Reporting by the Intercept revealed the Israeli Censor’s office directive on censoring the coverage of 8 topics.

Exclusive: Israeli Military Censor Bans Reporting on These 8 Subjects

(https://www.gov.il/BlobFolder/news/8swordsofiron101023/en/operation Swords of Iron.pdf)

Dated 10/10/2023 on the Israeli Government’s website (see link URL), the document bans the coverage of 8 topics deemed important to national security interests. In full, these are:

The restriction on reporting about hostages is the most relevant to the question of whether sexual assaults occurred on October 7th. This could directly explain why so few explicit details have emerged about their treatment in captivity.