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 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 International Criminal Court or independent investigation of casualty claims.
“These are not allegations. These are documented events,” the IDF stated in its post.
The Hamas document accuses Israel of spreading disinformation about the Oct. 7 attack, which triggered the Gaza war.
Citizens from at least 40 countries were killed or taken hostage in the Oct. 7 attack, according to an IDF statement from Oct. 6, 2024, including Americans, Thais, French, Germans, British, Russians, Argentinians and Canadians, as well as nationals from the Philippines, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Chile and countries across Europe, Africa and Asia.
