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Landmark UK report on Hamas massacre exposes worst attack on Jews since Holocaust
A Holocaust survivor murdered at age 91 and a baby killed just 14 hours after birth are among the victims named in the U.K.’s October 7 Parliamentary Commission Report, the most detailed Western investigation to date into the Hamas-led attack on Israel.
The 318-page report, chaired by British historian and peer Lord Andrew Roberts, documents the deaths of 1,182 people in a 48-hour period and provides extensive evidence of atrocities committed against civilians.
The report describes the assault as «a meticulously planned operation designed not only to kill but to terrorize through extreme brutality, looting and humiliation.» It includes testimonies of group rapes of women and girls, some of whom were murdered, as well as evidence of sexual violence committed against corpses. It details the targeting of children, including infants shot in strollers or burned alive.
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Hamas terrorists killed civilians, including women, children and the elderly, when they attacked Israel on Oct. 7. (Israel Defense Forces via AP)
Roberts, one of Britain’s leading historians and a member of the House of Lords, said that meeting Mandy Damari, the mother of hostage Emily Damari, «reduced me to tears.» Speaking in an interview with Fox News Digital, Lord Roberts recalled visiting Kibbutz Kfar Aza and hearing from families of victims while the fate of their loved ones was still unknown.
«At that time, of course, she didn’t know whether her 27-year-old daughter, Emily, was going to be released or not, or whether she was going to die in Gaza,» he said. «And I have a 25-year-old daughter, and so it was brought home incredibly powerfully to me.»
Despite the graphic nature of the material, Roberts emphasized that the report was deliberately limited to verified facts. «We actually made the report much less than it could have been, because we insisted on only putting things in that could be double-checked,» he said. «If we had put in things that we truly believe happened but couldn’t prove happened, we kept them out.»
A bloodied handprint stains a wall in a Nir Oz house after Hamas terrorists attacked this kibbutz days earlier near the border of Gaza. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
When asked what motivated him to take on the project, Roberts said, «The denialism that has already cropped up,» including attempts to downplay or question the events of October 7. «It’s quite ironic that as well as celebrating and indulging in their most sort of disgusting fantasies by wearing GoPro cameras, they also seek to deny that the whole thing ever happened,» he said of Hamas.
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«October 7 denial,» as the report refers to it, emerged almost immediately after the attacks and mirrors historical patterns of atrocity denial, despite the overwhelming evidence.
«I thought it was really important to get a big, thick, well-documented, irrefutable, fully footnoted document out there that will stand the test of time,» Roberts said.
Hamas terrorists kidnap a bloodied Israeli woman into the Gaza Strip. (Hamas-Telegram)
The report includes accounts of mass looting, arson and mutilation. It states that terrorists used victims’ phones to send images to their families, booby-trapped corpses with grenades, and dragged bodies through Gaza. It confirms that «acts of sexual violence» occurred «across all sites» during the attack, and references forensic findings of partially or fully naked bodies.
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Roberts said the attack was «not just spontaneous — it was a premeditated bloodlust.» He compared it to historical atrocities like the Rape of Nanjing in 1937. «Once Hamas got into a bloodlust, they were going out of their way to murder and kill absolutely anybody who came anywhere near them,» he said.
Despite the horrors, Roberts said the report also includes examples of heroism. For example, of Netta Epstein — a young man who «threw himself on a grenade to save his fiancée’s life» — Roberts said such acts «stand up with the great acts of heroism of any age.»
Released hostages Doron Steinbrecher and Emily Damari, wearing green, are greeted by Israeli soldiers following their arrival in Israel after being held in Gaza since the deadly Oct. 7, 2023 attack, following their release as part of a hostage-prisoner exchange deal between Hamas and Israel, in southern Israel, in a screen grab from a handout video obtained by Reuters on Jan. 19, 2025. ( Israel Defense Forces/Handout via Reuters)
«We have the names in it of everybody who was killed … mostly with the circumstances of their deaths as well,» Roberts added: «Speaking as a historian, there are moments when one thinks of 9/11, or Pearl Harbor, various other attacks like this. They become part of history very quickly, but the actual individuals involved tend to get forgotten.»
