2024-01-01 04:01:44
Israel is investigating evidence regarding the October 7 massacre of Palestinian terrorists that might lead to one of the most important trials of the post-war period, according to a media report. Israeli investigators are currently reconstructing the events using around 200,000 photos and videos as well as 2,000 witness statements with the intention of initiating legal proceedings once morest those responsible, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
It is expected to be the most important trial since the trial of Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann in Israel in 1961, it was said. Terrorists from the Islamist Hamas and other extremist groups murdered around 1,200 people in Israel on October 7th and abducted around 240 others to the Gaza Strip. It was the worst massacre in Israel’s history. Israel responded with massive air strikes and a ground offensive with the stated goal of destroying the terrorist organization Hamas.
Forensic evidence provided to the newspaper by Israeli officials showed, among other things, that some victims were burned alive. Photos show mutilations of the victims’ bodies, including the sexual organs of men and women. The bodies of women and girls also showed various signs of sexual violence. Hamas denied that its fighters killed children and raped women, it said. The Wall Street Journal said it examined some of the evidence and also conducted interviews with first responders, survivors, victims’ families and forensic experts to document an attack that Israel’s police chief described as “systematic and unprecedented in its cruelty.”
“The State of Israel has never dealt with crimes and an investigation of this magnitude,” Roi Sheindorf, a former deputy attorney general, was quoted as saying. According to the newspaper, it is likely to be the most important trial since the trial once morest the Austrian-born Eichmann. The SS Obersturmbannführer had millions of Jews deported to extermination camps during the Nazi era. The trial once morest Eichmann, which began in 1961 and attracted worldwide attention, lasted eight months and ended with the death sentence. He was hanged.
Israel has so far identified regarding 800 civilians murdered on October 7, including 37 minors under the age of 17, six of whom were younger than five, the newspaper reported. According to the head of the forensic center, computer tomography scans showed signs of torture and executions. The terrorists posted videos of killings and kidnappings on their victims’ social media pages where friends and family might view them, the paper said.
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