Albie

Israel has not publicly released the most graphic videos and images from the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack primarily out of respect for victims and their families, to limit further trauma, and due to legal/consent issues, while still screening a curated compilation privately to selected audiences. Officials and commentators repeatedly state that the worst footage (often including executions, mutilations, or highly invasive scenes of victims) would further desecrate the memory of those killed. Families’ consent is typically required for public release of identifiable material, and universal approval has proven difficult or impossible. The material is described as extremely disturbing (comparable to snuff footage). Public release risks retraumatising survivors, families, and the broader Israeli public, as well as general viewers. Mental-health concerns have been raised against broad dissemination. There is explicit concern that antisemites or Hamas supporters would mock, celebrate, or derive inspiration from the videos rather than condemn the acts.Hamas filmed much of the violence themselves and shared some of it proudly. Israel has shown a roughly 40–47-minute compilation known as Bearing Witness to the October 7th Massacre (drawn from Hamas bodycams, CCTV, dashcams, phones, etc.) in private screenings to journalists, diplomats, politicians, influencers, and others under non-disclosure conditions.Cameras are typically barred. Some raw or partial material has circulated online (much of it originally from the attackers), and limited releases or family-driven publications have occurred, but the full unedited “worst of” material has stayed restricted. Hamas forced family members to perform sexual acts on each other before executing them. It is not shared because Jews have sacred commandment to respect life and there is very sound fear that wide release will be used to mock and torture further survivors and loved ones.They are so gruesome that out of respect for families and victims they are kept private.They do not want them to be used by the crazy antisemites who would happily mock laugh and desecrate the memory of Israeli dead.This was NYC after 7/10. In front of grieving Jews Palastinians supporters were laughing and showing videos of Jews being beheaded on 7/10.." That's your boy". Can you imagine how they would celebrate with the worst of the videos and images, rapes when children, women, men were alive and dead, playing football with heads and other body parts.