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I Watched Hamas Unleash Hell
Hamas body cam footage from the October 7 attack. (Image via the IDF)
At a press conference like no other, Israel broadcast footage that bore testament to an ancient hatred.
By David Patrikarakos
10.24.23 — International
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TEL AVIV — A handsome man in his 20s in a military uniform zips past me on a motorized scooter. A woman with a tattoo and piercings calmly sips a cortado in a coffee shop across from me. A young family bustles past. This is Israel in 2023.

I am on my way to a screening of “raw” footage of the October 7 massacres that Hamas committed against Israeli civil…

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David Patrikarakos
David Patrikarakos is a British war correspondent and the author of War in 140 Characters: How Social Media Is Reshaping Conflict in the Twenty-First Century.
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