The truth about October 7: Director Richard Sanders discusses his Al Jazeera film with Peter Oborne

“When the Israelis and their supporters are called on to justify the ferocity of their response, which has killed far, far more people than the Hamas incursion… again and again and again, they will talk about babies and they will talk about rapes.” Award-winning journalist and film director Richard Sanders, sits down with Middle East Eye columnist Peter Oborne to discuss his latest film with Al Jazeera’s Investigation Unit (I-Unit) October 7. The film provides a forensic analysis of the Hamas-led attack on Israel that day, revealing human rights abuses committed by Hamas fighters. The months’ long investigation also found that many claims repeated by politicians and western media, including mass rape and killings of babies, were false. Sanders explains that the failure of western media outlets in reporting these claims has been used by Israel to justify its war on Gaza. Watch the Al Jazeera documentary here: Subscribe to our c