Asked what role democracies should play in countering denialism, Roberts answered, «The first is properly to memorialize the victims,» he said. «The second … is to see this appalling act of barbarism for what it is, which is a complete denial of democracy, a blow struck deliberately against civilization, and … the most appalling act of racism.»
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Israeli soldiers remove the bodies of civilians, who were killed days earlier in an attack by Palestinian terrorists on this kibbutz near the border with Gaza, on October 10, 2023, in Kfar Aza, Israel. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)
«Britain should be doing everything in its power to help Israel protect itself forever against such another attack,» Roberts clarified that he was expressing a personal view: «At the moment, it seems [the British government] is not doing that at all.»
In the report’s conclusion, Roberts and his colleagues wrote: «Our report will hopefully permit people to see such denials and justifications for what they really are: a perversion of and rejection of human decency. We owe it to the victims and their grieving families to set down the ghastly unvarnished truth about the sheer barbarism that Hamas and its terrorist allies unleashed on October 7, 2023.»
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Pelosi’s war powers flip-flop exposed in resurfaced Obama-era clip contradicts Trump criticism on Iran
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A clip of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has resurfaced online where she flatly defended the then-Obama administration’s decision to strike Libya — without the congressional authorization she believes President Donald Trump should have secured before conducting his own strikes over the weekend.
«You’re saying that the president did not need authorization initially and still does not need any authorization from Congress on Libya?» a reporter asked Pelosi at a press event back in 2011.
«Yes,» Pelosi answered plainly.
The unambiguous answer contrasts sharply with Pelosi’s view of Trump’s strikes against Iran on Saturday.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks at the 2026 California Democratic Party State Convention in San Francisco, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
In a joint effort targeting Iranian military leadership, the U.S. and Israel killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday, citing an imperative to halt Iran’s pursuit of developing a nuclear weapon.
Pelosi swiftly condemned the operation.
«President Trump’s decision to initiate military hostilities into Iran starts another unnecessary war which endangers our servicemembers and destabilizes an already fragile region,» Pelosi said in a post to X.
«The Constitution is clear: decisions that lead our nation into war must be authorized by Congress.»
Pelosi, alongside other Democrats, is pursuing a war powers resolution that would limit Trump from taking further military action against Iran without express congressional approval.
Trump’s strikes bear similarity to President Barack Obama’s decision to strike Libya in 2011 under Operation Odyssey Dawn.
In that operation, Obama ordered a series of strikes against Libya in March 2011, looking to deter Muammar Gaddafi from attacking civilian protesters.
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Sept. 14, 2012: President Barack Obama, accompanied by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, speaks during a Transfer of Remains Ceremony, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP)
Gaddafi, known as the «Mad Dog of the Middle East,» was the ruler of Libya from 1969 to 2011. He had a long and complicated relationship with the U.S. — at times aligning with national objectives and, at others, governing in a manner the U.S. couldn’t ignore.
The final straw came in the Libyan revolt of 2011, when demonstrations broke out in Benghazi and other cities. Like recent uprisings in Iran, Gaddafi met the threat to his rule with crushing force, marching his forces toward several Libyan cities that had resisted his power.
In what he described as attempts to uphold international law, Obama said the U.S., in partnership with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), had taken the strikes to protect Libya’s civilians to protect Libya’s civilians.
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«We struck regime forces approaching Benghazi to save that city and the people within it,» Obama said in remarks after the attacks.
The strikes did not kill Gaddafi.
Gaddafi was killed later that year at the hands of revolutionaries in October.
Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi gestures to supporters as he speaks in Tripoli, Libya. As rebels swarmed into Tripoli late Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011. (Associated Press)
While Obama said he had consulted a bipartisan group of congressional lawmakers, he did not pursue a declaration of war before carrying out his strikes.
