deal with this issue. And because they know that such a problem exists, the international community such as the United States and the United Kingdom acknowledges that Hamas is not a subject of dialogue. But the problem is that Hamas is a criminal group and it is true that we cannot talk to them, but there is still no answer as to what to do after that, so this problem continues to persist.

◇Anchor> There are detailed testimonies about the horrors of that time, but the situation is such that it is difficult for us to even talk about it on broadcast. Some experts have analyzed that there is a common pattern in sexual crimes by IS and Hamas in the past. What do you think?

◆Baek Seung-hoon> At that time, IS sexually enslaved Aziz women, and in some ways, they did it for psychological warfare or to unite themselves, and there were some parts like that. But I am like this. So, the news that is coming out now talks about the use of rape and other such strategies as a strategy, but so far, we have only testimonies to say that we have made such a sure answer and used this strategy, and there are also opposing testimonies. Hamas is also saying that this is a story created by Israel, so I think there are some areas where we need to look at it a little more calmly.

Excerpt from conversation: Lee Mi-young, Digital News Team Editor

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