Hamas video shows fighters with captive Israeli children: Report

A video released by Hamas on Friday (October 13), showed militants with Israeli children they had captured during the cross-border attack, said Reuters. Israel has been alleging that the Palestinians had slain children.

The video reportedly shows balaclava-clad militants who are bandaging the foot of an Israeli child while others can be seen carrying infants. A caption during the video says it was filmed at Holit. It is one of Israeli border communities stormed by Hamas killing hundreds of people.

"See the mercy in our hearts, here are the children, we did not kill them as you do,” an unnamed militant in the video said.

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Holit, is a kibbutz or communal farm located just 2 kilometre (1.2 miles) from Gaza. It was one of the targets during Hamas' surprise attack on October 7.

Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) pounced on the video and underlined the 'cries' and 'fear' of the children. IDF posted a video on X (formerly Twitter) containing some of the same visuals from the Hamas video.

"You can see their injuries, hear their cries and feel them trembling from fear as these children are held hostage in their own homes by Hamas terrorists and their parents lie there dead in the next room. These are the terrorists that we are going to defeat," posted IDF.

Till the morning of October 14, the death toll on the Israeli side had crossed the 1300-mark while at least 1900 people were killed on the Palestinian side.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office has also released on social media a picture of a dead infant in a pool of blood and the charred body of a child, part of an apparent effort to stoke global anger against the Gaza militants over the recent attack.

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Since the surprise attack from Hamas, Israel has responded with most devastating air-strikes in its 75-year conflict with Palestinians. As of Saturday (Oct 14), at least 1300 people have been killed on Israeli side while at least 1800 deaths have occurred on Palestinian side.

(With inputs from agencies)

Disclaimer: WION takes utmost care to accurately and responsibly report ongoing developments on the Israel-Palestine conflict after the Hamas attacks. However, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos and videos.

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