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«So, for those who doubted our capacity to carry out this operation, I want to be clear: The United States of America has done what we said we would do,» Obama said.
Pelosi’s office did not respond to a request for comment on whether she saw any key differences between the attacks carried out by Obama and those now ordered by Trump.
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Healing after war: Inside Israel’s equine therapy program
Alex, 35, a disabled IDF veteran, says the psychological wounds of war have been more enduring than his physical injuries. Thanks to the Transcending Trauma Project, founded by Dr. Anita Shkedi, he is getting some help. (Director: Yaron Yarkoni.)
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As sirens sound again across Israel amid escalating Iranian attacks, the country is confronting not only a new battlefield but old psychological wounds. In a stable in central Israel, Danny, is getting some healing.
On October 7, Danny (not his real name) said he was called up from home. Within days, he said, his unit was evacuating bodies from Kibbutz Kissufim under live fire. He spent six months in the war, moving between combat zones in Gaza and evacuating severely wounded soldiers. «We were shot at while evacuating the dead,» he recalled. «I saw the wounded arrive in pieces. These are things I will never forget.»
Since coming home, he says he is constantly on edge — sensitive to noise, tense, struggling to resume normal life. Once a week, he comes to work with a large dark horse named King. «There’s something that waits for me here,» he said. «It’s the one day I can relax and leave the chaos behind. There’s something waiting for me here.»
An Israeli veteran stands beside his horse during a session at the Brothers of Jonathan charity’s equine therapy center, where organizers aim to build resilience and prevent chronic PTSD. (Anita Shkedi)
His story is one of many emerging from a country that is facing a mental-health crisis with many of its troops suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. A recent Reuters report citing Israel’s Defense Ministry said it has witnessed «a nearly 40% increase in PTSD cases amongst its soldiers since September 2023, and predicts the figure will increase by 180% by 2028.» It also said that some 60% of all wounded troops suffer from PTSD, according to those figures.
Alex, 35, is another veteran who found his way to the same stable. Standing beside a horse named Donna, he prepares for another therapy session. A victim of another one of Israel’s war he was stabbed seven times during Operation Cast Lead in 2009. He says the assault altered the course of his life.
«Pain you can get used to,» he says. «But post-trauma — you cannot get used to.»
He has been coming here for two months. «With Donna I feel the quiet and peace that I can’t feel at home when I’m alone and my thoughts go elsewhere,» he says. «The treatment with the horses is changing my life. Every week more and more, and I don’t want it to end.
«The Transcending Trauma Project was founded by Dr. Anita Shkedi, a pioneer in therapeutic horseback riding in Israel since the 1980s. After years in the field, she came out of semi-retirement following the Oct. 7 attacks to launch the program under a new charity she created, Brothers of Jonathan.
The initiative provides equine-assisted therapy to reservists, soldiers, veterans, Nova music festival survivors and family members struggling with the psychological aftermath of war.
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A participant in the Transcending Trauma Project works with a horse during a therapy session at a rehabilitation stable in Israel. The initiative was launched after the October 7 attacks to help those struggling with trauma. (Anita Shkedi)
For Shkedi, the project is deeply personal.
Her son, Jonathan Boyden, was mortally wounded during a rescue mission in Lebanon in 1993 and died weeks later from his injuries. For years, she said, she felt she had never fully honored his memory. «When he was alive and serving in the army, he always said to me, ‘Do something and help the injured soldiers,’» she recalled. «So I put everything together and felt this was the right thing to do — to start a charity called Brothers of Jonathan and help people in the way I know best, which is with the horse.»
Since launching in late 2023, the program has delivered more than a thousand therapy sessions and now operates with a growing waiting list. From the outset, Shkedi said her goal was not only treatment but prevention. «Right from the beginning, I was interested in prevention — if we can get to people early, maybe we can prevent symptoms of trauma from turning into chronic PTSD,» she said. «We need to save this generation.»
