‘Raging desire for revenge’: How does the Arab world remember Hamas’s October 7 invasion?
Hamas has continued to deny targeting civilians, carrying out sexual assaults, and mistreating hostages in captivity, claiming that investigations have disproved the allegations.
Three years after Hamas's October 7 invasion of Israel, Arab media coverage has predominantly focused on the destruction in Gaza, rarely mentioning the Israeli civilians killed. Notably, no Arab leader has publicly expressed sympathy for the Israeli victims. Hamas denies targeting civilians or committing sexual assaults, citing investigations that disprove these allegations.
However, a UN mission found reasonable grounds to believe conflict-related sexual violence occurred and that hostages experienced sexual violence in captivity.
Former hostages have repeatedly described the torture, starvation, and sexual violence they endured while held against their will in Gaza. Hamas demanded the UN Secretary-General retract his statement, which acknowledged Hamas's brutal killing of over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals, targeting civilians and sexually assaulting and torturing hostages. Arab media largely supported Hamas's perspective, with some publications highlighting the alleged involvement of external powers in the chaos following the attack.
Articles often failed to mention the civilian death toll in Israel, with figures ranging from hundreds to over 74,000 Palestinian deaths. Some publications emphasized the "raving desire for revenge" and the "thirst for Palestinian and Arab blood," emphasizing the alleged expansionist ambitions of the Israeli authorities.
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