Hamas Official Walks Out of BBC Interview amid Questions on Civilian Casualties

In a tense exchange with BBC’s Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega, Ghazi Hamad, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, abruptly ended an interview when pressed to justify the killing of Israeli civilians during the terror group's October 7 onslaught. The brutal attacks claimed over 1,400 lives, with most victims being civilians.

Hamas has faced international condemnation as evidence surfaced, revealing the brutality of the attacks. Despite mounting proof of the deliberate targeting of civilians, Hamas leaders, including Hamad, have consistently denied such intentions, asserting that their policy focused solely on engaging Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) around Gaza.

During the interview, Hamad maintained the false narrative that civilian deaths resulted from "confrontations" rather than premeditated actions. When confronted with justifying killing families as they slept, Hamad abruptly terminated the interview, removing his microphone and stating, "I want to stop this interview."

Contrary to Hamas's claims, overwhelming evidence has emerged indicating the terror group's explicit instructions to its members to target Israeli civilians and take captives. The Israeli government screened footage for the foreign press, showcasing harrowing scenes from the October 7 onslaught, including murder, torture, and decapitation, captured on terrorists' body cameras and various other sources.

Materials collected from call recordings, security cameras, and social media accounts detailed the extent of the atrocities committed. Apprehended and interrogated, Hamas members admitted to receiving orders to carry out atrocities against Israeli civilians, with instructions to kill indiscriminately, including beheading victims and cutting off their legs.

Hamas, along with other terror groups, orchestrated the October 7 assault, involving 2,500 terrorists breaching the Israeli border from the Gaza Strip by land, air, and sea. The attacks resulted in the deaths of 1,400 people and the seizure of at least 233 hostages amid thousands of rockets fired at Israeli towns and cities.

In response, Israel has pledged to dismantle Hamas's infrastructure in Gaza, urging Palestinians to evacuate from northern Gaza southward as strikes intensify. 

The casualty figures provided by Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry, claiming over 7,000 deaths, are unverifiable and suspected to include terrorists killed in Israel and Gaza and victims of Palestinian rockets landing in the Strip. Despite substantial evidence and testimony, Hamas has launched a social media campaign disputing the authenticity of the footage and testimonies, shifting blame onto Gazan civilians and the IDF for civilian deaths during the assault.

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