Many participants arrive in what she describes as «survival mode,» stuck in cycles of fear, anxiety and hypervigilance. But she warns that another psychological wound is emerging alongside classic PTSD symptoms.
«There will be a high level of moral injury — shame and guilt — alongside fear, anxiety and depression,» Shkedi said. «When that combines with PTSD, it is very shattering for a person.»
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A former IDF soldier bonds with a horse as part of a structured, trauma-informed therapy program designed to help veterans and civilians process the psychological aftermath of war. (Anita Shkedi)
In the stable, she says, something shifts.
«Traumatized people need a safe place. Sometimes home is not a safe place,» she explained. «When they come to the horses, they attach easily. The environment becomes safe for them — and they start to feel safer inside.»
The therapy is structured and trauma-informed. Participants learn first to regulate themselves alongside the horse and eventually to guide and care for the animal.
«We don’t get rid of trauma. Trauma has happened,» Shkedi said. «Our job is to build resilience and post-traumatic growth — to help people move from co-regulation to self-regulation.»
For some, she said, the bond has been lifesaving.
«We have had people who were struggling with suicidal thoughts. The fact that they can attach themselves to the horse has really helped them.»
Looking ahead, Shkedi hopes to expand. «The dream is to have a place in Israel where people can come 24/7,» she said. «A place that says: you are safe here.»
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An Israeli veteran participates in an equine-assisted therapy session at the Transcending Trauma Project in central Israel. Organizers say the program supports soldiers and survivors coping with post-traumatic stress. (Anita Shkedi)
As the war continues and more soldiers rotate home, she believes the psychological toll is only beginning to surface.
«We are not just here for people to ride a horse,» she said. «We are here to help them move forward.»
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Por qué la guerra en Irán puede resultar muy costosa para Rusia: drones militares, rutas estratégicas y negocios
Tras perder Siria, Rusia observa hoy cómo se debilita su histórica influencia en Medio Oriente con la oleada de bombardeos estadounidenses e israelíes en Irán, su principal aliado en la región.
Esta nueva guerra le puede pasar una costosa factura a Moscú. No solo la Revolución Islámica ha sido clave en el suministro de drones militares para su conflicto en Ucrania. También el país es un importante polo de negocios y una ruta comercial estratégica para el Kremlin.
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Pero además hay un gran paradoja surgida del juego de poder geopolítico. Teherán está bombardeando a los países del Golfo que albergan bases militares estadounidenses, entre ellos los Emiratos Árabes Unidos, donde la oposición rusa denuncia que el Kremlin montó un entramado de empresas fantasmas para eludir las sanciones internacionales derivadas de su invasión a Ucrania.
Qué puede perder Rusia en la guerra en Irán
La guerra en Irán es un gran dolor de cabeza para Vladimir Putin.
El presidente ruso solo pudo recurrir a la retórica contra Donald Trump, con quien negocia una salida a la guerra en el Dombas, para condenar la ofensiva contra Irán, a la que calificó de “cínica e inmoral”. Una situación similar había ocurrido tras el ataque a Venezuela y la captura de Nicolás Maduro el 3 de enero pasado. Moscú no está en condiciones de ejercer presión sobre Washington. El presidente ruso Vladimir Putin (Foto: Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via REUTERS)
El analista Oleg Ignatov, experto en temas rusos del Crisis Group, una ONG internacional encargada de la resolución de conflictos, dijo a TN que, si cae la Revolución Islámica, “Rusia perderá un régimen amigo que comparte en gran medida su visión del conflicto con Occidente”.
“Rusia podría perder una ruta logística alternativa hacia la región a través del Mar Caspio e Irán, importante para Rusia debido a la presión occidental sobre su logística comercial, pero que, sin embargo, aún no está plenamente operativa”, indicó.
