A Memo in a Bunker, Intercepted Communications and Hamas’s Oct. 7 Plans - The New York Times
A directive, which Israeli officials believe was written by Yahya
Sinwar, the powerful leader of Hamas in Gaza, and recordings called for
fighters to target soldiers and civilian communities - and to broadcast
the violent acts.
describes the detailed instructions Yahya Sinwar and Hamas commanders gave to target civilians on October 7th, the level of savagery, and the importance of capturing it. Sick. An evil in our time that can never hold power again. https://nytimes.com/2025/10/11/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-plans.html
orders for fighters to enter residential neighborhoods and set them on fire “with gasoline or diesel from a tanker.”
“Two or three operations, in which an entire neighborhood, kibbutz, or something similar will be burned, must be prepared,” the memo said.
“Burn, burn,” he said, according to the intercepts. “I want the whole kibbutz to be in flames.”
“Slit their throats,” a commander from a battalion in northern Gaza told his team. “Slit them as you are trained.”
The intercepts captured Hamas combatants broadly calling for violence and taking captives.
“Kill everyone on the road,” he said. “Kill everyone you encounter.”
“Now we are at the beginning of the kibbutz,” said one combatant. “We have wiped out those in it. There are settlers whom we killed.”
“Guys, take a lot of hostages,” said the commander, Abu Muath, according to the intercepts. “Take a lot of hostages.”
“It needs to be affirmed to the unit commanders to undertake these actions intentionally, film them and broadcast images of them as fast as possible,” the memo said.
“Document the scenes of horror, now, and broadcast them on TV channels to the whole world,”
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