Mutilated and burned corpses, murders of Israeli citizens, Hamas militants boasting about death and destruction in homes and military bases. Israel decided to share the footage of the massacre carried out by the Islamist group three months ago on October 7 with the public this Wednesday. I have previously shown these in a 43-minute video format to small groups of journalists from different media outlets, including this newspaper, among others. strong security measures This included a ban on answering on a mobile phone. They claimed these were measures to protect the dignity of the victims. Now they have decided to make them public, and the State Department is distributing to journalists around the world a link to a web page where you can see raw scenes of the slaughter of the dead, with their faces pixelated.
They collected the photos and videos on a page titled “Saturday, October 7: Hamas massacre.” Documentation of crimes against humanityd”. They warn about the vulgarity of the images. They are classified by type (photo or video) and scenarios: massacre at the music festival in Re’im, agricultural communities (kibbutzim) and attacks on Army soldiers. These include the approximate number of those killed (“more than 1,200”), injured (more than 6,000), and those kidnapped that day (253).
“On the morning of October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded Israel from Gaza in a massive, surprise terrorist attack by land, sea, and air against civilians,” the website states. “Hamas terrorists recorded the atrocities they committed with their body cameras and mobile phones, and they showed them off and boasted proudly. Many of these cameras were seized from the places where the terrorists were neutralized. Now the world can see the incredible brutality of Hamas.”
Website created by the Israeli Army spokesman, Unavailable from IsraelThe country’s local media emphasize that this broadcast took place a day before Israel went to the International Court of Justice in the Hague for alleged genocidal crimes condemned by South Africa, and its decision could have serious consequences for Tel’s interests. To Aviv. The Israeli Government took this view very seriously. He sent Aharon Barak, the former chief justice of the country’s Supreme Court, as a special judge, one of the Court’s 15 justices (in which they have the right to be accused), and hired a prestigious British lawyer for the court. Defense argument. Malcolm Shaw.
“This is an important explanatory and political weapon because it constitutes serious crimes against humanity. Tomorrow we will go to trial in The Hague and this website will help the State of Israel.” Remind the world that we are victims“says Ordu.
South Africa has collected thousands of pieces of evidence to show that the massacre of more than 22,000 Palestinians, mostly children, in Gaza and the near-total destruction of much of the northern and southern Strip are consistent with each other. By acts of genocide according to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. There are thousands of videos on social media of children being torn apart by Israeli bombs, of attacks on hospitals, of houses being destroyed or of soldiers boasting about the number of Palestinians they have killed.
If successful, South Africa may take binding action For member countries, including Spain and the United States, this will force them to prevent the alleged genocide in progress. These include statements from senior Israeli leaders assuring that all Gazans are guilty of the Hamas massacre, or ministers calling for their deportation to other countries.