A sneaky trap planted by Hamas terrorists in Israel includes a bomb disguised as a child’s pink backpack in the hope it will kill innocent victims, the Israeli military said Sunday.
Haunting footage posted online by the Israel Defense Forces shows a soldier unpacking a child’s seemingly innocuous, colorful, heart-and-star school bag found lying in a field.
Inside is an explosive that will detonate if someone tries to take it.
“The bag was caught in the dark, containing a remotely activated explosive device—weighing 7 kg,” the IDF wrote.
“Hamas deliberately chose to trap children’s backpacks in the hope that well-intentioned civilians would pick them up.”
The IDF said the dangerous device was just one of many located in Israel left by Hamas in hopes of killing more Israelis after the terrorists killed more than 1,400 people on Oct. 7.
The children’s backpacks left behind by Hamas were filled with explosives, the IDF said. IDF Hamas terrorists set the device to explode if an unsuspecting victim picks up the backpack.IDF
Some of these traps were also found to have been installed on the bodies of the victims, including the Canadian-Israeli mother, Adi Vital-Kaploun, 33.
Last week, the IDF found the body of Vital-Kaploun, who was shot in front of his two sons, rigged to explode if anyone tried to move it, his friend told the Globe and Mail of Canada.
“They found a body under the eldest son’s bed — with a bomb,” said friend Dina Zaslacski.
Experts fear Hamas’ use of traps could reach its hostages, including at least 30 children. Hamas online Children’s toys are covered in ash after Hamas set fire to houses in Israel before retreating back to Gaza.REUTERS
“They put bombs all over his body, and his father was in the house. Thank god he didn’t open the door,” he said tearfully.
Hamas’s use of snares has also sparked fears that its more than 200 hostages could be loaded with explosives that would be set off in an encounter with Israeli occupation forces coming to Gaza.
Bruce Hoffman, an expert with the US Council on Foreign Relations, issued such a warning in mid-October when discussing possible hostage locations scattered throughout Gaza’s vast network of underground tunnels.
“These places and maybe even the hostages themselves are probably going to be laden with traps,” Hoffman warned in a graveside briefing Monday. “This is a huge challenge that has never been faced before.”
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