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Israel Tries to Part the Fog of War
(Wall Street Journal) Peggy Noonan - The Israel Defense Forces compiled a video record of the Hamas attacks, which included footage from terrorists' body cameras and cellphones, Israeli security cameras and dash cams, and showed it to hundreds of journalists. Graeme Wood in the Atlantic described what he saw: "Men, women and children are shot, blown up, hunted, tortured, burned, and generally murdered in any horrible manner you could predict, and some that you might not." Isabel Kershner of the New York Times described "an emergency medical worker pouring mineral water from a bottle to douse the smoldering remains of charred bodies....Faces are frozen in shock and agony." Later, the Israeli government showed clips of their interrogation of Hamas prisoners. One is asked what his mission was in Kibbutz Be'eri. "To conquer," he replied. Why did Israel show these pictures to reporters? Because the world needs proof it can't forget or sweep away. This includes Hamas' supporters in the U.S. and elsewhere.