October 24th 2023.
Yesterday, the Israel Defence Forces held a screening for journalists at a military base on the outskirts of Tel Aviv. The purpose of the screening was to show the extent of the atrocities committed by Hamas during their onslaught on Southern Israel on October 7.
The journalists were presented with a 43-minute compilation of raw footage from retrieved body cameras worn by the gunmen, clips from CCTV, dashboard cameras and their mobile phones. Some of the footage was so graphic that it could not be publicly shown.
One of the most traumatic sequences showed a father rushing his two young boys into an above-ground shelter, seconds before attackers threw a grenade in. The father was killed, while his sons were injured and left in a state of utter distress.
After the two boys staggered back into their home screaming, a Hamas gunman calmly entered and looked through the fridge in front of them, pausing to take a drink before walking out again. One of the boys cried to his brother: “Daddy is dead, this is not a prank,” and then repeated “Why am I alive?” His brother was apparently blinded by the grenade.
When asked, the military spokesperson at the screening was unable to say whether the boys survived. The footage showed the horrifying reality of what happened on October 7, and the lasting impact it had on the people of Southern Israel.
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