Shaiel Ben-Ephraim, @academic_la, is an Israeli geopolitical analyst, former Israeli military intelligence analyst, academic and podcast host, and he has produced a very interesting analysis of the children killed on October 7. The video deserves to be watched in its entirety — all 30 minutes of it — but here's a summary: What he wanted to establish was whether there is evidence that Hamas deliberately murdered children. Because even though we've come a long way from the babies-in-ovens lies, the notion that children were obvious targets is still virtually impossible to question. So he decided to examine every child aged 14 or younger who was killed that day, since children over 14 can be mistaken for adults. And the purpose, of course, was not to prove that there was no intent, because nobody can do that. He simply went through each of the sixteen children, one by one. Where did they die, under what circumstances, and is there reason to suspect deliberate murder? Hamas has been clear that its orders were not to kill children, women or the elderly. Of course, you don't have to believe that if you don't want to. Besides, not everyone involved was a Hamas fighter, and those who weren't probably hadn't heard the orders. But for simplicity's sake, I'll refer to all of them as Hamas here. There are also several examples of situations where they had the opportunity to kill children but left them unharmed. Here's what he found: Children whom Hamas saw and deliberately killed: 0 Children killed when Hamas tried to break into houses: 4 Children killed by rockets: 5 — four of them Bedouins, because they lived in villages where Israel had neglected to install warning systems and bomb shelters Children killed in attacks where cars were shot at: 1 — an unborn Bedouin baby who died after delivery Children killed in crossfire, with responsibility unclear: 2 Children killed by Israel: 2–3 As for the remaining children, they died under mysterious circumstances, probably also killed by Israel. Why does this matter? Because what happened that day was terrible enough without having to resort to lies. The purpose of lying about Hamas supposedly deliberately trying to murder as many children as possible is to portray not just Hamas, but all Palestinians, as bestial monsters. It's encouraging that an Israeli has produced this video. Unfortunately, despite his thorough work and detailed sources, it has received no more than a couple of hundred views. It deserves better. #October7 #Hamas #Israel #Palestine Links below 👇🏻 xitter.cf/academic_la/status/211… trotzenfeldt.com/2026/10/26/…