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Hamas calls on Israel to allow impartial investigation into 7 October attacks <article data-history-node-id="433113" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hamas-calls-israel-allow-impartial-investigation-7-october-attacks" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hamas-calls-israel-allow-impartial-investigation-7-october-attacks" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Hamas calls on Israel to allow impartial investigation into 7 October attacks</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Hamas has called on <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel</a> to allow an impartial international investigation into its attack on 7 October 2023 and has rejected that it killed civilians or committed atrocities. </p> <p>The Palestinian group published a 42-page <a href="https://palinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/OurNarrative.pdf" target="_blank">document</a> on Friday, which laid out its account of 7 October, as well as details on Israel’s subsequent genocide and Hamas’ view on what comes next in the enclave. </p> <p>Around 1,200 Israelis were killed when Hamas and other groups launched a surprise attack on southern Israel over two years ago. A further 251 people were taken to Gaza as captives. </p> <p>In the new document, Hamas said that “Western media and Zionist lobby groups” had launched a disinformation campaign about the events of the attack. </p> <h3>Read more: <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hamas-calls-israel-allow-impartial-investigation-7-october">Hamas calls on Israel to allow impartial investigation into 7 October attacks</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="A Palestinian fighter from Hamas' armed wing in al-Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, on 7 February 2025 (AFP/Eyad Baba)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="14f66b85-95af-4788-9905-e5d6b1039684" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/hamas-fighter-2025-afp.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="A Palestinian fighter from Hamas' armed wing in al-Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, on 7 February 2025 (AFP/Eyad Baba)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>A Palestinian fighter from Hamas' armed wing in al-Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, on 7 February 2025 (AFP/Eyad Baba)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url("https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png") rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> <p><span style="background: url("https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png") rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img alt height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article> https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hamas-calls-israel-allow-impartial-investigation-7-october-attacks