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Here’s what we know about the Israeli hostages released on Wednesday. Hostages and Missing Families, via ReutersRaz Ben-Ami was kidnapped by Hamas from the Be’eri kibbutz on Oct. 7. Her brother Lior, 16, who was hiding with her, was murdered, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum. Hostages and Missing Families Forum, via ReutersMoran Stela Yanai, a self-employed artist and jewelry designer from Be’er Sheva, had gone to the Nova music festival in Re’im to sell her handmade jewelry, according to the hostages and missing families forum. Hostages and Missing Families Forum, via Associated PressLiam Or, a kindergarten teacher in Kibbutz Be’eri, was taken hostage at the home of his uncle.

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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

☆ A teacher said she could barely afford to pay rent on her salary, embodying the worries many are facing over the cost of living
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Charissa Cheong | Digital Culture Reporter At Insider | Read More | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A teacher shared a TikTok video saying she is "going to go into debt" if she keeps teaching. She shared some of her expenses and said she can "barely afford to pay rent." download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementA teacher explained that she can "barely afford to pay rent" on her salary, causing many to lament over the current cost of living. (In a subsequent TikTok video, Firment said her rent costs $2,000.)

Persons: —, Lexie Firment, Firment, I'm, That's, i've, Sylvia Allegretto Organizations: Service, Teachers, Economic

☆ Opinion: Why Biden won’t do more to restrain Netanyahu
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Opinion Aaron David Miller | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +53 min

Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images Israeli soldiers form an honor guard at the funeral of Israeli reserve soldier Master Sgt. Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu/Getty Images Palestinians flee to southern Gaza on Salah al-Din Street in Bureij, Gaza, on November 10. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters A woman carries a white flag as Palestinians flee from Gaza City to the south on November 7. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters A woman mourns over a dead man at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza City on October 18. Yousef Masoud/The New York Times A morgue worker arranges body bags at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on October 12.

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☆ 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

☆ Hamas bodycam video shows early moments of massacre and tunnels under Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Oren Liebermann | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Hamas video provided by Israeli Defense ForcesThe video marks the first time that Israel has publicly released footage of Hamas tunnels in Gaza it says were being used on the day of the attack. The video shows him run past one man who readies a rocket-propelled grenade on his shoulder. The video shows the gunman with the bodycam charging the last bit as he spots an Israeli soldier on the ground. He asks God for victory and “well-deserved martyrdom.”Hamas video provided by Israeli Defense ForcesFrom here, the group advances on motorbikes, speeding along nearly empty Israeli roads. The timestamp on the video shows that it is just after 7:40 in the morning.

Persons: Israel CNN —, “ Allahu Akbar, ”, “, God, Ein HaShlosha Organizations: Israel CNN, CNN, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, Israeli Defense Forces, Hamas, AK Locations: Tel Aviv, Israel, Gaza, Kissufim, Nova, Ein, Re’im

☆ 'Fraud is fun' DraftKings teen hacker pleads guilty in fantasy sports betting theft
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A Wisconsin teenager pleaded guilty Wednesday in New York federal court to conspiracy in connection with a scheme to hack user accounts at the DraftKings fantasy sports betting website and with others steal about $600,000 from its customers. The Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office said Garrison on Nov. 18 last year launched a so-called "credential stuffing attack" on the website. Hackers in such attacks use stolen user credentials obtained from past data breaches to gain authorized access to user accounts. "Garrison and others successfully accessed approximately 60,000 accounts at the Betting Website," the office said. Garrison, who has been free on $100,000 bond since his arrest in May, is scheduled to be sentenced in Manhattan federal court on Jan. 16.

Persons: Joseph Garrison, Garrison Organizations: Manhattan U.S, Attorney's, Betting Locations: Wisconsin, New York, U.S, Manhattan, Madison

Nearly 30 young people took refuge inside a grimy bunker on the morning of Oct. 7, hoping the reinforced-concrete shelter near the border with Gaza would fulfill its promise of protection. Health officials in Gaza say Israeli strikes have killed more than 11,000 people in the Palestinian enclave. There is no official list of who was in the bunker near Re’im, one of hundreds of shelters that dot the roads of southern Israel. Seeing a shelter, its exterior painted with a colorful mural of a bird, they pulled their cars off the road and sought safety inside. She had arrived at the festival around 4:30 a.m. with her boyfriend, her nephew and his girlfriend.

