IT’S not often that I am left speechless and in shock.
I’d watched 45 minutes of obscene depravity along with about 40 other colleagues, who left the committee room similarly affected.
Some of the appalling images captured on numerous sources, including body cameras carried by Hamas terrorists, will remain with me for the rest of my life and are too disgusting to describe here.
Thankfully, we did not see the sexual assaults that were perpetrated on Israeli women and girls, but the evidence makes it undeniable.
So, the anger against UN Women for taking eight, long weeks to finally acknowledge the horror of what happened on 7 October is understandable.
Last Saturday’s statement was too little, too late.
The rapes, defilement and mutilation have left recovery teams in no doubt that the terrorists were acting with intent.
As reports of these atrocities became overwhelming, Israeli law professor Dr Elkayem-Levy set up a civilian commission to collect videos, photos and witness statements which she sent to the UN.
Regardless of the UN mantra, ‘Believe women’, she says, the initial response was silence.
This, despite vociferous UN support for abortion campaigners, Yazidi sex slaves, Afghan refugees and Iranian women.
Now, as the sickening stories filter out, world leaders like Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu have castigated human rights’ groups and women’s organisations for failing to speak out.
Meanwhile, the war against Hamas continues.
Regrettably, rooting out this death cult is costing civilian lives, but what other choice do the Israelis have.
Here, in the UK, the pro-Palestinian protests continue.
If only they knew what life would be like for them, especially the women, were they under Hamas’s cruel and authoritarian control.
I’ve seen what these murderers do and understand the necessity to eradicate them.