The IDF has displayed weapons, vehicles and tools it says were used by Hamas during its deadly incursion into Israel on October 7 last year.
Hamas’ invasion of Israel nearly a year ago, in which its terrorists slaughtered around 1,200 people and taking 250 hostage, was met with a brutal response by Israel that has led to further conflict with Lebanon and Iran.
With the one year anniversary of the deadly massacre coming up on Monday, the IDF has set up the display of wide-ranging assets taken from Hamas fighters on that deadly day.
The display, set up in Tel Aviv, shows off scores of weapons used by Hamas on October 7, including an array of AK-47s and rocket launchers.
On the front lawn of the display lies a series of intercepted Iranian missiles in a range of conditions.
One appears to be severely damaged and rusted, with what appears to be its thruster sitting separately from the main body.
Another, more intact, missile has the Palestinian flag on its side.
The display also shows a series of vehicles, including several motorcycles, an array of crushed-up cars and a large digger used to knock down the iron fence that separated the Gaza Strip from Israel.
Tools, including an axe, several makeshift drone and a pair of diving flippers, were seen alongside the weapons.
Israel strongly responded to the October 7 attack by launching a counter-offensive against the Gaza Strip.
Nearly 42,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. It does not say how many were fighters, but says a little more than half were women and children.
Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people in the Oct. 7 attack and took another 250 hostage. They are still holding around 100 captives, a third of whom are believed to be dead.
The war in the Middle East has developed in recent weeks, and Israel is now facing a major military front on its border with Lebanon.
In Beirut, airstrikes lit up the skyline and loud explosions echoed across the southern suburbs, known as the Dahiyeh, throughout the night, as Israel struck what it said were Hezbollah militant sites.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said the area was hit by more than 30 strikes overnight, the heaviest bombardment since Sept. 23 when Israel escalated its air campaign.
The targets included a gas station on the main highway leading to the Beirut airport and a warehouse for medical supplies, the agency said. Some of the overnight strikes set off a long series of explosions, suggesting that ammunition stores may have been hit.
Israel’s military confirmed it was striking targets near Beirut and said about 30 projectiles had crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory, with some intercepted.
Hezbollah said it successfully targeted a group of Israeli soldiers in northern Israel ‘with a large rocket salvo, hitting them accurately.’ It was not possible to confirm the claim.
At least 1,400 Lebanese, including civilians, medics and Hezbollah fighters, have been killed and 1.2 million driven from their homes in less than two weeks. Israel says it aims to drive the militant group away from its border so that tens of thousands of Israeli citizens can return to their homes.
Iranian-backed Hezbollah, the strongest armed force in Lebanon, began firing rockets into Israel almost immediately after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, calling it a show of support for the Palestinians. Hezbollah and Israel’s military have traded fire almost daily.
Last week, Israel launched what it said was a limited ground operation into southern Lebanon after a series of attacks killed longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and most of his top commanders. The fighting is the worst since Israel and Hezbollah fought a monthlong war in 2006. Nine Israeli soldiers have been killed in ground clashes that Israel says have killed 440 Hezbollah fighters.
It is not possible to verify battlefield reports from either side.