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El analista afirmó: “Rusia no tiene muchos socios cercanos. Y ahora ve que su número se reduce aún más. En general, Rusia se sentirá más vulnerable y se comportará menos cooperativamente. Moscú considera que la mejor defensa en este nuevo mundo es ser fuerte. Se prepara para una nueva guerra y se vuelve lo más resistente posible porque no hay garantías y no se puede confiar en ninguna negociación”.
“No quiero hablar de eso”
En junio pasado, un periodista le preguntó a Putin qué pasaría si el líder supremo iraní, Ali Jamenei, fuera asesinado.
El presidente ruso, según The Moscow Times, fue sorprendido por el interrogante durante el Foro Económico anual de San Petersburgo. Entonces respondió: “Ni siquiera quiero hablar de esa posibilidad. No quiero”.
El peor escenario para Moscú finalmente se materializó. Jamenei fue eliminado en uno de los bombardeos del sábado. El gobierno ruso condenó la acción y la calificó como una “violación cínica de todas las normas de la moral humana y el derecho internacional”.
“En nuestro país, el ayatollah Jamenei será recordado como un estadista destacado que hizo una enorme contribución personal al desarrollo de las relaciones amistosas ruso-iraníes, elevándolas al nivel de una asociación estratégica integral”, dijo Putin.
Pero la reacción de Moscú solo se limita hoy a la retórica. Columnas de humo se levantan sobre Teherán tras una oleada de bombardeos de EE.UU. e Israel (Foto: Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS)
La cartera de inversiones rusas en Irán
Nikita Smagin, un experto en relaciones ruso-iraníes, dijo al periódico que la mayor preocupación del Kremlin en este momento es su sustancial cartera de inversiones que incluyen proyectos millonarios en las industrias petrolera y gasífera
“Esto incluye el corredor Norte-Sur, una ruta ferroviaria multimillonaria entre Rusia e Irán a través del Cáucaso Sur, y un acuerdo de 25 000 millones de dólares para construir cuatro reactores nucleares en el sur de Irán”, enumeró.
Además, afirmó: “Rusia ha invertido mucho esfuerzo y dinero en Irán. Ciertamente, si imaginamos un cambio de régimen o inestabilidad en Irán, todos estos proyectos están amenazados”.
El mayor temor de Moscú es que la caída de la Revolución Islámica lleve al poder un gobierno que rompa su alianza con Rusia. El Kremlin ya perdió toda influencia en Siria tras la caída en diciembre de 2024 del gobernante Bashar al Assad. Hoy Siria está bajo una virtual tutela de Estados Unidos.
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“Los intereses de Rusia en Irán podrían verse afectados. Sobre todo si quienquiera que venga después busca relaciones más pragmáticas con Occidente. Este ha sido un temor de larga data en Rusia”, dijo Hanna Notte, directora del Programa de Eurasia en el Centro James Martin de Estudios de No Proliferación, citada por The Moscow Times.
Pero hay otro punto adicional. El Kremlin podría sufrir un duro golpe si se ven afectados sus intereses en los Emiratos Árabes Unidos, bajo bombardeo iraní. Allí se habrían creado cientos de empresas fantasma para eludir las sanciones de la Unión Europea y Estados Unidos. Incluso, hay sospechas de que Rusia ha usado los puertos emiratíes para trasladar crudo ruso.
La única buena noticia para Moscú es el aumento del precio del barril de crudo. Su economía depende en parte de sus exportaciones petroleras. Pero se trata de un beneficio a corto plazo, más allá de que pueda ser significativo para sus arcas.
Analistas militares dijeron además que Moscú ha comenzado a diversificar la producción de drones militares utilizados en la guerra en Ucrania. Así, empezó a producir los drones iraníes Shahed.
“Todo lo que ocurre en Oriente Medio amenaza los intereses rusos. Es un cambio de norma, un cambio de patrón sobre cómo las potencias mundiales actúan hacia los países autoritarios. Y, sin duda, no es una buena señal para Rusia”, concluyó Smagin.
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