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☆ At Israeli rave site hit by Hamas, music plays again for the dead
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Amir Cohen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Thousands of young people were partying in the dawn hours of Oct. 7 when the armed Palestinian infiltrators swept in. All that faced the five Israeli DJs on the stage this time were silent and unmoving placards showing pictures of the dead. Sadness for all his friends lost and happiness for bringing music back to the rave-goers, whom he described as people of love, peace and music. Another 40 people were taken hostage by Hamas back to the Gaza Strip, 5 km (2 miles) away, police said. It was the bloodiest incident in a shock cross-border assault by the Palestinian Islamist faction, and triggered a devastating Israeli counter-offensive in Gaza.

Persons: Amir Cohen, . Asher Swissa, Skazi, Dan Williams, Nick Macfie Organizations: REUTERS, Palestinian Islamist, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Re'im, Israel, Reim, Palestinian

☆ UN calls for investigation into reports that Israeli women were raped by Hamas fighters on October 7
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

UN Women has called for an investigation into reports of violence against Israeli women on October 7. The head of UN Women called for peace and a commitment to both Israeli and Palestinian women. AdvertisementUN Women has called for a "rigorous investigation" into reports of gender-based violence by Hamas against Israeli women on October 7. We remain alarmed by gender-based violence reports on 7 Oct & call for rigorous investigation, prioritizing the rights, needs & safety of those affected. She told the Council that UN Women had met with and heard from Israeli women about their work to document gender-based atrocities and called for peace and a commitment to both Israeli and Palestinian women.

Persons: —, Rabbi Israel Weiss, 7KElvUDKbn, Sima Bahous, Bahous Organizations: UN, Service, Washington Post, Washington, Civil Commission, United Nations, Equality, Women, Council Locations: Gaza

☆ IDF combat helicopter targeting Hamas fighters at Nova festival massacre shot some partygoers by mistake, says Haaretz
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The IDF mistakenly hit Nova festival attendees while aiming for Hamas militants, Haaretz reports. 364 people were killed at the psychedelic trance music festival near the Gaza border. AdvertisementA police investigation of the Nova music festival massacre on October 7 indicates that the IDF mistakenly shot some festival attendees while firing at Hamas terrorists. The source told Haaretz that their police investigation intimates that an IDF combat helicopter fired at terrorists after arriving on the scene. Israeli security's assessment is that Hamas did not have advance knowledge of the Nova music festival next to Kibbutz Re'im, and targeted it spontaneously after infiltrating Gaza's border, Haaretz reports.

Persons: —, Josh Breiner, Re'im, Noa Argamani Organizations: IDF, Service, Nova, Israeli, Haaretz, Business, New York Times Locations: Gaza, Israel, Gaza's

☆ Israeli survivor makes emotional return to scene of Hamas attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Leonardo Benassatto And Michal Yaakov Itzhaki | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Some 1,400 Israelis, mostly civilians, were killed in attacks by Hamas militants on Oct. 7 and more than 200 were abducted, according to Israeli tallies. ESCAPEOn the day of the attack on the music festival, the gunmen left their victims where they killed them and debris was strewn across the ground. The brother of a friend of Hayat who was killed in the attack consoled her with a hug. Shooting began when Hamas gunmen arriving from Gaza reached the music festival, some of them on foot, others on motor-bikes. Her ordeal ended when Israeli soldiers arrived several hours after the Hamas attack began.

Persons: Hayat, Evelyn, ’, Timothy Heritage, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Nova Festival, Hamas, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Palestinian, Re'im, Israel, RE'IM, Gaza, Kibbutz Re'im, Tel Aviv

☆ Israeli Survivor Makes Emotional Return to Scene of Hamas Attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

By Leonardo Benassatto and Michal Yaakov ItzhakiNEAR RE'IM, Israel (Reuters) - Tears welled in May Hayat's eyes as she stood in silence on an emotional return to the site of an Israeli music festival where she narrowly escaped death in a Hamas attack a month ago. Some 1,400 Israelis, mostly civilians, were killed in attacks by Hamas militants on Oct. 7 and more than 200 were abducted, according to Israeli tallies. ESCAPEOn the day of the attack on the music festival, the gunmen left their victims where they killed them and debris was strewn across the ground. Shooting began when Hamas gunmen arriving from Gaza reached the music festival, some of them on foot, others on motor-bikes. Her ordeal ended when Israeli soldiers arrived several hours after the Hamas attack began.

Persons: Leonardo Benassatto, Michal Yaakov Itzhaki, Hayat, ’, Timothy Heritage, Mark Heinrich Organizations: Reuters Locations: RE'IM, Israel, Gaza, Kibbutz Re'im, Tel Aviv, Palestinian

“I hear the screaming, I hear the bikes, and I hear the gunshots.”Aliza Samuel, 24, returned to the site of the deadly Nova festival attack by Hamas militants, in southern Israel, on October 7. “Enjoy,” the Hamas militants said in English, as they laughed, before shooting the three men and one woman at point-blank range, she said. Israel subsequently announced a war against Hamas, the militant group that governs Gaza and launched the coordinated assault. Rebecca Wright/CNNPanicking, the pair sprinted across the open farmland surrounding the festival site and dived into a ditch behind a line of large trees. Rebecca Wright/CNNNow, as Israel wages war across the border, Gensler is following the unfolding humanitarian disaster.

