Report exposes terrorist crimes committed by Hamas against families during October 7 massacres, calls new category “kinocide”

On the morning of October 7, 2023, the Idan family of Kibbutz Nahal Oz was destroyed when Hamas terrorists infiltrated their home. As the family tried to take refuge in their safe room, the terrorists killed their eldest daughter Maya in front of her parents and siblings. he kidnapped his fatherTzachi. The scene was broadcasted live on social media, forcing people to witness their last painful moments.

Meanwhile, in Kibbutz Holit, 16-year-old Rotem Matias hides under his mother’s lifeless body and sends a heartbreaking message to his siblings: “Mom and dad are dead. I’m sorry.”

In Kfar Azada, Roee Idan was killed while holding her 3-year-old daughter Abigail as the older children watched in horror. Their mother Smadar was also shot in front of their eyes. The children were later hidden in a closet with the body of their mother, who was unsure of the fate of her younger siblings, who were later kidnapped to Gaza.

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A bloody handprint stains the wall at Nir Oz’s house after Hamas terrorists attacked this kibbutz near the Gaza border days ago. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

These are just a few of the countless stories documented in a.d new report On October 7, the founder of the Civil Commission on Crimes Against Women and Children, Dr. Cochav Elkayam-Levy and Dr. Michal Gilad and Dr. It was released on Tuesday with the co-authors of Ilya Rudyak. The report coined the term “kinocide” to describe the systematic targeting and destruction of family units during an attack – an unprecedented brutality that goes beyond typical warfare.

As Dr. Elkayam-Levy describes it, “A crime without a name for the silent victims.” “The perpetrators not only killed, but also deliberately tried to destroy the basis of human society – the family.”

Dr Elkayam-Levy continued: ‘The most difficult crimes to witness were those involving families. Hamas criminals celebrated their violence, chanted religious slogans, and broadcast their actions on social media, terrorism was not limited to immediate victims—it intensified on a global scale.

“The use of social media has been instrumental in spreading terrorism and inspiring similar acts of violence elsewhere,” Merav Israel-Amarant, director general of the Civilian Commission, told Fox News Digital. He called this tactic the “terror filter” employed by legal scholar Tehila Schwartz Altshuler, and explained how the broadcasts were designed to radicalize and incite other terrorists.

Israeli soldiers exhume the bodies of civilians killed a few days ago in an attack by Palestinian terrorists on this kibbutz near the Gaza border on October 10, 2023 in Kfar Aza, Israel. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

As Elkayam-Levy and her team dug deeper, they realized that similar tactics had been documented in conflicts around the world, from Argentina and Iraq to Syria, Sierra Leone and Myanmar. “We contacted the survivors of the kinocide, including Yezidiswho share their experiences. Pain is universal. It’s happened before, but it’s never had a name,” said Dr. Elkayam-Levi.

In collaboration with the Raoul Wallenberg Center for Human Rights, the commission worked to identify these patterns of abuse and ensure that kinocide is recognized as a separate crime. The new report, released after a year of investigation, includes interviews with survivors, visits to the sites of the atrocities and an extensive review of the evidence. The aim is to bring into the international legal discourse by advocating the urgent need to recognize kinocide as a separate crime.

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On October 7, 2024, as family members and friends of the lost and abducted gathered at the site of the Nova Festival to mark the one-year anniversary of the attacks by Hamas terrorists in Re, a woman, Yuliya Vakser, vandalized the memorial to Daunov. I, Israel. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Professor Irwin Kotler, former Minister of Justice of Canada and International Chairman of the Raoul Wallenberg Center for Human Rights, said: “Silence in the face of such evil is not neutrality, but complicity. Worse, the denial, rationalization, and even glorification of these heinous acts underscores the moral and legal imperative to act decisively against such crimes. is a harbinger of evil.”

“We need an international coalition to fight this systematic targeting of families,” Elkayam-Levy said. “But international law is like that survivors failed Current legal frameworks do not adequately protect families in such attacks.”

An Israeli couple holding a national flag walks in front of graffiti calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip following the October 7 attack by Hamas terrorists in southern Israel on November 18, 2023 in Jerusalem. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Endorsed by international legal experts and human rights activists worldwide, the report highlights the urgent need for legal and social recognition of kinocide. However, despite the widespread approval of the report, Elkayam-Levy expressed concern about the reaction of the international community.

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As one who has faced denial from prominent figures in the international human rights community in response to the latter reporting sexual violence On October 7, he said: “We live in dark times when international law is horribly weaponized against us (the Israelis). As an international human rights scholar, I would never have imagined that we would live in an era of such abuse. it’s really scary.”