2023-11-14 11:41:43
Published on November 14, 2023 12:41 p.m. / Modified on November 14, 2023 12:43 p.m.
According to the authorities and certain Israeli media, the perpetrators of the massacres committed by Hamas on October 7 acted under the influence of Captagon. The synthetic amphetamine-type drug was reportedly found in the clothes of killed and captured terrorists, an Israeli army spokesperson confirmed to the NZZ last week. These statements – to be taken with a grain of salt as the use of drugs in war has been the subject of propaganda in the past – are a reminder of the attraction and the devastation caused by the little white pill in the Middle East.
The psychostimulant, highly addictive and known in the region as Abu al-hilalain, is accused of having facilitated the act of Hamas members, making them forget fear, sleep, hunger and the thirst. The pill, nicknamed in the West “the jihadists’ drug” because it was infamous for having been consumed by Daesh fighters in 2014, has become a real scourge in the Middle East, including in festive circles, and in Saudi Arabia in particular. . In the kingdom, which is very careful about alcohol consumption, its use has spread among all social classes, explained The weather last March. The drug also crosses seas and oceans: in 2020, 14 tons of substance were discovered in the port of Salerno, south of Naples, and 100 million tablets were seized in Malaysia in 2021.
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