Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about conflict sexual violence before a screening of"Screams Before Silence," in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Monday, June 17, 2024. The presenter-led documentary film with Sheryl Sandberg, former COO of Meta, is about the rape and mutilation of Israeli women on Oct. 7.
Harris on Monday urged Hamas to accept a U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal. She also said she heard stories from former Israeli hostages about what they “witnessed and heard in captivity,” and spoke with Soussana, who the vice president said “has bravely come forward with her account of sexual violence while she was held captive by Hamas.”
The vice president also said her"heart breaks for all these survivors and their families, and for all the pain and suffering over the last eight months in Israel and in Gaza.”