HAMAS instructs soldiers in writing to commit atrocities

The past forty-eight hours have seen a shocking revelation that Gazan “soldiers” – members of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Arabic Harakah al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmiyyah, abbreviated HAMAS), are actually instructed to commit atrocities. The Israel Defense Forces’ chief spokesman discussed a note, allegedly recovered from a HAMAS fighter, giving such instructions.

The HAMAS note

Some of the details came from Virginia Kruta of The Daily Wire. Tat Aluf Daniel Hagari directs the Spokespersons’ Unit of the Israel Defense Forces. (The rank name means “small general” and translates into NATO-ese as Brigadier General or Rear Admiral.) On Tuesday, October 24, CBS Correspondent Tony Dokoupil interviewed General Hagari immediately after an aid handed him the note. This note, in a clear plastic bag, was in Arabic and had worn corners and edges. Dokoupil said he and his team could not authenticate the note, but judged it real from its outward appearance.

General Hagari did not care to translate that note in its entirely. But The Jerusalem Post had this report, offering a partial translation:

You must sharpen the blades of your swords and be pure in your intentions before Allah. Know that the enemy is a disease that has no cure, except beheading and removing the hearts and livers. Attack them!

HAMAS soldiers would appear to take that advice literally, as if atrocity is now their tactical command doctrine. Forensic evidence clearly attests to this.

This would explain the finding of tablets containing fenethylline (Captagon®) in the pockets of fallen Gazan soldiers. It would further explain the spectacle of a second wave of attack consisting of rank amateurs – willing executioners.

The Post also says the note:

imparts inspiration from historical Muslim leaders who massacred men, sold women and children into slavery, and looted cities.

Dokoupil asked General Hagari to read the note. He did, and said this in reaction:

The seventh-of-October massacre is something I haven’t seen through my life. This is a war we have to fight. There is only one goal: defeat HAMAS, kill the leaders of terror, and bring our people back home.

Dokoupil then asked the General what message he would send to HAMAS. The general replied:

We have only one country. It’s Israel,” Hagari replied. “It’s our democracy. It’s our country. We’re not going anywhere. We’re going to fight for our country, and we’re going to use all the means we can.

Other than The Jewish Press, The Daily Wire, and The Jerusalem Post, legacy media organs seem reluctant to cover this story. The IDF shared the note directly to the public;

Historical perspective

An engine search on the phrase “rip out hearts and livers” reveals no references other than to the contents of this note. But Muslim city conquerors have gotten an unsavory reputation for killing every man, and selling women and children into slavery. In those times, no one considered women to be combat effectives.