The Israeli foreign ministry has said a top UN official has arrived in Israel to gather details over the alleged sexual assault Hamas’s October 7 attack, AFP reports.

Pramila Patten, the UN envoy for sexual violence in conflict, arrived with a delegation and held several meetings on the first day of her trip.

“Patten was invited by the foreign ministry so that she could receive an unmediated impression of the extent of the atrocities and then bring Hamas’s crimes to the attention of the proper international authorities,” the ministry said in a statement.

During her trip Patten will meet survivors, witnesses and representatives of security forces to collect evidence of sexual violence committed against women and men during the attack, the ministry said.