"How do you justify killing people as they sleep, families?" Ghazi Hamad, a member of Hamas's political bureau, left an interview with the BBC when reporter Hugo Bachega asked him that question while they were discussing the Oct. 7 attacks.
During the interview, Hamad insisted on the version of the events promoted by Hamas that the death of the Israeli civilians was not planned but rather resulted from spontaneous confrontations when the terrorists were carrying out a military operation.
BBC News: “How do you justify killing civilians?”
Hamas: “Our attack was targetted on military sites. No command was given to kill civilians.”
BBC: “But hundreds of civilians were killed, entire families, in their sleep.”
Hamas: “I want to stop this interview.” pic.twitter.com/UFUdEjUDRk
— Arun Pudur (@arunpudur) October 27, 2023
The explanation provided by Hamas, and by Hamad before leaving the interview, that the murder of civilians was not orchestrated by the group's leadership, clashes with the evidence from that day. In addition to plans and instructions to attack every Israeli in their path, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released testimonies from terrorists, such one who called his parents to proudly tell them that he had killed a dozen Jews, including at least one woman.
Just a few days ago, the IDF published new evidence about the orders given by the terrorist group's leadership to its fighters. Some documents instruct Hamas members to begin gathering hostages once they are finished "purifying [killing] their operating area." They were also told to "kill anyone that might pose a threat or cause a disturbance."
Step by step of Hamas' inhumane barbaric October 7 massacre. pic.twitter.com/twJyOurxbA
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 25, 2023
Another post by the IDF shows a note delivered by Hamas commanders that encourages "beheading and extracting hearts and livers":
“Know that this enemy of yours is a disease that has no cure, other than beheading and extracting the hearts and livers!"
This note was found on a Hamas terrorist from the October 7 massacre. It was handed to him by Hamas commanders in Gaza as encouragement to behead their… pic.twitter.com/B2Kx2znuGj
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 25, 2023
Days before, Israel posted a video of interrogations of captured terrorists. In them, several Hamas members admit that they had instructions to kill civilians. One of them says: "The orders regarding civilians were killing the young men, capturing the women, the elderly, and the children."
A compilation of interrogations of Hamas terrorists responsible for the #October7massacre. In the interrogations, they admit to a litany of crimes against humanity including rape, beheading, child killing and more. pic.twitter.com/mKzR8uGphp
— Emily Schrader - אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر (@emilykschrader) October 23, 2023
