By Hugues Maillot
Published 3 hours ago, updated 20 minutes ago
A Hamas terrorist enters a kibbutz on October 7th. South First Responders via Teleg / via Portal
In a video posted by the Israeli army on social media, six Hamas members detail the abuses committed on kibbutzim on October 7.
A picture is worth a thousand words, they say. But sometimes words can affect the mind just as powerfully as an image. On Monday, foreign correspondents in Israel watched painful videos of abuses by Hamas. True to its communication strategy, the Israeli army has also decided to broadcast the interrogations of captured terrorists on social networks. In a grueling, nearly fifteen-minute-long video, six of them recount how they carried out their murderous attacks on kibbutzim near the Gaza Strip on October 7th.
Some seem cold, distant. Others insensitive and particularly talkative. Two of them appear to be in pain and grimacing; blood can be seen on their clothing. They all talk more or less obediently about their “missions”: “We had to kill the men and take the women and children prisoner,” says one terrorist. “Take control of a colony and settle there,” says another. Before we get into the horror details.
“Selfie”, “cut off heads”, “grenades”…
After revealing their identities and goals, the Hamas members interviewed simply confessed to their crimes, with no apparent guilt. “We killed civilians,” one of them says. In particular, he describes entering a house, stepping over a man dying in his blood, and discovering another injured person “in his underwear.” “I think it was a whole family,” he says. He then confirms that he used civilians as “human shields” to protect themselves from the arrival of the Israeli army.
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Another explains that he fired “two or three shots” at an unarmed civilian who was “watering his plants.” “Then we opened fire on a neighboring house.” Another claims that he “shot an old woman by surprise” and “burned down two houses.” In an independent video, a terrorist with a blurred face gives a more detailed idea of the instructions: “The idea was to go from house to house, room to room, throwing grenades and killing everyone, including the women and children.” ” he says. “Hamas ordered us to smash or cut off heads and cut off legs.”
Several testimonies are particularly shocking in their cynicism. One of the terrorists said he saw his accomplices “taking a selfie with a 15- or 16-year-old girl before taking her to Gaza.” He adds that he then “threw four grenades, only two of which exploded,” into a house, killing at least one man. Another calmly explains that he shot a dying victim and was reprimanded by his boss, who told him not to “waste his ammunition.” A third says he smoked a shelter where a family and their dog had taken refuge in an attempt to get them out. Before they were all shot, including two teenagers aged 18 and 20.
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Comparison with Daesh
One of the prisoners, who appears very relaxed and very demonstrative in his explanations, also mentions the “rewards” promised by the Hamas command. “They promised us an apartment and $10,000,” he says. “That’s how it works in the al-Qassam Brigades,” he adds, Hamas’ armed wing. But at least two of them feel betrayed during the interrogation. “They deceived us, they deceived us,” laments one terrorist, quoting members of the terrorist group’s political office, Ismaïl Haniyeh and Khaled Mechaal.
“They are in Qatar and Turkey while their families are being bombed in Gaza,” he added. One of his accomplices agrees: “The Hamas command has failed us here.” The terrorists, however, have no difficulty recognizing the similarity of their approach to that of the Islamic State. “Do you think your abuses are similar to those of Daesh,” an Israeli interrogator asks. “Yes,” one of the prisoners replied without batting an eyelid. “There is no difference,” assures another.
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