The primary author of the report is Pramila Patten, the “UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict.” The subject-matter of this report is sexual violence committed by Gaza-based Palestinians on 7 October 2023. The press release further states that the mission “aims to give voice to survivors, witnesses, recently released hostages” of sexual violence. *“There are reasonable grounds to believe that sexual violence occurred on and around Road 232. It therefore beggars belief that rampant sexual violence occurred on that day. [The quoted passages in this article are culled from both the Executive Summary and the body of the Patten mission report.]