Overview

• Acclaimed director Steven Spielberg has broken his silence on the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, describing it as 'unspeakable barbarity'.
• Spielberg's USC Shoah Foundation is collecting video testimonies from survivors of the attack to counter the rise of antisemitism and hate.
• The October 7 attack resulted in more than 1,200 Israeli deaths, along with numerous rapes and kidnappings.
• The testimonies will be included in a documentary project Spielberg is planning to produce.
• The USC Shoah Foundation has previously worked with tens of thousands of testimonies from Holocaust survivors and witnesses.