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== October 7 footage ==

== October 7 footage ==

In a September 2026 interview on the ''Taqarrab'' podcast, Azaiza said he filmed Israeli hostages being beaten and assaulted after they were brought into Gaza on October 7, 2023, but did not publish the footage.

In a September 2026 interview on the ''Taqarrab'' podcast (interview between Arab Palestinian podcaster Ahmed al-Biqawi [Ahmed Bikaoui] and Motaz Azaiza, published on September 3, 2026), Azaiza said he filmed Israeli hostages being beaten and assaulted after they were brought into Gaza on October 7, 2023, but did not publish the footage.

Azaiza recalled seeing a vehicle belonging to the Al-Qassam Brigades carrying Israeli captives. He said that people gathered around the captives, watched them, beat them and hit them while he followed the group and filmed. He said he chose not to publish the recordings because he did not want to expose the people who appeared in them to identification and Israeli military action. <ref>{{cite news |last=Leon |first=Eli |title=Oct. 7 footage taken by Gazan not published to avoid harming Palestinian mob |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=September 19, 2026 |url=https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-909113}}</ref>

Azaiza recalled seeing a vehicle belonging to the Al-Qassam Brigades carrying Israeli captives. He said that people gathered around the captives, watched them, beat them and hit them while he followed the group and filmed. He said he chose not to publish the recordings because he did not want to expose the people who appeared in them to identification and Israeli military action. <ref>{{cite news |last=Leon |first=Eli |title=Oct. 7 footage taken by Gazan not published to avoid harming Palestinian mob |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=September 19, 2026 |url=https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-909113}}</ref>