It is yet unclear if Hamas has begun or even intends to mass produce chemical weapons.
JERUSALEM POST STAFF OCTOBER 22, 2023 09:56 Updated:
A USB containing detailed instructions on how to make a “cyanide dispersion device” was found on the deceased body of a Hamas terrorist who participated in the October 7 attack, according to Barak Ravid at Axios.
Ravid claimed that two Israeli Foreign Ministry officials and a copy of a classified Foreign Ministry cable confirmed the find. However, the authenticity of the Hamas file has not been independently verified.
It is yet unclear if Hamas has begun or even intends to mass produce chemical weapons.
Neither the Foreign Ministry nor a Hamas spokesperson issued a comment regarding the find.
THE BELONGINGS of festivalgoers are seen at the site of the Supernova festival, at which Awad Darawshe was working when Hamas unleashed its massacre on October 7. (credit: RONEN ZVULUN/REUTERS)
The origins of the weapon
The recipe for the chemical weapon has been traced back to a 2003 Al-Qaeda manual, said Ravid citing the cable.
“This finding points to an intention by Hamas to use chemical weapons as part of its terror attack against civilians,” the cable alleged.
The Foreign Ministry allegedly sent the original file in English to Israeli embassies and asked them to privately pass it along to their host governments.
Content retrieved from: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-769576#769576.