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Bearing Witness to the October 7th Massacre

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “compilation by the idf spokesperson's unit of raw footage from the october 7 attacks”. Today it says “israeli documentary film”.
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Bearing Witness to the October 7th Massacre (also unofficially titled סרט הזוועות , lit. ' the atrocity film ' or ' the film of horrors ' in Hebrew ) is a compilation by the IDF Spokesperson's Unit of raw footage from the October 7 attacks . The film includes footage captured from body cameras worn by Hamas -led Palestinian militants on 7 October 2023, and contains scenes of violence recorded during and after the attacks. Israeli officials have held screenings of the film for national and international journalists, foreign diplomats, and Hollywood executives to garner support and to deflect criticism of Israel's conduct of the war in Gaza . The film has generated controversy, with some criticizing plans to publicly release the footage over concerns it would be psychologically harmful.

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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “compilation by the idf spokesperson's unit of raw footage from the october 7 attacks”. Today it says “israeli documentary film”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

compilation by the idf spokesperson's unit of raw footage from the october 7 attacks

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israeli documentary film

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