A senior Hamas spokesperson has denied that the group was responsible for the October 7, 2023, massacre at the Nova music festival, where 364 people were killed, despite widely circulated body-camera footage showing gunmen wearing bandanas and insignia associated with the group’s military wing.

In an interview with Norwegian broadcaster NRK, Osama Hamdan claimed that the attackers seen in the footage were not Hamas fighters and alleged that Israel had staged the evidence. The footage in question shows armed men shooting festival-goers and includes symbols linked to the event, Hamas’s armed wing.

Hamdan’s statements contradict findings from Israeli authorities, independent journalists, and multiple international investigations that have attributed the Nova festival killings to Hamas-led militants during the broader October 7 attacks. Those investigations relied on recovered video, survivor testimony, geolocation analysis, and captured militant equipment.

The denial reflects an ongoing information battle surrounding the events of October 7, with Hamas disputing specific incidents while Israel maintains that the group planned and executed coordinated assaults on civilian targets. The Nova festival attack has been one of the most documented and widely reported episodes of that day, with extensive visual evidence and forensic analysis cited by investigators.

The exchange highlights the continued dispute over responsibility and narrative framing more than two years after the attacks, as both sides seek to influence international opinion regarding the events and their aftermath.
A senior Hamas spokesperson has denied that the group was responsible for the October 7, 2023, massacre at the Nova music festival, where 364 people were killed, despite widely circulated body-camera footage showing gunmen wearing bandanas and insignia associated with the group’s military wing.

In an interview with Norwegian broadcaster NRK, Osama Hamdan claimed that the attackers seen in the footage were not Hamas fighters and alleged that Israel had staged the evidence. The footage in question shows armed men shooting festival-goers and includes symbols linked to the event, Hamas’s armed wing.

Hamdan’s statements contradict findings from Israeli authorities, independent journalists, and multiple international investigations that have attributed the Nova festival killings to Hamas-led militants during the broader October 7 attacks. Those investigations relied on recovered video, survivor testimony, geolocation analysis, and captured militant equipment.

The denial reflects an ongoing information battle surrounding the events of October 7, with Hamas disputing specific incidents while Israel maintains that the group planned and executed coordinated assaults on civilian targets. The Nova festival attack has been one of the most documented and widely reported episodes of that day, with extensive visual evidence and forensic analysis cited by investigators.

The exchange highlights the continued dispute over responsibility and narrative framing more than two years after the attacks, as both sides seek to influence international opinion regarding the events and their aftermath.