Persons: Israel CNN — Aliza Samuel, ” Samuel, “, ”, ” Aliza Samuel, Rebecca Wright, partygoers, festivalgoers, ‘, Samuel, didn’t, Shlomo Gensler, CNN Panicking, ” “, Dr, ” Gensler, Gensler, you’re, Aliza Organizations: Israel CNN, Nova Music, “, CNN, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, Palestinian Ministry of Health Locations: Re'im, Israel, Re’im, Gaza, Ramallah, Gensler

[1/4] Brothers Rada Rashed, 33, and Raif Rashed, 39, from the Israeli Druze minority, recount to Reuters how they survived the October 7 Nova Festival attack, in Daliyat Al-Karmel, Israel October 30, 2023. Acquire Licensing RightsDALIYAT AL-KARMEL, Israel, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Hired to cater for an all-night Israeli music festival, Rada and Raif Rashed fled for their lives just after dawn, when Hamas militants rampaged through the crowd on Oct. 7 turning the celebration into a place of horror. I now have two birth dates; the original one on March 15 and the new one is on Oct. Rada and his brother Raif, 39, were caterers at the Nova festival, close to Gaza, when the Hamas gunmen arrived. Young women at the festival "were begging Hamas members not to kill them," he said.

Persons: Rada Rashed, Raif Rashed, Ammar Awad, Raif, Rada, Leonardo Benassatto, Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh, Daliyat al, Kamel, Stephen Farrell, Janet Lawrence Organizations: Rada, Festival, REUTERS, Health, Thomson Locations: Daliyat Al, Israel, Rada, Kibbutz Re'im, Gaza, Hamas's, Daliyat, London

☆ German-Israeli Shani Louk is confirmed dead, 3 weeks after Hamas captured her and paraded her through Gaza in her underwear
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Tom Porter | Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

German-Israeli woman Shani Louk has been confirmed dead, Israel's foreign ministry said. AdvertisementAdvertisementGerman-Israeli woman Shani Louk, whose semi-naked body was paraded through the streets of Gaza by Hamas militants, has been confirmed dead. "Shani who was kidnapped from a music festival and tortured and paraded around Gaza by Hamas terrorists, experienced unfathomable horrors. German-Israeli Shani Louk, whose semi-naked body was paraded through the streets of Gaza by Hamas militants. Ricarda told Bild that Palestinian sources told her that her daughter was alive in a Hamas hospital, but suffered a "severe head injury."

Persons: Shani Louk, —, Shani Luk, Shani, Louk, Re'im, Ricarda Louk, Ricarda, Shani Nicole Louk, AMMAR AWAD, Daniel Hagari, Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: Hamas, RTL, Service, The Washington Post, ntv, Reuters, Israeli, CNN Locations: Gaza, Israel, The, German

☆ Fact Check: Graphic video of girl burned by mob is from Guatemala, not Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

(Editor’s note: Contains links directing to graphic imagery in paragraphs two and four)A 2015 video of the lynching of a 16-year-old girl in Guatemala has been misrepresented online as showing a young Israeli woman being burnt by a “Palestinian mob” amid the ongoing war between the militant Islamist group Hamas and Israel. They burned alive a 14 year old girl that captures in Israel.” A screenshot of the clip was also posted on Facebook. However, Reuters traced the video to news reports of a 2015 incident where a Guatemalan teenager was lynched after being accused of being a part of a group that killed a taxi driver. Guatemalan newspaper Prensa Libre reported that the incident took place on May 12, 2015, in Río Bravo, Guatemala. The video of the young woman being tortured is from Guatemala and dates to 2015.

Persons: Read Organizations: Hamas, Facebook, hamas, Reuters, Guatemalan, Prensa Libre, Thomson Locations: Guatemala, Israeli, Israel, Kibbutz Re'im, Southern Israel, Guatemalan, Río Bravo

☆ How Israel's tech community is responding to the Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

On Sunday, Israel declared war and began implementing a siege of Gaza, cutting off access to power, food, water and fuel. At least 10% decided to take him up on that offer, he told CNBC, and he believes more will do so in the coming weeks. Even during war, much of Israel's tech community is still finding a way to push forward, according to Ben-Aroya and a handful of other members of the tech community CNBC spoke with. "Everyone is covering for each other," Ratzon told CNBC. Of digital bank One Zero's almost 450 employees — all based in Israel — about 10% were drafted for reserve duty, CEO Gal Bar Dea told CNBC.