Persons: ”, Ziv Abud Organizations: Health Locations: Gaza, Kibbutz Re’im, Israel, Re’im, Tel Aviv

☆ Japan is the one place investors can be rewarded for leaning into value stocks: Raymond James IM
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailJapan is the one place investors can be rewarded for leaning into value stocks: Raymond James IMMatt Orton of Raymond James Investment Management says investors "have not missed the rally" in Japanese equities, explaining that there is value to be found in financial and industrial conglomerates.

Persons: Raymond James, Matt Orton Organizations: Japan, Raymond James Investment Management

☆ 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

☆ 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

☆ U.S. investors rebuff big oil climate shareholder resolutions
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Netherlands-based activist group Follow This was created first to target Shell (SHEL.L) and subsequently expanded to file climate resolutions at other western majors including BP (BP.L), Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), Chevron (CVX.N) and TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA). According to the data published by it and investors, giant U.S. investors BlackRock (BLK.N), Vanguard, State Street (STT.N) and JPMorgan (JPM.N) all voted against the Follow This resolutions this year. "Investors hold the key to tackling the climate crisis with their shareholder voting power at Big Oil. Amundi, Allianz, and UBS use their voting power to mitigate the climate crisis,” said Follow This founder Mark van Baal. This mirrors big shareholder proxy voting firm Glass Lewis and ISS, which changed some of their recommendations for this year to the detriment of Follow This, including withdrawing support for the activist resolution at Chevron.

Persons: Morgan Chase, Mike Segar, France's, ”, Mark van Baal, Glass Lewis, Shadia Nasralla, Jan Harvey Organizations: Co, New York City, REUTERS, Companies Allianz, Big U.S, Shell, BP, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, BlackRock, Vanguard, State, JPMorgan, Paris, Britain's HSBC, HSBA.L, UBS, Germany's Allianz, Big Oil, Amundi, Allianz, Britain's, General, Exxon, ISS, Thomson Locations: New York, Big, Paris, Netherlands, Chevron's

☆ The SEO world is up in arms after a story said they're 'ruining the internet.' Here's the spicy drama.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementAre your Google search results increasingly irrelevant — worthless, even? The Verge article, written by Amanda Chicago Lewis, is 8,000 words and starts with an anecdote about attending a search-engine optimization industry event that featured a live alligator. It seeks to answer a question many of us have thought: Why does it seem like Google search sucks now? AdvertisementAdvertisementDespite The Verge's headline (which, as far as I can tell, isn't even good SEO), Lewis doesn't really say that SEO experts ruined the internet. Spammy and misleading SEO are noticeable; good SEO, the kind the people in this article do, is unseen.

Persons: —, Amanda Chicago Lewis, it's, It's, SEOs, Danny Goodwin, brag, Danny Sullivan, who's, Sullivan, Lewis, They're, they're, it's furries, Lewis doesn't Organizations: Google, Service, Facebook, Wild, …

☆ Live updates: Israel admits airstrike on ambulance in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Chris Lau | Andrew Raine | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Aliza Samuel, 24, returned to the site of the deadly Nova festival attack by Hamas militants, in southern Israel, on October 7. But Samuel and her friend didn’t want to take any chances, so they started running. Panicking, the pair sprinted across the open farmland surrounding the festival site and dived into a ditch behind a line of large trees. Others were also hiding behind the trees, “trying not to breathe,” she said. “I saw Hamas take a bunch of people and went to their commander, and asked if to kill them or to take them,” she said.

Persons: Aliza Samuel, Rebecca Wright, Samuel, didn’t, “, ” Organizations: CNN, Nova Music, Hamas Locations: Israel, Re’im, Gaza, Panicking

“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.

