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☆ The deadly Hamas rampage across southern Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( David Clarke | Sophie Meyer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +11 min

The deadly Hamas rampage across southern IsraelUnder a barrage of rockets, hundreds of Hamas gunmen stormed into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Oct. 7, on motorbikes, paragliders and four-wheel drives, unleashing death, destruction and despair on nearby towns and villages. Major Hamas attacks Map showing location of five communities in southern Israel attacked by Hamas gunmen – from north to south, Ashkelon, Sderot, Kfar Aza, Be’eri and Re’im, the site of the Nova music festival. Video footage shows Hamas gunmen manhandling Be’eri residents and pulling them along. What the video shows Hamas fighters pulling people along the street at gunpoint, several with their hands bound. What the video shows Israeli police inspect rocket damage to a civilian building in Ashkelon on Oct. 7, 2023.

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☆ Shani Louk's grandma calls for her release from Gaza, breaks into tears: video
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"If you need me, if I can get to her, please do everything you can," she told French broadcaster LCI. "If you need me, if I can get to her, please do everything you can," she told French broadcaster LCI. AdvertisementAdvertisementRicarda Louk told Bild that the last time she spoke to Shani, she was at the music festival. Shani Louk and her partner are still missing. AdvertisementAdvertisementNeither Israeli, German, nor Palestinian officials have confirmed Shani Louk's whereabouts, or whether she is still alive.

Persons: Shani Louk's, Nicole Louk, —, Shani Louk, Louk, Ricarda Louk, Shani Organizations: LCI, Service, Hamas Locations: French, Israel, Gaza

☆ A friend of a 25-year-old woman filmed begging militants not to kill her says no one can escape the videos and firsthand accounts of Hamas' attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

An Israeli paramedic said it's impossible to escape videos of Hamas' attacks on Israel. "And then someone sent me the video," Gorjaltsan told Insider on Wednesday. In the now-viral video, Argamani is seen begging Hamas militants not to kill her as she's whisked away on a motorbike. After he saw the video, Gorjaltsan said he went to the hospital with a friend and found Argamani's parents. In the recording, Gorjaltsan said Man could be heard "begging" for more ambulances to come to the kibbutz.

Persons: —, Yan Gorjaltsan, Noa Argamani, Gorjaltsan, Noa's, she's, Avinatan, Gorjaltsan's, Ori Tshernihovski, Noa Argamani Yan, Noa, Israel, Chen Junqing, Amit Man, I've Organizations: Service, Nova Music, Hamas, Getty, AK Locations: Israel, Gaza, Ashkelon, Xinhua, Be'ere

☆ This woman held off Hamas with a vacuum cleaner and a rolling pin
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Tara Subramaniam | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —An Israeli woman and her daughter survived Hamas’ 12-hour siege of their kibbutz by barricading themselves into a safe room using a vacuum cleaner and a rolling pin. But then I remembered I had a rolling stick and I took that and then I took my Dyson vacuum,” Lahav said. And I was just tying these things to the door,” Lahav said. We thought we were just going to die and they kept banging the door trying to open. “It was so scary,” Lahav told CNN.

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☆ A CNN correspondent choked up on air describing the bloodstained walls and floors of a bunker where people were shot 'in calculated, cold blood' by Hamas militants
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The bunker was located near the music festival that was attacked by Hamas on Saturday. AdvertisementAdvertisementCNN correspondent Nic Robertson choked up on air while recounting a harrowing experience visiting a bloodstained bunker in Israel amid the nation's ongoing war with Hamas. Fighters from Hamas massacred civilians attending the Tribe of Nova Music Festival on the same day. At least 260 bodies have been recovered from the music festival attack. These are human beings, they're family members, they're friends, they're loved ones, cousins, brothers, sisters," Kirby told Tapper while holding back tears.

Persons: Nic Robertson, Robertson, —, CNN's Jake Tapper, Tapper, John Kirby, CNN's Tapper, they're, Kirby Organizations: Service, Hamas, Palestinian, Fighters, Nova Music, CNN, White, National Security, Gaza Ministry of Health Locations: Israel, Gaza

☆ Kfar Aza: Children, women, elderly 'butchered' in Hamas attacks on border communities, IDF says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Muhammad Darwish Nic Robertson Artemis Moshtaghian Amir Tal Ivana Kottasová Sana Noor Haq | Muhammad Darwish | Nic Robertson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

Among those killed in Kfar Aza were children, women and elderly, the IDF said. Kfar Aza is one of the several kibbutzim, small farming enclaves, that bore the brunt of Hamas’ ground assault on Saturday. A number of kibbutzim and towns were targeted in the first wave of Hamas’ assault, including Kfar Aza, Be’eri, Ofakim, Sderot, Yad Mordechai, Yated, Kissufim and Urim. Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images Israeli soldiers take position in Kfar Aza near the border with Gaza on October 10. But I never thought I would see…things like that,” he said about the scene in Kfar Aza.

