Foreign Minister Penny Wong says she believes allegations made by Australian women who say they were sexually assaulted and abused while detained by Israeli military personnel after participating in a flotilla attempting to bring aid to Gaza. Multiple outlets report that Wong made the comments during parliamentary proceedings, including Senate estimates. She states that her position is to accept and believe women who make sexual assault allegations, and she describes the reported treatment of the Australian women as unacceptable. Wong also characterises the allegations the women later make as distressing. The reports focus on Wong’s assessment of the claims rather than providing further details about the alleged assaults or any response from Israeli authorities in the cited coverage. The accounts consistently frame the issue around the women’s detention by Israeli forces connected to the Gaza flotilla and Wong’s publicly expressed view that the allegations should be taken seriously.