The Israel Defense Forces released graphic video footage Saturday showing Hamas attacks on civilians during the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, directly challenging a newly published Hamas report that denies targeting civilians.
The IDF post on X accompanied 10 minutes of previously released footage showing acts of violence against civilians.
The military said the 11-minute video represents “a fraction” of documented events from the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist attack that killed more than 1,200 people in Israel, including 348 young people found murdered at the Supernova music festival site.
Another 251 people were kidnapped to Gaza.
The response came after Hamas released a 42-page document on Dec. 24 rejecting allegations that its fighters intentionally targeted civilians, hospitals, or schools during the cross-border assault.
The Hamas report, shared by the head of Euro‑Med Human Rights Monitor, Ramy Abdu, claims terrorists were instructed to avoid civilian targets, and calls for the International Criminal Court or an independent investigation of casualty claims.
“These are not allegations. These are documented events,” the IDF stated in its post….
