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Watch: Video Raises Awareness of Oct. 7 Massacre for Non-Israelis, Asking, ‘What If It Were You?’
An aerial view shows the bodies of victims of an attack following a mass infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip lying on the ground in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, in southern Israel, Oct. 10, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Ilan Rosenberg
The Israeli Embassy in the United Kingdom has released a new video designed to raise awareness of the Hamas terror group’s Oct. 7 massacre across southern Israel, briefly showing viewers the atrocities as they would have unfolded in a typical neighborhood outside the Jewish state.
Israel’s Deputy Ambassador to the UK, Oren Marmorstein, posted the video on X/Twitter along with the message: “London. Christmas Day. Your home and dear ones. What if it were you?”
The 90-second video follows a mother living in London, waking up on Christmas morning to gunshots outside and immediately grabbing her husband and children to go into the basement of their home for safety. However, masked men enter the basement and roughly abduct the bloodied woman, taking her with them.
The video includes timestamps that occur over a 90-minute period, corresponding to the timing of the Hamas attacks on the Israeli kibbutzim bordering Gaza, which is ruled by the Palestinian terror group.
Viewer discretion advised: The video contains potentially traumatic content.
London.
Christmas Day.
Your home and dear ones.
What if it were you? pic.twitter.com/Y7iGuIvYvJ
— Oren Marmorstein (@OrenMarmorstein) November 20, 2023
It appears that choosing Christmas was meant to parallel the fact that the actual Oct. 7 attacks occurred on Simchat Torah, a Jewish holiday of celebration that is traditionally one of the happiest days of the year.
On Oct. 7, Palestinian terrorists led by Hamas invaded Israel and murdered over 1,200 people in the deadliest single-day massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. The terrorists also injured thousands and abducted over 240 others, taking them back to Gaza as hostages. The brutality of the onslaught across southern Israeli communities — which included rape, torture, and even slaughtering babies — has shocked the world.
“The idea behind making the film is to connect British viewers to the tragic events that occurred in Israel on Oct. 7,” Hodaya Avzada, the project lead and a diplomat, told i24 News, describing the video produced on behalf of the Israeli Embassy. “In collaboration with Israeli creators living in London, the embassy formulated the idea of producing a video that would make the British feel in our shoes for a minute and a half.”
“The video was created with the idea that events in Israel are perceived by the British as very far away from them, and not as something they can feel directly. The result of this film speaks for itself, and automatically links the viewer to what is happening in Israel.”
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Netanyahu Posts Message Appearing to Confirm Hamas Leaders Survived Doha Strike
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a Plenum session of the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament, in Jerusalem, June 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
i24 News – In a statement posted to social media on Saturday evening, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the Qatar-based leadership of Hamas, reiterating that the jihadist group had to regard for the lives of Gazans and represented an obstacle to ending the war and releasing the Israelis it held hostage.
The wording of Netanyahu’s message appeared to confirm that the strike targeting the Hamas leaders in Doha was not crowned with success.
“The Hamas terrorists chiefs living in Qatar don’t care about the people in Gaza,” wrote Netanyahu. “They blocked all ceasefire attempts in order to endlessly drag out the war.” He added that “Getting rid of them would rid the main obstacle to releasing all our hostages and ending the war.”
Israel is yet to officially comment on the result of the strike, which has incurred widespread international criticism.
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Trump Hosts Qatari Prime Minister After Israeli Attack in Doha
Qatar’s Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani attends an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council, following an Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, Sept. 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
US President Donald Trump held dinner with the Qatari prime minister in New York on Friday, days after US ally Israel attacked Hamas leaders in Doha.
Israel attempted to kill the political leaders of Hamas with an attack in Qatar on Tuesday, a strike that risked derailing US-backed efforts to broker a truce in Gaza and end the nearly two-year-old conflict. The attack was widely condemned in the Middle East and beyond as an act that could escalate tensions in a region already on edge.
Trump expressed annoyance about the strike in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and sought to assure the Qataris that such attacks would not happen again.
Trump and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani were joined by a top Trump adviser, US special envoy Steve Witkoff.
“Great dinner with POTUS. Just ended,” Qatar’s deputy chief of mission, Hamah Al-Muftah, said on X.
The White House confirmed the dinner had taken place but offered no details.
The session followed an hour-long meeting that al-Thani had at the White House on Friday with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
A source briefed on the meeting said they discussed Qatar’s future as a mediator in the region and defense cooperation in the wake of the Israeli strikes against Hamas in Doha.
Trump said he was unhappy with Israel’s strike, which he described as a unilateral action that did not advance US or Israeli interests.
Washington counts Qatar as a strong Gulf ally. Qatar has been a main mediator in long-running negotiations for a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza, for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza and for a post-conflict plan for the territory.
Al-Thani blamed Israel on Tuesday for trying to sabotage chances for peace but said Qatar would not be deterred from its role as mediator.
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Trump Urges NATO Countries to Halt Russian Oil Purchases
US President Donald Trump gestures during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, Aug. 26, 2025. Photo: Jonathan Ernst via Reuters Connect
i24 News – US President Donald Trump issued a letter to NATO nations on Saturday, impressing upon them to stop purchasing Russian oil and impose major sanctions on the regime of Vladimir Putin to end its war in Ukraine.
“I am ready to do major Sanctions on Russia when all NATO Nations have agreed, and started, to do the same thing, and when all NATO Nations STOP BUYING OIL FROM RUSSIA. As you know, NATO’S commitment to WIN has been far less than 100%, and the purchase of Russian Oil, by some, has been shocking! It greatly weakens your negotiating position, and bargaining power, over Russia,” the message read.
“Anyway, I am ready to ‘go’ when you are. Just say when? I believe that this, plus NATO, as a group, placing 50% to 100% TARIFFS ON CHINA, to be fully withdrawn after the WAR with Russia and Ukraine is ended, will also be of great help in ENDING this deadly, but RIDICULOUS, WAR. China has a strong control, and even grip, over Russia, and these powerful Tariffs will break that grip.”
Trump’s post comes after the recent flight of multiple Russian drones into Poland, widely perceived an escalatory move by Russia as it was entering the airspace of a NATO ally. Poland intercepted the drones, yet Trump played down the severity of the incident and Russia’s motives by saying it “could have been a mistake.”