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Jordan King

Israel releases new footage of Hamas gunmen shooting civilians

A new, unedited snippet of Hamas militants killing unsuspecting Israelis in their cars has been released by the Israeli Government. 

The video, taken from a body camera, shows militants shooting repeatedly at a silver car heading towards them. 

A separate clip depicts what appears to be the same car with a smashed passenger window and two bodies in the front. 

In dashcam footage, from a different civilian’s car, a gunman is seen pointing his weapon directly at the driver before a bullet strikes the windscreen and cracks it. 

The driver continues moving forward as more gunmen shoot at them, until they crash into the back of another car.

Israel released the video on Monday in what government spokesperson Eylon Levy called bid to counter a 'Holocaust denial-like phenomenon' around the world. The Standard has decided not to run the footage.

The clip was part of a 45-minute compilation of footage shown to international journalists at a military base, north of Tel Aviv, on Monday morning. 

Mr Levy invited reporters to bear witness to what Israel says is too horrific to publicise. 

He said on Sunday: “People are casting doubt on the magnitude of the atrocities that Hamas committed against our people and, in fact, recorded in order to glorify that violence.

“The government press office will screen, for foreign media, gruesome and as yet unseen footage of the barbarities perpetrated against our people on October 7. 

“This is footage that has not yet been made public. It will screen a compilation of raw, and unedited footage from the October 7 massacre for journalists who can stomach the horrific truth and want to report on what they saw.”

Media analyst Emanuel Miller, who has written for several Israeli outlets, posted photos of what he says shows journalists watching the material. 

Reporters can be seen with their hands over their mouths, looking down and staring straight ahead. 

Israel's military said on Monday its ground forces mounted limited raids into Gaza and airstrikes targeted Palestinian militants assembling to repulse any wider Israeli invasion, as each side prepares for the next stage of the escalating war.

Palestinian group Hamas said on Sunday its fighters had engaged an armoured force infiltrating a southern area of Gaza and destroyed some Israeli military equipment before returning to base. There was no Israeli comment on such losses.

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