Hamas Leaders Ordered Slaughter of Women and Children, Captured Terrorist Says Under Interrogation: Report

Hamas leaders directly ordered foot soldiers to slaughter women, children and the elderly during the October 7 terror attack on Israel, in defiance of Islamic doctrine, one captured militant reportedly said under Israeli interrogation.

Video of the interrogation — which was reviewed and described by Fox News, but not aired — offers details of how the deadly assault unfolded, including graphic descriptions that readers may find disturbing.

The unidentified Hamas terrorist, described as a man in his 20s wearing a white jumpsuit, acknowledged to interrogators that Islam forbids the killing of women, children and seniors, according to Fox News.

But, he reportedly said, Hamas commanders ordered those carrying out the surprise invasion to do so anyway after they flooded over the Israeli border in jeeps and pickup trucks, coordinating via the app Telegram and sharing videos of the bloodshed.

Gunshots and blood stains are seen on a door and walls of a house where civilians were killed days earlier in an attack by Hamas militants on this kibbutz near the border with Gaza, on October 10, 2023 in Kfar Aza, Israel. Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images

They were directed to “step on the heads of Israelis, behead them and cut their feet,” Fox correspondent Trey Yingst said, citing the interrogation video.

Some details that emerged in the interrogation were “simply too graphic to describe on TV,” Yingst said.

The widespread attacks left over 1,400 people dead, thousands more injured and over 200 believed taken hostage back to Gaza.

The invasion, which mostly killed unarmed civilians, was marked by several accounts of brutality, including of terrorists parading victims’ bodies back to Gaza and tossing grenades inside shelters packed with people.