Hamas slaughters 40 babies & kids in one town with some beheaded as families burned alive in ‘pogrom’, Israel claims

HAMAS terrorists massacred at least 40 babies and kids in a sickening rampage in one town – with some found beheaded, Israel claimed.

Israeli soldiers discovered scenes of unimaginable horror in Kfar Aza – a village close to the Gaza border that was held for two days by the Hamas militants.

AFPEntire families were gunned down by Hamas militants in Kfar Aza – a village close to the Gaza border[/caption]

AFPMen, women, children and baby were slaughtered in their beds in Kfar Aza[/caption]

i24NewsIsraeli Defence Force’s Major General Itai Veruv described scenes of brutal violence[/caption]

The Israeli army took back control of the besieged village and soldiers now face the gut-wrenching task of recovering the dead.

Armed with guns, grenades and knives, men, women, children and babies were butchered in their beds early on Saturday morning after the Palestinian militant group stormed across the border.

Speaking from the scene of the bloodbath, i24News reporter Nicole Zedek said a soldier told her they had found “babies with heads cut off”.

The Israeli commander said at least 40 babies and children had been slaughtered.

Visibly shaken by the atrocities, Nicole said: “No one could expect it to be like this – the horrors I’m hearing from these soldiers.

“About 40 babies at least were taken out on gurneys. They are going house to house still taking out dead bodies.”

She said cots and buggies were abandoned in the streets as terrified families fled the rampaging terrorists – who stormed the village in “waves” every 20 minutes for an agonising 48 hours.

Major General Itai Veruv described sickening scenes of brutal violence – where whole families were murdered in their homes.

He told reporters: “You see the babies, the mothers, the fathers, in their bedrooms, in their protection rooms and how the terrorist kills them.

“It’s not a war. It’s not a battlefield. It’s a massacre. It’s something I’ve never seen in my life.”

Reporters who were allowed into the village on Tuesday described a horrifying “smell of death”.

It comes as…

Israel blitzed Gaza with more heavy airstrikes overnightThe IDF mobilised 300,000 reservists for a full-scale ground invasionMore than 3,000 have been confirmed dead in Israel and Gaza and thousands more injuredPM Netanyahu dubbed Hamas “worse than ISIS” and said Israel will crush them with “a force like never before”The terrorists threatened to execute hostages and broadcast grisly footageThree British citizens have been confirmed dead, while seven other Brits are missing

Some Israeli soldiers appeared visibly shaken by the brutality as they found streets littered with corpses after Hamas terrorists went from door-to-door gunning down entire families.

More than 3,000 people have been killed on both sides since Hamas stormed the border and massacred hundreds in the surprise attack.

Following Hamas’ threat to execute some of the 150 civilian hostages, Israel unleashed a relentless barrage of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.

The militants are now reportedly planning to post sickening footage of Israeli hostages after the terror group threatened a major rocket attack on the port city of Ashkelon.

On Monday, the armed wing of Hamas said it would begin executing one Israeli captive and broadcast footage for every civilian house bombed in Gaza without warning.

Israeli schools have sent a message to parents to immediately remove apps like TikTok and Instagram from their children’s phones’ so they won’t come across graphic content.

Israel earlier urged civilians in Gaza to flee south to Egypt ahead of an all-out ground assault.

The Israeli army is gathering 173,000 troops – including 8,000 elite commandos – along with 300 tanks, artillery pieces and rocket launchers in border town Sderot.

A further 300,000 reserve troops have been readied ahead of the planned invasion.

The Israeli Defence Force has also reportedly begun laying mines as it blockades the Gaza Strip, cutting off food, water and electricity.

The US is also moving several warships – including USS Gerald Ford – and aircraft to the Mediterranean after Joe Biden pledged Washington’s “rock solid” support to Tel Aviv.