As chaos reigns in Israel and the Gaza Strip, Hamas continues to show its cruelty. On Friday, a chilling video emerged on social media in which Hamas terrorists boasted about having kidnapped Israeli children after they launched a surprise attack on the Jewish state, igniting a fierce and bloody conflict.

Hamas posted a video showing some of its operatives posing with some of the children they kidnapped as hostages amid the war.

Hamas terrorists post video with Israeli children they kidnapped after the start of the war.#Israel #HamasTerrorist pic.twitter.com/NMMMhhMK5E

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The footage is a grotesque display of evil as the terrorists seem intent on deepening the wounds of Israelis who have lost loved ones in the fighting. Many are grieving the loss of their children and other relatives due to Hamas’ brutal attack.

The war has brought about horrendous conditions on the ground for Israeli and Palestinian civilians caught in the crossfire of a bloody conflict. Israeli citizens have been ordered to remain indoors to safeguard against further assaults.

This footage follows other videos posted on the internet showing Hamas operatives parading a young Israeli woman’s body through the street, along with other atrocities. RedState’s Bonchie reported on the horrific discovery of 40 murdered babies, some of whom Hamas beheaded in yet another act of malevolence.

A mainline Israeli news station is reporting that the bodies of 40 babies have been found in the town of Kfar Aza following the invasion by Hamas militants on Saturday.

According to i24 news, the babies were being carried out on gurneys, with some of them having been beheaded.

An Israeli television personality reported on claims that a Hamas territory sent video footage to an Israeli mother showing the murder of her son and girlfriend after the massacre at a music festival.

Radmi read the message she received, detailing the incident.

“All day people send me difficult messages but I got this message … it simply broke me to pieces,” she said as she began sobbing.

“‘Hey, I must tell you about my good friend. Her son was missing from the party/ Today she received a video from the terrorist who murdered her son and his girlfriend,’” she said the message read.

“‘(The terrorist) filmed the murder on her son’s phone and sent the video now,’” she continued.

Israel has responded by laying siege to the Gaza Strip, the territory Hamas rules with an iron fist. On Friday, it was reported that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) sent ground troops into the area to hunt down and eradicate Hamas operatives.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has been conducting airstrikes since Hamas launched a surprise attack on Saturday. This marks the first time Israel has entered Gaza since the start of the war (aside from this rescue mission we reported on Thursday).

The IDF tells Fox News' Trey Yingst that Israeli forces entered the Gaza Strip Friday, both infantry forces and tanks, to conduct localized raids.

The Israeli military said the raids were an effort to eliminate militants along the border and to gather information about those held hostage inside the Gaza Strip.

This was not the highly anticipated full-scale invasion Israel has been preparing, but it marks the first time Israeli forces entered Gaza on the ground since the start of the war on Saturday.

The fighting is expected to intensify even further as the IDF works to eliminate those responsible for the attacks and rescue hostages.