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☆ A volunteer in Israel says the Gaza region looks like the set of a horror movie now, with 'burnt-out cars' and 'bodies strewn all across the road'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A volunteer in Israel says the region around Gaza now resembles a horror movie set. Josh Wander told The Daily Beast he is working to help recover bodies of civilians killed in Israel. "You're literally driving around bodies as you're driving down the main roads there," Wander said. AdvertisementAdvertisementA volunteer working to recover the bodies of civilians killed in Israel says the conflict following Hamas' attacks has transformed the region around Gaza into a scene of continuous horror. "You're literally driving around bodies as you're driving down the main roads there."

Persons: Josh Wander, Wander, —, Clarissa Ward, Ward, It's, Israel, Yoav Gallant, he'd, ZAKA Organizations: Daily, Service, Palestinian, Nova Music, Gaza Ministry of Health, Israel's Locations: Israel, Gaza, Jerusalem

☆ Shani Louk's mother believes her daughter, whose body was paraded on a Hamas truck, is still alive
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Shani Louk's mother told Bild on Tuesday that she believes her daughter is still alive. Israeli, German, nor Palestinian officials have confirmed Shani Louk's location or whether she's alive. Shani Louk's mother said she received information leading her to believe that her daughter is still alive. Neither Israeli, German, nor Palestinian officials have confirmed Shani Louk's whereabouts or whether or not she is alive. Ricarda Louk told Bild that when she last spoke to Shani Louk, she encouraged her 22-year-old daughter to take cover in a nearby shelter.

Persons: Shani Louk's, Ricarda Louk, —, Shani, Shani Louk, Louk Organizations: Service, Hamas Locations: Gaza, Israel, German

☆ Video shows what's left of desert music festival in Israel, where at least 260 were found dead after Hamas attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A video shows the aftermath of the Hamas attack on a music festival in southern Israel. At least 260 bodies were found on the site after Hamas' attack, per the Israeli rescue service Zaka. AdvertisementAdvertisementDrone footage captured the trail of destruction left by Hamas' deadly invasion of the site of a music festival venue, which killed at least 260 people. The widely-shared video, dated October 8, shows the Nova Music Festival site abandoned, with dozens of scorched, burned cars and skid marks. At least 260 bodies were later found at the Tribe of Nova Music Festival, according to the Israeli rescue service Zaka .

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☆ Photographer's pictures show the moments before Hamas attacked a music festival in Israel up until festival-goers took cover on the ground: 'It changed in a moment'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A photographer captured moments of joy and revelry at the Nova Music Festival in Israel. Ido Derby, Liav Franko, @block_oclock/instagram"It was like the hugest festival to arrive in our country," Derby said. Ido Derby, Liav Franko, @block_oclock/instagramIn some photos, festival goers are giving personal light shows. Ido Derby, Liav Franko, @block_oclock/instagram"I couldn't realize that my life was in danger," Derby said. Ido Derby, Liav Franko, @block_oclock/instagram"It changed in a moment," Derby told Insider.

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☆ A woman taken hostage at the Israeli music festival didn't tell her family she was going so they wouldn't worry about her, her mom says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An Israeli woman didn't tell her family she was going to a music festival, her mother told Insider. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe mother of a 25-year-old woman who was taken hostage at an Israeli music festival said her daughter didn't tell her family she was going because she was afraid they would be concerned for her safety. "She didn't tell us anything because she didn't want us to worry about her," Liora Argamani told Insider, adding: "It is very, very hard for me." AdvertisementAdvertisementGoing to that music festival "wasn't even a consideration" for Marciano, she said, adding: "It didn't even cross my mind." At least 260 bodies were found at the site of the Tribe of Nova Music Festival, according to the Israeli rescue service Zaka .

