Israeli chargé d'affaires Owen Marmostein has opened up on his anguish after seeing footage of the suffering caused by Hamas terrorists in Israel.
Speaking on GB News, he fought back tears as he recalled the harrowing moment in which terrorists entered a family home.
Marmostein told Anne Diamond and Martin Daubney that the attack is “different” from Hamas, with civilians being targeted.
“I want to share the small stories that make up the big story”, he said.
Owen Marmostein has opened up on the harrowing attacks
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“An Israeli family, in their living room, have terrorists inside. The terrorists are shouting at them.
“You can hear a little boy crying, ‘mummy, what are they going to do to us?’
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“In another video, you can see an Israeli teenage girl being dragged in the streets of Gaza. Terrorists are pulling her by her hair.
“You can see this girl with blood all over her body.
“Terrorists shove her into a car, and her petrified eyes, these eyes stay with you long after the video is over.”
It comes as Israel’s premier Benjamin Netanyahu said “we are at war” following the attack which resulted in more than 200 people killed.
Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza StripReutersThe UK Government stands in “full solidarity” with Israel after the “cowardly and depraved” attack by Palestinian militants, Rishi Sunak declared.
Adding to his comments, Marmostein pleaded with GB News viewers to consider how such an event would have played out in the streets of Britain.
“What kind of people commit these atrocities? These are the terrorists we are dealing with”, he said.
“Think of a situation, God forbid, you have terrorists walking the streets of Liverpool or Manchester, trying to shoot people down and take people into captivity.
“This is what we’re dealing with.”
Sunak wrote on social media: “As the barbarity of today’s atrocities becomes clearer, we stand unequivocally with Israel. This attack by Hamas is cowardly and depraved.
“We have expressed our full solidarity to @netanyahu and will work with international partners in the next 24 hours to co-ordinate support.”
At least 250 people have been killed and 1,500 have been wounded in the violence, according to the country’s national rescue service – making it the deadliest attack in Israel in years.
And at least 232 people have been killed and 1,700 wounded in Gaza in Israeli retaliation, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.