The Israeli rescue service Zaka says its paramedics removed more than 260 bodies from a music festival that came under attack by Hamas militants.

The total figure of bodies found is expected to be higher, as other paramedic teams were also working in the area and Zaka added that the bodies “haven’t all been collected yet”.

Early on Saturday morning, Hamas targeted Nova music festival, a techno rave in the desert near the border with Gaza.

Videos shared on social media and by Israeli news outlets showed dozens of festival-goers running through an open field as gunshots rang out. Many hid in nearby fruit orchards or were gunned down as they fled.

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    1 year ago

    I cannot fathom what Hamas thought would come of this.

    Religion is poison. So is any fucked up ideology that requires murdering anyone that doesn’t have the same beliefs.

    Hamas and basically Palestine in general have been the perfect tool/scapgoat by the other Islamic countries; used to terrorize Israel because they (like Iran, for example) don’t want to risk doing it themselves.

    Hamas’s leadership is likely thinking they can convince the bleeding hearts that theirs is a just cause; that murdering innocent people can be swept under the rug.

    They must not be allowed to get away with it.

    Quick note: I’m not a fan of Israel either. Before this all happened, I supported Palestine. Not anymore.