Hamas terrorists received top-level orders to commit sickening acts during the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, aimed at creating ‘shocking scenes’ including instructions to behead victims and cut off their limbs.
The chilling directives have come to light in a series of documents released for the first time by the Israeli Foreign Ministry ahead of the two-year anniversary of the massacre.
The merciless violence that day claimed 1,200 lives, mainly civilians, and saw 250 others taken hostage in the single-worst slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust.
In an operation order for the massacre, issued by the headquarters of the military wing of Hamas – the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigade – thousands of militants are instructed to ‘expel the settlers using their vehicles’.
‘Priority is children and women. Detain between 17–50 prisoners. Seize mobile phones and any carried documents,’ an order for the attack, code-named ‘Toofan Al-Aqsa’, read.