A Perspective on the Scale of the October 7th Massacre
by Nick Rendell, The Daily Sceptic:
As we approach the anniversary of the October 7th pogrom Hamas still holds 100 or so hostages. It’s believed a significant number of those remaining hostages have died in captivity to add to the 1,300 or so previously killed by Hamas on October 7th or in the tunnels under Gaza since then.
I’m afraid I’m amongst those who can’t bring themselves to watch Yariv Mozer’s documentary Surviving October 7th: We Will Dance Again (available on BBC iPlayer). Is this cowardice? I’m not sure. I find the images my imagination conjures up based on the brief clips I have seen distressing enough.
I leave the telling of the story of that day to brave documentary makers such as Mozer and those journalists who work hard to keep this story alive – a task made more challenging in the face of the ever-growing narrative that increasingly paints the Palestinians as the victims. Iran, Hamas and those Palestinians who came out on the streets of Gaza to celebrate the massacre knew where their actions would lead. The slaughter that has followed is a direct consequence of October 7th.
However, if I can’t illuminate the horror of October 7th, perhaps I can at least add some perspective that may help readers to put the massacre in context.
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