A ‘top secret’ document allegedly prepared by the terrorist group Hamas has revealed that it had a detailed plan ready to target elementary schools and a youth centre in the Israeli kibbutz of Kfar Sa'ad, and the plan involved killing “as many people as possible,” a report by NBC news revealed.

The report was based on "top secret" documents that were discovered on the bodies of Hamas fighters by Israeli first responders. The Arabic-language documents revealed the precise intentions of Hamas groups to infiltrate, encircle, and take hostages from people, particularly women and children, at three Israeli kibbutzim close to the Gaza border.

One page labelled “Top Secret” outlines a plan of attack for Kfar Sa’ad, saying “Combat unit 1” is directed to “contain the new Da’at school,” while “Combat unit 2” is to “collect hostages,” “search the Bnei Akiva youth centre” and “search the old Da’at school.”

Another page labelled “Top Secret Maneuver” describes a plan for a Hamas unit to secure the east side of Kfar Sa’ad while a second unit controls the west. It says “kills as many as possible” and “capture hostages.” Other orders include surrounding a dining hall and holding hostages in it.

The detailed plan to attack Kfar Sa'ad is part of a trove of documents that Israeli officials are analyzing, according to one source in the Israeli army and one in the government. Surveillance video of Hamas terrorists entering a kibbutz on Oct. 7 shows tactics similar to those laid out in the documents obtained by NBC News.

According to the Israeli authorities, a larger collection of documents reveals that Hamas had been methodically gathering intelligence on each kibbutz bordering Gaza and developing unique attack plans for each town, including the deliberate targeting of women and children.

An IDF soldier said that he was shocked by the level of specificity and sophistication of the plans. He said that the plans showed that Hamas was targeting places where civilians gather, such as “the dental office, the supermarket, the dining hall.”

He said that he had “never seen this kind of detailed planning” for a mass terrorist attack.

The plans contradicted the claims of Hamas that they were not aiming to kill children in their attacks against Israel.

A horrific new video that Hamas released has been circulating on social media, in which the terrorist organization's armed men are seen holding and coddling Israeli youngsters and babies that they have abducted. The video seems to be an attempt to portray a positive image of how the captives are being treated by Hamas.

One of the men holds a baby in one arm and a gun in the other. Another man wears a balaclava and a green headband and holds a child in each arm. He speaks to the camera in Arabic.

The kidnapping of children during a war is one of the most heinous war crimes, according to the international community. Along with other atrocities like targeting hospitals or schools and enlisting children as soldiers, the UN has designated it as one of the six "grave violations" that it condemns.

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