Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg will present October 7 documentary about women raped and killed during Hamas massacre, while interviewing survivors, after blasting 'leading figures' for playing down the atrocity
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- The former Meta COO, who stepped down from her board position last month, will present a documentary about Hamas' sexual violence
- She has publicly spoken out about the use of rape as a tool of war since the outbreak of the war on October 7
Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg will present a documentary about the sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas terrorists on October 7.
The longtime Silicon Valley staple who also founded LeanIn.org is presenting 'Screams Before Silence' a documentary that will focus on 'women and girls who were raped, assaulted, and mutilated in a brutal rampage of gender-based violence.'
The one-hour documentary, which will become available in April, which feature Sandberg interviewing some of the Israeli hostages who have been released, as well as witnesses of the terrorism that unfolded at the Supernova Music Festival.
Sandberg, who departed from Meta's board last month, will also speak in the documentary with first responders, as well as medical and forensics experts who saw first hand the atrocities wrought by radical Palestinian terrorists.
The experts will attempt to answer the question of why 'many leading figures have attempted to minimize the attacks on women despite a whole wealth of evidence that they occurred.'
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Since the month after the war's outbreak, Sandberg has been vocal about Hamas' use of sexual violence as a battle weapon.
'Rape should never be used as an act of war,' she wrote in a CNN op-ed back in November.
She has also called upon the international community, by engaging with leaders at the UN and several European nations, to investigate Hamas' actions as crimes against humanity.
On the subject of the new documentary, Sandberg said: 'For the victims and eyewitnesses who survived, we must demand justice and hold their tormentors and rapists accountable for these crimes against humanity.'
'I am grateful for the opportunity to work with the world-renowned team at Kastina Communications to shine a light on the sexual violence committed by Hamas.'
Israeli production company Kastina Communications is overseeing production of the film.
It is not yet clear who will distribute the film, which is being funded by philanthropists Carol and Joey Low.
On Wednesday, Sandberg posted a handful of pictures of herself wading through the rubble and wreckage of the October 7 attacks.
Calling the days she spent in Israel 'among the most emotional of my life,' Sandberg wrote that she visited the grounds of the Nova Festival with survivors of the attack and met with hostages and first responders who saw the atrocities of the day up close.
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The people with whom Sandberg met, said said, told 'the story of “Screams Before Silence.” They told stories of the unspeakable sexual violence that happened to women and men, old and young, many in the very last moments of their lives.'
'For their sake - and for humanity’s sake - we must look squarely at what happened on October 7th and bear witness together.
'Rape is not resistance. Rape is not freedom fighting. We must stand together and make sure it is never used as a tool of war.'
A total of 1,200 Israelis were murdered by Hamas terrorists on October 7 in a surprise attack that was the worst loss of Jewish life since the Holocaust.
Afterwards, many top figures and organizations - including actress Susan Sarandon and Ivy League colleges such as Harvard - were slammed for seeking to diminish the bloodshed by equating it to the suffering of the Palestinian people.
Israel have since begun bombing Gaza in a bid to wipe out Hamas, with the bombardment also causing heavy civilian deaths.
According to The Times of Israel, Gaza's health ministry reported 27,500 people have died since the bombing began.
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