Israel releases photos of slain kids to rally support after Hamas attack
JERUSALEM/TEL AVIV/BRUSSELS — Israel’s government showed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and NATO defense ministers graphic images of dead children and civilians on Thursday, saying they were killed by Palestinian group Hamas as it builds support for its response. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office also released on social media a picture of a dead infant in a pool of blood and the charred body of a child, part of an apparent effort to stoke global anger against the Gaza militants over Saturday’s attack. Blinken, who flew into Tel Aviv earlier on Thursday, October 12, told reporters he was shown photographs and videos of a baby riddled with bullets, soldiers beheaded, and young people burned alive in their cars or hideaways. “It’s simply depravity in the worst imaginable way,” Blinken told a news briefing. “Images are worth a thousand words. These images may be worth a million.” READ: Israeli diplomat: Hamas is a terror group, Hamas is not Palestine Netanyahu has vowed to annihilate Hamas following its deadly assault on unsuspecting Israeli communities on Saturday, which killed more than 1,300 people, the deadliest attack by Palestinian militants since Israel was founded in 1948. The Israeli air force has launched intense bombing raids on Gaza over the past five days and is massing tens of thousands of troops along the border ahead of a possible ground invasion. In Israel, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, the country’s military chief said on Thursday, “Now is the time for war.” Gaza authorities said more than 1,400 Palestinians, mainly civilians, including children, have already been killed and more than 6,000 wounded. A land invasion in the densely populated territory could send the toll much higher. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant played a video to his counterparts at NATO’s Brussels headquarters that he said showed horrific scenes from the surprise Hamas attack. LOOK: Deadly strikes, humanitarian crisis in Israel-Hamas war’s 6th day “Children were tied up and shot. Yes, I repeat, children, tied up and shot,” he told fellow ministers by video link according to a text of his address sent to Reuters. ‘Horrific pictures’ In a message on the social media site X (formerly Twitter), Netanyahu’s office released what it said were “horrifying photos of babies murdered and burned by the Hamas monsters.” It added: “Hamas is inhuman. Hamas is ISIS,” comparing the Palestinian group to the Islamic State, which was notorious for its brutality and
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