(Reuters) Eli Berlzon - Jamal Warraqi, a Muslim Israeli Arab, was among the first emergency rescuers to reach Kibbutz Be'eri after Hamas gunmen rampaged through the community on Oct. 7, and the sight of slaughtered families and children is still seared into his memory. A volunteer for Zaka, a non-governmental rescue service, Warraqi said, "I saw families, they were slaughtered, a lot of families. I saw a father and mom with three kids, they were tied hands up, hands back...as they were put on their knees in front of each other, then they got shot in the head." Warraqi says the brutality "has nothing to do with Islam." Warraqi said many Muslims were also killed in the assault, recalling how he took care of two Arab women wearing hijab, shot by the attackers, and three Arab bus drivers from eastern Jerusalem who got shot in the head. "That means that they're (Hamas) not doing this for the country or for religion, they're just doing this for the hatred." (Reuters)- Eli Berlzon Jamal Warraqi, a Muslim Israeli Arab, was among the first emergency rescuers to reach Kibbutz Be'eri after Hamas gunmen rampaged through the community on Oct. 7, and the sight of slaughtered families and children is still seared into his memory. A volunteer for Zaka, a non-governmental rescue service, Warraqi said, "I saw families, they were slaughtered, a lot of families. I saw a father and mom with three kids, they were tied hands up, hands back...as they were put on their knees in front of each other, then they got shot in the head." Warraqi says the brutality "has nothing to do with Islam." Warraqi said many Muslims were also killed in the assault, recalling how he took care of two Arab women wearing hijab, shot by the attackers, and three Arab bus drivers from eastern Jerusalem who got shot in the head. "That means that they're (Hamas) not doing this for the country or for religion, they're just doing this for the hatred."
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