Israel President Herzog Shows Wolf Blitzer Hamas Terrorist Manual On How To Abduct and Torture Israeli Civilians
President of Israel Isaac Herzog showed CNN’s Wolf Blitzer a booklet on Sunday that was found on the body of a Hamas terrorist that he said is an “instruction manual” for torturing and murdering civilians.
Herzog spoke with Blitzer during CNN’s special coverage of the Israel-Hamas War on Sunday afternoon, and along with the pain and mourning of his nation, he brought with him photos and other items as he described the suffering in the wake of the horrific terror.
“I know it’s been a horrendous few days, more than a week after the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust, in fact. You’re the leader of Israel. What is your message to the nation and to all Jewish people in mourning?” Blitzer asked.
Herzog talked about the horrors in kibbutz Be’eri, which he said was “a very pro-peace place” and in which 10% or more of the residents were killed.
He showed photos of the aftermath to Blitzer as he spoke about the generous spirit of the Israeli citizens in the kibbutz, which was struck down in the Hamas attack.
“I saw the the most horrific scenes possible. I saw bloodshed,” he said of his visit. “And I was thinking to myself, because in Kibbutz Be’eri, there was a special fund to help their neighbors from Gaza. For years, they have been paying money to help their friends and neighbors in Gaza because they advocated peace. And all of a sudden life was shattered and the same life was shattered for the Israeli nation.”
“My nation is bleeding. My nation is in pain. My nation is in sorrow,” he said. “And we are faced with an extremely cruel, inhumane enemy, which we have to uproot with no mercy.”
He then described the item found on a dead Hamas terrorist.
I’ll show you another example. This was found on the body of one of the terrorists. This is a booklet. Okay. This booklet is instruction guide how to go into a civilian premises, into a kibbutz, a city, a moshav, how to break in. And first thing, what do you do when you find the citizens? You torture them. This is the booklet. It says exactly how to torture them, how to abduct them, how to kidnap them.
“So therefore, the story is not Israel versus Palestinians or Judaism versus Islam, God forbid,” he said. “The story is about humanity. Are we with the good or are we with evil?”
He concluded: “That’s where humanity should stand. And the battle that we are carrying out now as a nation, rising up like a lion, is against evil. We will uproot evil so there will be good for the entire region and the world.”
Watch the clip above, via CNN.
