In a statement, Herzog's office said the USB key contained pages from a 2003 al Qaeda manual that included a diagram for a "device for dispersing cyanide agents." Herzog's office provided two pages of the document in question, which included a crude sketch of a device made up of household items combined with chemical agents. The statement said other content on the USB drive included "a manual for abducting captives and instructions for the use of chemical substances for mass murder." "We are dealing with ISIS, al Qaeda, and Hamas, this is what we're dealing with," he he told Sky News. An Israeli official told CNN the information about the discovery of the documents was sent to dozens of Israeli embassies worldwide under the heading: "Hamas intention of using chemical weapons."

Source: CNN October 22, 2023 14:36 UTC