Israel Envoy Plays Hamas' 'Decapitate' Attempt Video At UN, Says Its War Is Not With Palestine

Israel's ambassador to the UN played a video of a Hamas militant trying to "behead" a man during the October 7 surprise attack and said that the war is not with Palestine but with Hamas.

Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations Gilad Erdan shows a video of a Israeli man killed by Hamas at the General Assembly during the 10th Emergency Special Session on October 26. ( Image Source :Getty Images )

Israel-Hamas War: Israel's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan on Thursday played a video showing a Hamas militant trying to decapitate a man with a garden tool during the Palestinian Islamist terrorists' October 7 attack on Israel. Emphasising that Israel is fighting against Hamas terrorists and not against Palestine, Erdan said that the man being attacked in the video was not Israeli or Jewish, but a farmer from Thailand, reported Reuters.

"One can see a terribly injured civilian – bloodied, yet alive – laying on the ground as a Hamas savage screaming Allahu Akbar repeatedly pummels the man's neck with a garden hoe in order to decapitate him," Erdan told the assembly, as quoted by Reuters.

He said Israel's war is with Hamas, adding that the militant group does not care about Palestinian people, peace or dialogue. During his speech at the special session of the UN General Assembly, he said the 'massacre' had nothing to do with the Palestinians.

"Every member State here today who is convinced that we are above to discuss yet another round of conflict in the Middle East another dispute between Israel and the Palestinians is wrong," he said, as per ANI.

"The October 7th Massacre and what ensued has nothing to do with the Palestinians, nothing. It has nothing to do with the Arab-Israeli conflict or the Palestinian question. This is not a war with the Palestinians. Israel is at war with the genocidal jihadist Hamas terror organization only. It is the law-abiding democracy of Israel against modern-day Nazis," Erdan added.

The Israeli ambassador added that Hamas has only one goal to "annihilate Israel" and "murder every single Jew" on the face of the Earth.

The two-day emergency UN session began on Thursday and is due to vote on Friday on Arab states' draft resolution that calls for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Israeli diplomats placed a print out of a QR code with the title "Free Gaza from Hamas, scan to see Hamas' atrocities" at each seat in the hall at UN headquarters. The QR was linked to photos and videos from the Oct. 7 attack, reported Reuters.

Erdan said his country will continue combating the "genocidal terrorists committed to Israel's destruction" and will not rest until Hamas is "obliterated" and the hostages are returned home. 

"We will bring them home," he added.

Addressing the gathering, he said, "On October 7, it became clear to the entire world that Hamas's Charter was not a compilation of empty words it was an action plan. Imagine, a bright sunny day clear skies, music in the air, young people are dancing ....a concert for Peace, yes for peace It is really it is early morning on the holy Shabbat, the sun is just risen to mark a new day it is also a festive Jewish High holiday Simchat Torah means the joy of the Torah where we celebrate the book of of books our Holy Bible and then in one split second this Idyllic Eden became hell on Earth."

"The peaceful morning air was pierced with the whale of rocket sirens. I'm telling you thousands of Hamas mortars and rockets rain down indiscriminately on many Israeli cities and villages but the buckets were only covered for the ..., the ...that followed barbarian Hamas terrorists invaded Israel from the sea the land and the air they came with one purpose only to savagely murder every living thing they encountered," he added.