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War between Israel and Hamas: “When we entered the houses, the bodies spoke to us”, testifies Mendy Habib, head of the NGO Zaka
War between Israel and Hamas: “When we entered the houses, the bodies spoke to us”, testifies Mendy Habib, head of the NGO Zaka – (franceinfo)
Saturday December 16, Mendy Habib, head of the NGO Zaka, an Israeli organization involved in the identification of bodies on the scene of accidents or attacks, is the guest of 19/20 info. He recounts the horror he himself witnessed after the October 7 attack in Israel.
Saturday December 16, Mendy Habib is the guest of 19/20 info. He is an official of the Israeli NGO Zaka. “Every time people die outside the hospital, in accidents, attacks or at home, without family, our mission is to give them honor”, he explains. Previously, Zaka intervened in Thailand, Liberia and Turkey. The role of its members is to bury the dead as dignified as possible: “The work is very hard. We have continued to work, since October 7, on the identification of the bodies”. Mendy Habib specifies that the NGO, present in the kibbutzim after the killing, participated in transporting the bodies to bring them back to their families and be able to bury them.
“The world must know who Hamas is”
In detail, Mendy Habib says that the bodies found at the scene of the massacre were sometimes “entire families, dead or burned”. “When we entered the houses, the bodies spoke to us”, he says, mentioning children or even women being raped. But while three Israeli hostages were shot dead by mistake by the IDF on Friday, December 15, demonstrations are currently taking place in Israel to demand a ceasefire. Despite this, Mendy Habib declares that it is necessary to “destroy Hamas” so that new attacks do not take place. “The world needs to know who Hamas is. We are not only here to help the Jews, but also to help the citizens of Gaza.”he insists.
