On Saturday, October 7, a festival turned into a tragedy in Israel. Hamas fighters target rave party at electronic music festival Nova Tribestarted the day before, on the occasion of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.
3000 people were present
This festival, which took place in southern Israel, in the Negev desert, about thirty minutes from the border with the Gaza Strip, in Palestine, welcomed almost 3,000 participants, coming from Israel, but also from European countries.
The first attacks occurred around 6.30am, according to reports CNN. Thirty minutes after the first rocket attacks, gunfire followed. In several videos posted on social media, young revelers are seen dancing while Hamas fighters appear in the background.
In other images, hundreds of young Israelis are seen fleeing the festival area. Others hid for long hours, sometimes in garbage cans to escape the gunfire.
At least 260 dead
No official report has been released yet. Nowadays, at least 260 bodies were found at the festival site. Many other rave party attendees have disappeared. Several dozen were taken hostage, if Hamas propaganda images are to be believed.
No details have yet been provided on the nationalities of the victims. Young people from all over Europe, and even further afield, made the trip. In response, this Sunday, Israel announced attacks on Gaza. The fighting is ongoing and at the time of writing there are already more than 1,000 Palestinian and Israeli casualties.
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