A New York Times story claiming a pattern of gender-based violence on October 7 hinged on the story of Gal Abdush. But the Abdush family says there is no proof she was raped, and that Times reporters interviewed them under false pretenses.

‘YNET’ published an interview with Etti Brakha, Gal Abdush’s mother. the mother says that the family knew nothing about the sexual assault issue until the piece in the Times was published.

Nissim Abdush, Nagi’s brother, appeared in an interview on Israeli Channel 13. Nissim repeatedly denied that his sister-in-law was raped.

Gal’s sisters also denied allegations of rape. Her sister Tali Barakha posted ‘No one can know what Gal went through there!

Likewise, Miral Altar, Gals’ sister, wrote a comment on Instagram. Altar said: ‘I can’t understand all these reports. There were many difficult stories, why this story in particular? It’s based on only one video published without the family’s knowledge… .