Shocking footage/ Facing international condemnation for Gaza attacks, Israel releases video of October 7 massacre

Israel released a clip of the Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023, on Friday evening, as it faces international condemnation for its imminent attack on Gaza City.

The video shows the attack on the Taasa family's home in Netiv HaAsrara, a community in northern Gaza. The video was part of a compilation of about 45 minutes of clips from the terror attack that Israel showed to world leaders, diplomats and journalists but did not release publicly.

In the video released on Friday, Sabine Taasa – whose husband and eldest son were killed on October 7 – stands next to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the latter introduces the clip.

“We will destroy Hamas, we will bring our hostages home, because we remember October 7, and so should you,” Netanyahu pleads in the pre-recorded segment. Although Netanyahu says the video has never been shown publicly, parts of it were released by Israel’s Channel 12 News in March 2024.

The video, recorded by security cameras, begins with Sabine Taasa's husband, Gil, rushing to get two of his sons into the home's bomb shelter in the backyard. A Hamas terrorist throws a grenade into the shelter, which explodes. Moments later, Gil Taasa's body falls to the ground.

Dressed in their underwear, the two boys move into the family kitchen, which is splattered with bloodstains. As a Hamas militant enters the kitchen, one boy stands up and says in English: “Please, please, please. Let me go home!” He then cries: “My father! My father!”

A Palestinian child and a man walk near tents for displaced people amid the rubble of buildings in Gaza City, as smoke from Israeli fire rises in the background on Friday.

Then the Hamas militant opens the refrigerator and offers the boys juice or wine. The boy says, “I want my mom,” before the militant grabs a bottle of Coca-Cola, closes the refrigerator door, and walks out.

The Israeli government has asked media outlets not to broadcast or distribute the clip inside Israel "out of respect for the family's wishes."

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