Ahead of anniversary, IDF displays weapons, vehicles used by Hamas in Oct. 7 attack

Military presents weeklong exhibition of motorcycles, pick-up trucks, RPGs, anti-tank missiles, and other combat material seized from Hamas on October 7 and in Gaza

  • Weapons seized from the Hamas terror group are presented for display to foreign journalists and others on the first anniversary of the group's October 7, 2023 attack. (Israel Defense Forces)
    Weapons seized from the Hamas terror group are presented for display to foreign journalists and others on the first anniversary of the group's October 7, 2023 attack. (Israel Defense Forces)
  • Rockets seized from the Hamas terror group are presented for display to foreign journalists and others on the first anniversary of the group's October 7, 2023 attack. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
    Rockets seized from the Hamas terror group are presented for display to foreign journalists and others on the first anniversary of the group's October 7, 2023 attack. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
  • Ammunition seized from the Hamas terror group are presented for display to foreign journalists and others on the first anniversary of the group's October 7, 2023 attack. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
    Ammunition seized from the Hamas terror group are presented for display to foreign journalists and others on the first anniversary of the group's October 7, 2023 attack. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
  • Motorcycles seized from Hamas terrorists are presented for display to foreign journalists and others on the first anniversary of the group's October 7, 2023 attack. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
    Motorcycles seized from Hamas terrorists are presented for display to foreign journalists and others on the first anniversary of the group's October 7, 2023 attack. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
  • A tractor used by Hamas terrorists during their October 7, 2023 onslaught in southern Israel prepared for display to foreign journalists and others on the first anniversary of the attack. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
    A tractor used by Hamas terrorists during their October 7, 2023 onslaught in southern Israel prepared for display to foreign journalists and others on the first anniversary of the attack. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday presented a display of weapons, ammunition, and vehicles used by Hamas during its October 7 attack last year and throughout the subsequent war in Gaza, that will be open this week for visits by foreign journalists, representatives of international research organizations, and diplomats.

The display includes vehicles and equipment used by some of the thousands of Hamas-led terrorists who invaded southern Israel that day, including pickup trucks, motorcycles, tractors, uniforms and intelligence materials, the IDF said in a statement.

The attack last year, which started the ongoing war, saw some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, killed, and 251 taken hostage into the Gaza Strip.

The display also includes weapons such as anti-tank missiles, RPGs, rockets, explosive devices, and drones that were collected over the course of the yearlong campaign against the terror group following the attack, the IDF said.

The display has existed in some form or another for many months, but has been presented anew this week, and is expected to receive diplomats, think-tank representatives, and journalists, on the first anniversary of the Hamas attack last year that started the ongoing war.

It is a project of the Technological and Logistics Directorate’s Enemy Assets Confiscation Unit, the military said. The unit is mostly composed of reservists, and is charged with locating, documenting, and collecting weapons and other enemy material from combat zones.

Since the start of the war, the unit has confiscated approximately 70,000 items of enemy equipment, including around 1,250 anti-tank missiles and RPGs, as well as about 4,500 explosive devices, according to the IDF.

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