Hamas has released a disturbing new video showing gunmen playing with and grabbing kidnapped Israeli children and babies in an apparent attempt to spin the narrative of how the terror group treats captives.
The video shows several unidentified men wearing fatigues and tactical jackets appearing to caress the young hostages in what appears to be an ordinary suburban home.
In one segment, an older child, no older than 5, sits on the lap of one of his captors as the terrorist gently swings the baby in a carriage, an assault rifle clearly visible on a nearby table.
At one point a different militant cradled the baby in one arm while holding an automatic weapon with the other. All the adults’ faces are blurred in the footage.
Near the end of the clip, a man wearing a balaclava and green headband holds a child in each arm and continues to face the camera in Arabic.
A newly released Hamas video shows two kidnapped Israeli children interacting with their captors. The footage is believed to be intended as propaganda, portraying the image that the terrorists treated their captives well.
When it comes to war crimes, those involving children are considered particularly horrific in the international community.
The UN has identified the abduction of children in war as one of six “grave violations” condemned by the international organization alongside atrocities such as attacks on hospitals or schools and the recruitment of child soldiers.
Israel began dropping leaflets in northern Gaza on Friday, warning the area’s 1.1 million residents to evacuate within the next 24 hours. Hamas has told the people not to heed the warning.
On Friday, Israel began dropping thousands of leaflets in Gaza, imploring citizens to “leave immediately” while Hamas urged residents to ignore the order.
Israel has ordered the mass evacuation of up to 1.1 million Palestinians from the northern Gaza Strip over the next 24 hours ahead of a possible ground invasion targeting Hamas.
Hamas, meanwhile, rejected the warning, telling citizens to “remain firmly in your homes,” and “stand firm in the face of this disgusting psychological warfare.”
Hamas is believed to have taken at least 150 hostages during Saturday’s surprise attack on Israel and brought them back to Gaza, including an unknown number of Americans.
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