Screams Without Words

In December 2023, The New York Times published an exposé entitled "'Screams Without Words': How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7" on rape and sexual violence during the October 7 attacks and Gaza war, describing such violence as having been "weaponized" by Hamas. Critics of the piece have described it as atrocity propaganda.

In February 2024, Jeremy Scahill, Ryan Grim, and Daniel Boguslaw published "Between the Hammer and the Anvil" in The Intercept, which called into question the journalistic practices that went into the making the piece as well as the qualifications and motivations of Anat Schwartz, an Israeli filmmaker who contributed to the piece. The editorial process behind the article was criticized, with concerns raised including the use of inexperienced reporters, an overreliance on witness testimony, weak corroboration, and a lack of supporting forensic evidence. The Times stood by its story, saying that it was "rigorously reported, sourced and edited". By the end of April, over 50 tenured professors of journalism signed an open letter demanding that The New York Times commission a group of experts to review the investigative report and address questions about it.