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