Quick, let's impose a ceasefire -- Hamas is making it clear that all they want is to exterminate every Jew in Israel! We must seize upon this diplomatic overture!
HAMAD: Israel is a country that has no place on our land. We must remove that country because it constitutes a security, military, and political catastrophe to the Arab and Islamic nation, and it it must be finished. We are not ashamed to say this, with full force. ... [cut]
... We must teach Israel a lesson, and we will do this again and again. The Al-Aqsa Flood is just the first time, and there will be a second, a third, a fourth, because we have the determination, the resolve, and the capabilities to fight. Will we have to pay a price? Yes, and we are ready to pay it. We are called a nation of martyrs, and we are proud to sacrifice martyrs.
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HAMAD: The occupation must come to an end.
Q: Occupation where? In the Gaza Strip?
HAMAD: No, I am talking about all the Palestinian lands.
Q: Does that mean the annihilation of Israel?
HAMAD: Yes, of course. [cut] ... The existence of Israel is illogical. The existence of Israel is what causes all that pain, blood, and tears. It is Israel, not us. We are victims of the occupation. Period. Therefore, nobody should blame us for the things we do. On October 7, October 10, October 1,000,000 -- everything we do is justified.
The skull of the German tourist paraded by Hamas as a hostage and trophy of war has been discovered. She was beheaded.
The young German-Israeli tattoo artist who was paraded through the streets of Gaza after being kidnapped by Hamas has been found dead after "sadistic" terrorists "chopped off her head," Israel's president revealed Monday.
"I am truly sorry to report that we have now received news that Shani Nicole Louk has been confirmed murdered and dead," President Isaac Herzog told the German newspaper Bild.
"Her skull was found," he said, with the 23-year-old victim's family also confirming that the death was confirmed by DNA on parts of her skull.
"This means that these barbaric, sadistic animals simply chopped off her head as they attacked, tortured and killed Israelis.
"It is a great tragedy and I extend my deepest condolences to her family," the president said, according to a translation by i24 News.
"What we saw on the Gaza-Israel border goes far beyond a pogrom. We saw a slaughterhouse," he said.
Other hostages were likewise executed.
At least four Israelis taken hostage by Hamas during their unprecedented incursion into Israel on Saturday were killed soon after being taken captive, according to videos reviewed by The Washington Post. Graphic video shared on Telegram on Oct. 8, and verified by The Post, shows multiple bodies in the street in Be'eri, a kibbutz in southern Israel, just yards from where Hamas militants were filmed walking with several civilians who appear to be those same hostages.
Initial video of the hostages, which was filmed roughly an hour and a half after the attack began, was among the first pieces of visual evidence showing Hamas militants taking Israeli civilians captive.
In the video, the civilians appear to have their hands tied behind their backs and are being led by men in military clothing carrying AR-style weapons down a residential street. Some walk barefoot. Black smoke billows in the distance. The person filming shouts toward the group as they approach an intersection that is guarded by a gate, leading out of Be'eri toward Gaza.
At least four bodies are visible near that gate, in a second graphic video shared on Telegram on Oct. 8, which was independently verified by The Post and first geolocated by Rollo Collins and Benjamin den Braber of the Center for Information Resilience. The Post was not able to immediately verify exactly when this video was filmed, though burned cars and smoke are visible in both videos.
The group of four bodies, which appear to be lifeless, have matching physical characteristics including hair and clothing to four of the civilians who appeared alive in the earlier video.
Despite the Palestinians raping women and beheading children and shooting babies to death, the media is focused laser-like on holding Israel to the strict rules of war: