Burning houses, killing women and children, and kidnapping the elderly – these are the confessions of the Hamas terrorists made in their interrogation in Israel over the acts the organization committed during the Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel.
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After showing foreign journalists a special film that included the atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, the IDF published on Monday two segments from the interrogation.
"The plan was to go from house to house, throw grenades, and kill everyone there, including women and children," the terrorist said. He also mentioned that Hamas instructed them to behead their victims.
#عاجل أحد مخربي حماس الذي شارك في الهجوم الإرهابي على كيبوتس عالوميم أثناء استجوابه: حماس أمرتنا بالقتل وقطع الرؤوس وحتى ممارسة الجنس مع جثة فتاة بعد قتلها!
كشف المخرب أمام المحققين عن الموافقة التي حصل عليها #دواعش_حماس، بما في ذلك التوجيه الشرعي الديني، لتنفيذ الأعمال… pic.twitter.com/q5TVm2Y8BR
— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) October 23, 2023
Video: IDF releases footage showing Hamas terrorists confess to atrocities / Credit: IDF
After the Hamas attack on kibbutzim in the area, the terrorist was arrested by security forces. During the interrogation, he admitted that they received instructions to carry out the heinous acts they committed, which has led Israel to successfully compare the Gaza rulers to the Islamic State terrorist group, which has become infamous for its atrocities and torture.
"The purpose of entering Israeli territory for free was to kidnap civilians; they want as many hostages as possible," one of the terrorists revealed during the interrogation. He added, "They promised us that whoever brings a kidnapped person will receive an apartment and $10,000."
Another terrorist talked about the instructions to seize Sufa military post and kill the residents of Kfar Aza, saying: "The instructions were to kidnap anyone we came across – elderly, women, and children. We were ordered to kill everyone in Kfar Gaza and empty the kibbutz of its people. In one case we entered a home and saw another group holding the family hostage, and they were using them as human shields so that they would not get hurt."
Another terrorist who was part of the group of terrorists in Kfar Gaza described the horrors they committed: "We entered one of the houses; there was a woman on the floor, and then her dog came towards us so I shot the dog. After that, we noticed a man in the yard of the house, and I shot him with three bullets." At this point, the investigator asked the terrorist if the man in the yard was armed, and the terrorist replied, "No, he was not armed. I shot him in the chest with three bullets when he was not holding any weapon at all.
"Afterward, we roamed around the area, and we saw two adjacent houses at a specific point in Kfar Gaza, and we burned both of them completely," the Hamas terrorist recounted. The video also shows the terrorist admitting to having sex with the corps of a woman.
The terrorist from the special unit that entered Israel also spoke about the kidnappings of civilians from the communities: 'I saw my team members taking an older woman, approximately 65 years old, on a motorcycle. They put her on the motorcycle and sped off to Gaza. Other team members shot a woman inside her house, and then they took a girl of about 16. They took a selfie with her and kidnapped her as well. Inside the house, there was a man who shot at us; we threw four grenades into his house and killed him."
The terrorist belonging to Hamas' special Nukhba Unit that infiltrated Israel spoke about the massacre they committed in one of the families in Kfar Aza. His testimony was as follows: "We reached a house where a family had taken shelter inside a reinforced room, and we yelled for them to come out, but they were afraid and stayed inside. We set off a small explosive on the iron window, creating a small hole, and threatened to throw a burning cloth inside to suffocate the people inside. As a result, one of the girls inside got scared and opened the window. One of the team members fired a burst of 10 bullets at the mother and her two daughters, aged 18-20. Later, more of us came and fired more shots at them."
The interrogator asked the terrorist, "Were the girls and the mother armed? And is it allowed to shoot women like this according to the Quran?" The terrorist replied, "None of them were armed, and they didn't fire at all. We simply slaughtered them. According to the Quran, it's forbidden."
An investigator asked one of the terrorists, "Aren't your actions similar to those of ISIS? Killing civilians indiscriminately is exactly what ISIS does.' The terrorist replied, "That's correct; it's just like ISIS. There's no difference."
Another terrorist was asked the same question, and he replied, "There is no difference between what we did and what ISIS does. The brutality is the same."
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