Israel releases ‘hostage manual’ found on bodies of Hamas fighters which instructs the gunmen to ‘kill the problematic’ to create chaos as well as ‘violence and terrorism’
- Israel says 203 innocent people have been kidnapped and taken back to Gaza
With instructions such as ‘kill the problematic ones’, a hostage-taking manual found on Hamas gunmen makes for bone-chilling reading.
It is a detailed eight-page ‘how to’ guide for snatch squads who stormed Israeli settlements to kill and abduct the residents.
Urging the terrorists to ‘create chaos’, the directions are spread over eight chapters which have titles such as ‘Isolation and control’ and ‘Camouflage and hiding’.
Intriguingly, the manual suggests the October 7 atrocity may not have gone according to plan – with the fanatics not supposed to take hostages all the way back to Gaza.
Some 203 terrified innocents ended up as ‘human shields’ in the territory. But the manual indicates the original purpose of the hostage-taking was to keep them in Israel possibly to aid a protracted standoff. Or, as the manual starkly puts it, ‘cannon fodder’.
Israel has released what it claims is a ‘hostage manual’ given to Hamas fighters by their leaders before their cross-border assault on October 7
The manual is bookended with images showing people holding assault rifles and rocket launchers
The manual, which Israel says was found on the bodies of Hamas gunmen, gives instructions on how to commit their atrocities. This page deals with the ‘gathering’ of hostagesand how to ‘isolate and control’ people they have abducted
A translation of the first section of the terrorist group’s ‘hostage manual’ which details how to find people to abduct
A translation of the second stage of the document, which gives explanations of what to do to hostages
The third section of the manual, translated here, details how to ensure fighters remain safe while keeping the hostages, including using them as ‘cannon fodder’
A photo of the second page of the document, which goes into detail about what to do once the militants had kidnapped people
In one section, translated here, bosses tell troops to not to feed hostages using their own supplies ‘except in emergency situations’
In another the militants are told to ‘set fire to a large number of places’ and to ‘show strength’ as they maraud their way through Israel
One part tells them not to use ‘wireless communication’ in open areas while also making sure there is ‘live broadcast’ in the field
Another page, pictured, here, goes into details about the live broadcast and how to negotiate with Israelis
The document, translated here, tells the terrorists to use cameras ‘as much as possible’ while they hold the hostages
Another section tells them that they should not ‘engage in negotiations in the field if possible’ and to leave this up to the Hamas leadership
The document put out by the Israelis also appears to show types of weapons and rockets
The booklet included a chart showing the types of equipment, vehicles and weapons that Israeli soldiers use
It also gives Hamas fighters details about the ranks in the Israeli armed forces and how to recognise high ranking members
Either way, there was no mercy when hundreds of Hamas savages tore into peaceful villages two weeks ago slaughtering men, women and children and abducting scores more.
Half the hostages came from one settlement, Nir Oz kibbutz, where one in four of the population was taken.
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The hostage manual, found on the bodies of Hamas fighters and released by the Israeli government, instructs Hamas insurgents to complete their ‘cleansing’ operation and then to ‘gather the hostages in several places… in operating areas pre-determined on the maps’.
It tells them to ‘kill anyone that may pose a threat or cause a distraction or disturbance’ and ‘create chaos using firearms, smoke/stun grenades, violence and terrorism’.
Hostages ranging from toddlers to the very elderly were to have their ankles or wrists bound, while other fighters guarded entrances and exits.
The prisoners should then be searched, and men separated from women and children – suggesting family groups would have endured an extra terror as children were taken away from their fathers.
The manual states: ‘Kill the problematic ones and those who pose a threat.’
The others should be bound and blindfolded, then ‘reassured’, to keep them docile. ‘Use them as human shields,’ it says, and use ‘electric shocks’ to force compliance.
A house damaged in Kfar Aza kibbutz in southern Israel by Hamas’s deadly attack on October 7
A nursery in Be’eri kibbutz covered in blood and debris after Hamas militants tore through it
Burnt cars line the road in Nir Oz kibbutz following the deadly attack by the terrorists
The charred remains of a house in Nir Oz kibbutz after the attack by Hamas which killed hundreds of innocent civilians
Written in Arabic and translated by the Israeli government, militants are told not to use their own food and water to feed their hostages.
Their instructions told them to ‘set fire to a large number of places’ and ‘show strength, not weakness or fear’.
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Israel’s president Isaac Herzog said: ‘We are facing a most cruel, inhuman enemy, whom we must dislodge without mercy. This document was found on the body of one of the terrorists. It’s a booklet, an operating manual, how to enter citizens’ yards, and what do you do when you find the citizens – you torture them.
‘This is the booklet that says exactly how to torture them, how to kidnap them.
‘The battle that we are carrying out now, as a nation rising as a lion, is against evil, and we will uproot evil so that it will be good for the entire region and the world.’
The terrorists were instructed to take the IDs of the hostages and to record their personal details, and tells them to be ready to broadcast the situation in a live stream.
At the end of the booklet is a chart explaining the ranks of the Israeli Defence Forces, and the weapons they use.
Also found were operating manuals and plans, satellite phones, contact methods and encrypted numbers used by Hamas during its storming of southern Israel which killed 1,400 people.
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