Film showing Hamas atrocities screened 70 times around world — report

Israel authorities have screened a 47-minute compilation showing some of the worst atrocities committed on October 7 some 70 times in 30 countries, the Ynet news site reports.

Four screenings have been arranged for New York Times editorial staff alone, including in foreign bureaus, according to the report, as well as two for White House staff. Among those to see the film are the heads of the CIA and MI5, as well as leaders of other Western spy agencies. Some 1,000 people have viewed it so far, it reports.

The film, largely made of bodycam footage recovered from dead terrorists, is being used as part of Israel’s public relations push to help explain its harsh response in Gaza and the necessity of eliminating the Hamas terror group.

Screenshot of Hamas body cam footage as terrorists fire on an Israeli vehicle during the terror organization’s October 7 attack in southern Israel, released by the IDF and GPO. (Screenshot)

Amid reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is mulling releasing the film to the public, some families have come out against the plan, according to Ynet.

Among them is Sabine Taasa, whose husband is seen on the film jumping on a grenade to save his kids. Gil Taasa was killed, along with their son Or.

“I don’t want it to come out. I’ll never agree to it,” she tells the news site. “I commemorate their lives, not their deaths.”