The Iron Lions

Testimonies from the Iron Sword War

Hamas committed war crimes.
Our evidence proves it.

Explore this growing collection of eyewitness accounts of Hamas atrocities

  • "Hamas killed mom and dad"

    Almog Boker

    Kfar Aza

  • "I pretend to be dead and they didn't take me. They took the three girls, the twins' parents, and everyone else alive to Gaza"

    Naamit Dekel-Chen

    Nir Oz

  • "Our friends came onto the evacuation bus with bullets and grenade shrapnel in their bodies."

    Shmulik Harel

    Kisufim

  • "We accepted our coming death. We hid our 4.5 year old son, and told him not to make any noise no matter what he heard."

    Nikita Somrov

    Nahal Oz

  • "My parents were murdered in front of me, my mom died on top of me. Our houses were then set on fire."

    Rotem Mathias

    Holit

  • "I played dead, bullets miraculously grazed my hair. I watched people being kidnapped, murdered, and burned inside cars."

    Adi Neve

    Nova festival

  • "I saw people being shot to death. I saw the smile on the terrorist's face when he shot the girl who was with me and she fell to her death"

    Maya Alper

    Nova Festival

  • "I was inside the shelter with my son, when the terrorists literally turned our house upside down and destroyed everything."

    Shai Salem

    Nirim

  • "The sight of charred houses, burned while the families were inside, the stench of corpses still lingering in the air"

    Yaniv Halili

    Re'im

  • "Shiri and the children were kidnapped. Later we received a report that they were all kidnapped, the parents and the Biebs family."

    Elad Siton

    Nir Oz

  • "The terrorist took my grandmother's phone and posted her dead body on her Facebook's profile"

    Mor Bayder

    Nir Oz

  • "We don’t have any way to hide anymore. We hear them behind us. The gunfire doesn’t stop"

    Yam Sinay

    Nova Festival

  • "I see the white handkerchief - Hamas. They’re yelling, “Itabah El Yahud (Murder the Jews).""

    Naomi Hirshfeld

    Kfar Aza

  • "We saw cars with holes in them, bodies thrown, sights I will never forget."

    Itzik Biton

    Nova Festival

  • "Neighbors are begging for help, while outside there’s shooting, terrorists, and a house with a baby inside catches fire."

    Hadas Krihely David

    Nirim

  • "Many of my parents' friends were kidnapped, murdered or burned alive."

    Ornit Arbel Alfassi

    Kissufim

  • "Amir stood with a knife for hours holding the shelter’s door handle. We lay on the floor in the dark, trying to calm each other in whispers."

    Einav Mor Maoz

    Nahal Oz

  • "During the "Nova" party, Inbar operated a painting booth. She is now held hostage by Hamas."

    Angel Cohen

    Nova Festival

  • "They fired an RPG at us. They fired many rounds of gunfire at our shelter's metal door."

    Michal Rahav

    Nirim

  • "We simply knew we couldn't stop and look back, because if you do either of those two things – you die."

    Amitai Nagar

    Nova Festival

  • "The terrorists threw stun grenades, shock grenades, and RPGs into our shelter. They dragged people out of our shelter."

    Agam Yosefzon

    Nova Festival

  • "I was sitting on the children's dresser, clutching the handle of the door, as Hamas were trying to open it"

    Eldad Hess

    Nirim

  • "Terrorists were everywhere in my parents' neighborhood. Many people I know were lying dead on the road in the most hideous way imaginable."

    Goni Goddard

    Be’eri

  • "The terrorists slaughtered people next to us."

    Tomer Mabraka

    Nova Festival

  • "We hid in the bushes for 8 hours. We knew that even one wrong breath could result in our death."

    Guy Danon

    Nova Festival

  • "For hours and hours, the terrorists went from house to house and slaughtered everyone who was there."

    Sophie Barzon Mckay

    Be’eri

  • "When I went outside, I saw burned cars, dead bodies. My father was kidnapped to Gaza."

    Ella Ben-Ami

    Be’eri

  • "Noya is autistic and Carmela is 80 years old with a heart condition. They are both held hostage by Hamas."

    Lee Dan

    Nir Oz

  • "Within 10 minutes, the people in the traffic jam were all slaughtered by Hamas."

    Shelly Levaton Barel

    Nova Festival

  • "We tried to prevent the terrorists from entering our shelter, got shot while doing so, and were injured."

    Diana and Moshe Rozen

    Nir Yitzhak

  • "I whisper to the police officer over the phone in tears, and in my heart I scream that if he doesn't come now, we will be murdered."

    Leeor Ohayon

    Re'im

  • "I can't get the smell of rotting corpses from my mind. Bodies swollen and teeming with maggots and flies. Mountains of bodies"

    Dr. Levy Avaraham

    Be'eri

  • "Bodies were scattered in the field, there were gunshots everywhere. Now I understand that whoever ran into the road was murdered."

    Yael Feldman

    Psyduck Festival

  • "They butchered us from point blank. Animals, they shot us, and you could tell they were enjoying this, laughing all the way."

    Sahar Ben-Sela

    Nova Festival

  • "We discovered 20 dead children. Hamas piled them up and burned them alive."

    Yossi Landau

    Be'eri

  • "Shots were fired all around us. Many people that a moment ago were dancing and laughing, were struggling for their lives."

    Shir Bitshvo

    Nova Festival

  • "My father-in-law and mother-in-law were murdered by Hamas. Hamas burned down the house with Yael, who is mentally disabled, inside."

    Shir Raz Keidar

    Gaza Envelope