Persons: didn't, Noa Argamani, —, Liora Argamani, Avi Natan, Argamani, Noa, Shlomit Marciano, Marciano, Argamani's, Libby Weiss Organizations: Service, Saturday, Hamas, Hams, Nova Music, Foreign Ministry Locations: Israeli, Gaza, Israel, Hamas

☆ Father of 2 women at Israeli music festival said he doesn't know where they are, fears they are 'lying in a ditch' in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Two women who attended Israel's Nova festival are missing. Their father said he fears they have been raped or left in a ditch in Gaza. About 260 bodies were recovered from the grounds of the Nova music festival, an NGO said. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe distressed father of two women who have gone missing after attending the Nova music festival in southern Israel said that he fears his children may have been dumped in a ditch somewhere in Gaza. About 260 bodies were recovered from the grounds of the Nova music festival, said a spokesperson for ZAKA, an Israeli NGO rescue and recovery organization, according to multiple media outlets.

Persons: —, Uri David, David Organizations: Israel's, Nova, Service, Israel Defense Forces Locations: Gaza, Israel, Urim, Israeli

☆ An Israeli music festival photographer describes fleeing Hamas militants while watching attendees get shot behind him
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A 20-year-old photographer told Insider how he escaped Hamas militants at the Nova music festival. Hamas militants opened fire on the festival-goers and took hostages, with those not fleeing playing dead or hiding in trees. He said the realization that Hamas militants were likely nearby caused him to have a panic attack. "I couldn't move, even to get back into the car," Derby explained. They drove again, and he said they passed a white Isuzu vehicle with Hamas militants in it.

Persons: —, Ido Derby, Derby, Tze'elim — Organizations: Nova, Service, Iron Dome, Israel Defense Forces, Derby, Isuzu Locations: Israel, Nova, Rishon LeTsiyon, Gaza, Tze'elim, Rishon

☆ Former prime minister advises Israelis to catch Hamas fighters posing as the IDF by asking them about Israel's Eurovision entry
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Hamas militants are posing as IDF soldiers. He said Israelis should ask a code question: who represented Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest. AdvertisementAdvertisementIsrael's former prime minister, Naftali Bennett, gave an unconventional piece of advice to help Israelis scared of being tricked by Hamas militants posing as Israel Defense Force soldiers. The code question, he said, is "who represented Israel in the Eurovision." AdvertisementAdvertisementAccording to the IDF, Hamas militants also went to towns on the border of Gaza and took hostages.

Persons: Naftali Bennett, —, Bennett, Noa Kirel, Richard Hecht Organizations: Israeli, Service, Israel Defense Force, News Israel, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, Nova, Residents, News Locations: Israel, Israeli, IDF, Gaza, Kibbutz Be'eri

☆ Video shows the exact moment a group of Hamas paragliders descended on a desert music festival in Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Katie Hawkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Video shows Hamas paragliders descending on an Israeli music festival. It was one of a series of surprise attacks Hamas launched on southern Israel on Saturday. Officials have yet to confirm how many have died, been injured, or taken hostage at the festival. AdvertisementAdvertisementA new video has surfaced showing the exact moment a group of Hamas paragliders descended on a music festival in Israel on Saturday. AdvertisementAdvertisementIsraeli officials have yet to confirm how many people died, were injured, or were taken hostage during the attack on the festival.

Persons: —, paragliders, pic.twitter.com, ominously, Noa Argamani Organizations: Saturday, Service, Nova Music Locations: Israel, Gaza

Here’s what we know about some of the Israeli hostages taken by Hamas. Noa Argamani, an Israeli woman, who was kidnapped by Hamas militants with her boyfriend. Another Israeli father told CNN he suspects his wife and young daughters may have been abducted while visiting Nir Oz. “They have been secured in safe places and resistance tunnels.”Video geolocated and authenticated by CNN shows at least one Israeli soldier being taken prisoner. A second video, taken afterward, shows a number of different armed men around the tank.

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CNN —Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto, who in her 20s recorded “The Girl from Ipanema” and became an international star, has died, according to social media posts from her granddaughter and on behalf of her son. “I just got word from her son Marcelo that we have lost Astrud Gilberto. She later released the critically lauded album “Astrud Gilberto Plus the James Last Orchestra” in 1987. Their duet “Desafinado” was released in 1996, and Gilberto became known for exposing the bossa nova genre to a pop music-loving, mainstream audience. Gilberto released her last album “Jungle” in 2002, and went on to be inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame the same year.

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