Persons: Ilia Yefimovich, Dvir Ben, Aroya, —, Israel, Ratzon, Pentera, Saturday, Sephora, Isaac Heller, Israel —, Gal Bar Dea, Dea, …, Bar Dea Organizations: Tel, Spotify, Embassy, West Bank, CNBC, Israel Innovation Authority, Getty, BNP, Chanel, Israeli Defense Forces, Air Force Locations: Israel, Gaza, Tel Aviv, Snowflake, Palestinian, Washington, Re'im, Monaco, Dubai

☆ Abandoned cars underline panic at Israeli music festival where Hamas gunmen killed hundreds
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JERUSALEM, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Hundreds of cars abandoned in the scramble to flee a massacre at an Israeli music festival where Hamas gunmen killed 260 people and took captives back into Gaza underline the scale of the deadliest attack on Israel in decades. Video footage circulating on social media shows the gunmen descending in paragliders on the gathering in the Negev Desert. Israeli emergency services said 260 bodies had been recovered from the site of the festival. Other social media footage shows some of those taken captive from the party being led away by jubilant gunmen. "I live on the Gaza border and I've seen things in my life, but I've never felt it this close," Maariv said.

Persons: Arik Nani, Maariv, I've, James Mackenzie, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Hamas, Reuters, Nature Party, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Kibbutz Re'im, paragliders

☆ Fact Check: Clip shows Bruno Mars concertgoers, not attack on Israel desert festival
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The caption at the top of the clip, written in Hebrew, says that it shows the moment the gates opened at a Bruno Mars concert. At the 00:13 mark, a Bruno Mars poster is viewable, with "Live Nation" seen at the top of the poster. Reuters located the video to HaYarkon Park in Tel Aviv, where Bruno Mars held a concert on Oct 4. Live Nation's Israel Instagram account announced on Oct 7 that Mars' second concert scheduled for that evening was cancelled. The video shows people running through entrance gates at a Bruno Mars concert in Tel Aviv, uploaded to TikTok on Oct 5.

Persons: Bruno Mars, Israel, ”, “ Israel, TikTok, Read Organizations: Nature Party, Palestinian Terrorists, Reuters, Israel, Thomson Locations: Tel Aviv, Kibbutz Re'im, Gaza, Israel, HaYarkon, TikTok

☆ Hamas militants shot festival goers at point-blank range with machine guns after throwing grenades, survivor says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A survivor of the Hamas militant attacks on an Israeli festival has spoken to Israel's Channel 12. He described the terror as Hamas militants opened fire on festival goers. He said people hiding in a shelter were killed with a machine gun and grenades. AdvertisementAdvertisementA survivor of the Hamas militant attack on a rave in Israel has described the terror as militants opened fire on festival goers huddled inside a bomb shelter for safety. He described the chaos that unfolded as a group of Hamas militants opened fire on festival goers near Kibbutz Re'im in the Negev desert early Saturday morning.

Persons: —, Sahar Ben Sela, Sahar, Sela's Organizations: Service, Israel's, Social Locations: Israel, Kibbutz Re'im, Gaza

☆ 2 of Israel's elite commanders and many officers have been killed in the Hamas war launched from Gaza: says IDF
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Col. Jonathan Steinberg, commander of Israel's Nahal Brigade was killed fighting Hamas, the IDF said. Col. Roi Levy, head of the elite Multidimensional unit, known as the "Ghost" unit, was also killed. AdvertisementAdvertisementAn Israeli commander was among dozens of soldiers killed in fighting with Hamas militants, Israel's military said on Sunday. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe IDF released the names of 44 soldiers killed in the fighting, of which Steinberg was among the most senior. Steinberg is one of the most senior Israeli officers killed in combat in recent memory, The Times of Israel said.

Persons: Jonathan Steinberg, Israel's, Roi Levy, —, Steinberg, Levy, Israel Organizations: Service, Hamas, Nahal Brigade, Israel Defense Forces, Twitter, Israel National News, 933rd Nahal Brigade, IDF, BBC Locations: Israel, Kerem Shalom, Gaza, Re'im

☆ Women, children, and seniors believed to be among at least 100 Israeli hostages seized by Hamas and taken to Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementPhotos from AP show several hostages being taken to the Gaza Strip. An Israeli woman posted on social media with the photograph, saying it was her 85-year-old grandmother, per The Times of Israel. Palestinians transport a captured Israeli civilian, center, from Kibbutz Kfar Azza into the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. AdvertisementAdvertisementPalestinians transport a captured Israeli civilian from Kibbutz Kfar Azza into the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. The Hamas-run health ministry in the Gaza Strip said 232 Palestinians were killed and another 1,697 were wounded as of Saturday afternoon.

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An Israeli security source acknowledged Israel's security services were duped by Hamas. As a consequence, the source close to Hamas said, a crucial part of the plan was to avoid leaks. When the day came, the operation was divided into four parts, the Hamas source said, describing the various elements. The final part involved moving hostages to Gaza, mostly achieved early in the attack, the source close to Hamas said. the Israeli security source said.

Persons: Israel, Nir, Osama Hamdan, wasn't, Mahmoud Abbas, Yahya Al, Yaakov Amidror, Benjamin Netanyahu, Amidror, Samia Nakhoul, Jonathan Saul, William Maclean, Edmund Blair Organizations: Hamas, Reuters, Israeli Defence Forces, RAN, Israel, West Bank, Jihad, Fatah, National Security Council, Jerusalem Institute for Strategy, Security, Thomson Locations: Palestinian, Israel, Egypt, Syria, Gaza, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Re'im, Dubai, London

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