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[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

☆ Candy corn is polarizing. Here’s how Brach’s is trying to keep it relevant
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Brach’s, a candy brand which dates back to 1904, says it is the leader in the candy corn market by far. Brach's candy corn. One constant that has helped candy corn stay relevant: The ongoing debate about whether candy corn is a great holiday treat or to be avoided. In 2020, Brach’s launched the so-called Turkey Dinner candy corn — a bag filled with candy corn in different flavors, some more appetizing than others. Last year, singer Michelle Williams teamed up with the brand on a promotional song about the candy called “Candy Corn Love.” And this year, the brand announced a candy corn club, saying it would select 100 members to receive free boxes of candy corn throughout the year, with merchandise and new products.

Persons: it’s, Katie Duffy, Laffy, doesn’t, Brach’s, Michelle Williams, Duffy, ”, Heather Martin, Martin, Candy, Wrigley, we’ve, Travis, Jason Kelce, Jason, Travis Kelce, ” Duffy, Taylor Swift’s Organizations: New, New York CNN, Ferrara Candy Company, Washington Post, Washington, Getty Im, PepsiCo, Hershey, Professional Locations: New York, Ferrara, NIQ, Turkey

☆ Driver who crashed into Chinese consulate in San Francisco tried to stab a responding officer before being fatally shot, police say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Veronica Miracle Aya Elamroussi | Veronica Miracle | Aya Elamroussi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

On Thursday, the San Francisco Police Department held a town hall where it addressed details about how the attack on the consulate unfolded. Before officers arrived on the scene, consulate security guards used pepper spray on Yang, police said. Released evidence photos show the crossbow and arrows in the back seat of the crashed car, though a motive remains unclear. According to released 911 calls, witnesses said there were roughly 30 people in the lobby when a car crashed into the consulate building. Last week, the Consulate General of China in San Francisco said in a statement the crash caused “serious damage” and put people in a life-threatening situation.

Persons: Zhanyuan Yang, Mr, Yang, ”, Mark Im, “ Mr, Sergii Molchanov, Sergii, Molchanov, ” Molchanov, Bill Scott Organizations: CNN, Honda, San Francisco Police, San Francisco Police Department, ” San Francisco Police, Police, Chinese Communist Party Locations: San Francisco, People’s Republic of China, China, Yang’s

☆ Read the exchange between FTX and Alameda executives
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

673 (LAK) NS NS SB NS NS NS SB NS SB NS SB NS SB NS SB Nishad Singh lots of withdrawals on ftx are queueing up -- net changes: -1.25b in the last day - 230m in the last 3hrs -120m in the last hr SBF Caroline Nishad Caroline Ellison, Sam Bankman-Fried, Nishad Singh (these don't sum, just giving a sense of pace) Nishad Singh This message was deleted. 11:59 AM Sam Bankman-Fried of oof 12:01 PM continuing so far at about 120m/hr 11:59 AM 12:01 PM Nishad Singh we're geting really backlogged in count terms. Sam Bankman-Fried would that actually lead to them de-escalating? idk 6:22 PM Sam Bankman-Fried to be clear do you think the tweet is net bad? 4:18 PM Caroline Ellison is there more cash we could withdraw via SEN?

Persons: Singh, Caroline Nishad Caroline Ellison, Sam Bankman, Nishad Singh, Nishad Singh we're geting, caroline, it's, I'm, Caroline Ellison, Ryan, FTX Organizations: SEN

☆ 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

☆ 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

☆ 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.

Persons: Kfar Aza, Be’eri, Be’eri Israel Gaza Be’eri, manhandling, Hami, Atias, “, He'll, ”, Mir Shani, Golan Abitbul, Ammar Awad “, revellers, Arik Nani, I've, Maariv, Christophe Van Der Perre Kfar Aza, Avidor Schwartzman, Ilan Rosenberg Organizations: Nova, Reuters, Hamas, Kan, Be’eri Israel Gaza, Be’eri, REUTERS, Nova Festival, Israeli Defence Forces Locations: Israel, Gaza, Ashkelon, Sderot, Kfar, Be’eri Israel, Be’eri, Gaza Sderot, Re’im Israel Gaza, Gaza's, Aza, Kfar Aza, ” Ashkelon Israel Gaza Ashkelon

☆ 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

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