'Cruelty, destruction, and suffering': Hamas tortures Gazans in new footage revealed by COGAT

( JPost )

The IDF published footage on Thursday of Hamas torturing civilians in the Gaza Strip.

Maj.-Gen. Ghassan Alian, the coordinator of the Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), shared the video on the unit’s X/Twitter account.

In the video compilation, masked members of Hamas can be seen repeatedly beating citizens with metal pipes and the butts of machine guns, punching and kicking clearly wounded people, and shooting individuals in the legs until they can no longer stand.

”Residents of Gaza, the savage and blatant abuse by Hamas, is trampling and destroying your lives. Hamas׳' spectacles of horror, intended to spread terror and brutality, are tools for sowing fear and harming the people of Gaza - all to preserve the group’s power and survival. Hamas stops at nothing, no matter how cruel or cynical toward its own people, in order to maintain its strength and hold the residents hostage to protect its status," Alian said.

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This is not the first time military personnel have published footage of Hamas torturing civilians in Gaza. In June, Alian published footage of Hamas executing people in the central square of Gaza City.

"Cruelty, destruction, and suffering: that’s all Hamas brings to both Gazans and Israelis," the Thursday COGAT post read. 

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