Hamas terrorists were high on a stimulant known as the “Poor Man’s Cocaine” (The Telegraph UK)

Hamas terrorists were reportedly high on a stimulant dubbed the “poor man’s cocaine” during their attacks on Israel earlier this month.

THE TELEGRAPH UK.- Captagon pills, a synthetic amphetamine-type stimulant, were found in the pockets of Hamas gunmen killed or captured by Israeli forces during the Oct 7 cross-border raid, Israel’s Channel 12 reported.

The news channel said that the terrorists had taken the drug before committing their “inhumane murders”. More than 1,400 Israelis were killed during the attack.

Other recent reports have also suggested the Hamas terrorists may have been acting under the influence of drugs.

A witness to the group’s rampage described the gunmen as having “crazy joy in their eyes, like they were high on something” while they were rampaging from house to house, killing people and taking hostages, according to The New Yorker magazine.

Captagon was the brand name of a stimulant first produced in Germany in the 1960s to help treat attention-deficit disorders, narcolepsy and other conditions.

It was later discontinued but an illicit version of the drug continued to be produced in eastern Europe and later in the Arab world, becoming prominent in the Syrian Civil War that erupted in the wake of anti-government protests in 2011.

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