According to an Axios report, Israeli President Isaac Herzog confirmed over the weekend that the IDF has located files on a Hamas USB drive that contain instructions on how to build chemical weapons.
Herzog confirmed the findings in an interview with Sky News.
“This is how shocking the situation is where we’re looking at the instructions that are given on how to operate and how to create a kind of non-professional chemical weapon with cyanide,” Herzog said.
From Axios:
Axios reported on Saturday that the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s weapons of mass destruction non-proliferation department sent a classified cable to Israeli embassies in dozens of capitals worldwide, including Washington, late last week under the headline: “Hamas intention of using chemical weapons.”
• The authenticity of the Hamas file could not be independently verified by Axios, but Israeli officials have previously said they wouldn’t share information with allies if they didn’t think it was authentic and reliable.
• It is not clear from the file whether Hamas had any serious or operational plan for using makeshift chemical weapons or whether the group had attempted to produce them.
More over at Axios:
Israel's president has confirmed Axios' report that the IDF found a USB key with instructions for producing a "cyanide dispersion device" on the body of a Hamas operative who participated in the Oct. 7 terrorist attack https://t.co/1OKvlujN7i
— Axios (@axios) October 22, 2023
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