Hamas terrorists who broke into Israel had been carrying directions on easy methods to make chemical weapons, based on Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
Israeli forces declare they found the fabric on the our bodies of useless fighters in Kibbutz Be’eri, the place an estimated 20% of the 1,100 residents had been killed or kidnapped.
The paperwork, full with diagrams, had been proven to Sky News by President Herzog in an unique interview on Sunday night.
Sky News is unable to independently confirm the claims.
“It’s Al Qaeda material. Official Al Qaeda material. We are dealing with ISIS, Al Qaeda and Hamas,” Mr Herzog mentioned. “This is how shocking the situation is where we’re looking at the instructions that are given on how to operate and how to create a kind of non-professional chemical weapon with cyanide.”
The intelligence, which has been declassified, reveals the elements wanted to make a chemical bomb. Sky News has taken the choice to blur a number of the materials.
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Mr Herzog was talking in his first British broadcast interview since he grew to become president.
Asked whether or not he understands why many Israelis are indignant and really feel they have been let down by the federal government and safety forces, Mr Herzog agreed.
“Absolutely. I hear it all day long. I hear it from families all day long and I hear it from refugees, those who have had to leave and are now in hotels and other places around the country and shelters, only with a simple bit of clothing and that’s it. People are very, very frustrated and clearly very angry and justifiably so.”
But he would not level the finger at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but: “Because we are at war, because we have to overcome, because we are rising like a lion, because we have to defend our people and change reality, we will deal with all of that after the war.”
Mr Herzog dismissed accusations that Israel’s bombing of Gaza is having a disproportionate impact on civilians and argued that Israel has no alternative however to remove Hamas.
“It’s not true. We have realistic objectives. We say we want to wipe out the military infrastructure of Hamas. We’ve said it clearly. We are cautious. Already two weeks have gone by, and we haven’t operated on the ground because we are cautious.
“I cry for the lives of Palestinians however firstly I cry for the lives of my nation.”
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More than 4,500 people have been killed in 16 days of Israeli airstrikes, according to figures from the Hamas-controlled health ministry.
The United Nations and other humanitarian organisations operating in Gaza have said there is a humanitarian emergency in the Strip but Herzog claimed “most of Gaza” is “functioning”.
“The drawback is that a part of the infrastructure, a part of the help is hijacked by Hamas. It’s very simple responsible Israel.”
Pushed on what happens to Gaza if Israel achieves its objectives and wipes out Hamas, Mr Herzog said that is the decision of Benjamin Netanyahu.
“Reality is shattered. People are asking themselves deep questions. Is it doable? Can I make peace with a neighbour who desires to cut my youngsters’s heads off? Is it possible?”
“I can not go into this [a two-state solution] proper now when my nation is bleeding, and in ache, and in agony.
“I’m always thinking about what kind of vision we can create. I believe in the inclusion of Israel in the region. As a part of the process we need to find a way to have a further life with the Palestinians, but not when they celebrate the fact that so many thousands of Israelis are being killed in the most horrendous terror attack in modern times.”
Source: information.sky.com”