Drone video shows what the area where an electronic music festival took place in southern Israel, near the Gaza Strip, looked like One of the first Hamas attacks killed at least 260 people.

Festival Nova tribe, near Kibbutz Reim, it was one of the first goals was attacked by Hamas last Saturday.

Newspaper Washington Post verified the authenticity of the images collected by the drone, in which shows the consequences of the attack, with dozens of burned cars and other signs.

Israeli emergency services recovered the bodies of at least 260 people. desert area where hundreds of young people were celebrating an electronic music festival early Saturday morning when members of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas opened fire.

A spokesman for ZAKA, a volunteer group that is responsible for recovering human remains after attacks and other disasters, confirmed this Sunday to Israeli media that more than 260 bodies have been collected from the scene so far. located near Kibbutz Reim, in southern Israel, near the Gaza Strip.

“I heard shots from all sides, they were shooting at us from both sides,” One of the participants, Arik Nani, told the agency about this. Reuters. “Everyone was running and didn’t know what to do. “It was complete chaos.”

As rocket fire exploded around them, the visitors panicked. They tried to escape as best they could.

“One day my friend and I “We got into a car with people we didn’t know and drove off.” said Zohar Maariv, 23. After the car was shot at, they fled on foot and hid for several hours until they were rescued. Her boyfriend Matan, who worked at the party, is still missing.

Hundreds of parents were desperately waiting for news about my children missing in the massacre that shocked Israel, and this Sunday many went to the police station in the city of Lod, near Ben Gurion Airport, which was set up as a center for reporting missing persons.

“I came to save my daughter, she was kidnapped in the Gaza Strip. “I saw a TikTok where she is surrounded by terrorists,” she told the agency this Sunday. EFE Israeli father, who wishes to remain anonymous.

This man contacted his daughter for the last time while the 30 year old was at a music festival Sukkot, a Jewish holiday, is celebrated in the southern desert of Israel.

The festival was interrupted by a siren warning of a missile attack, and groups of armed militia were immediately found aboard the vans. They opened fire in all directions.

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On Saturday, Israel declared a state of war. after Hamas launched a multiple attack from land, sea and air that took the country by surprise, on an unprecedented scale, firing thousands of rockets and ground incursions into Israeli soil, where they killed and kidnapped dozens of citizens.

In two days, the death toll in Israel exceeded 700 and more than 2,200 were injured. although their numbers could increase as Israeli forces regain control of areas captured by Hamas.

Scenes from the main access road to a music festival that was attacked #HamasSaturday. pic.twitter.com/dQDboBTkuE

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Emergency services have not said whether any of the 260 bodies have been found. whether they are included in the global death toll or not.

On the other hand, Israel’s heavy retaliatory bombing of the Gaza Strip led toor more than 430 dead and 2,300 wounded; although they have attacked two towers on the Strip in the last few hours, so their numbers are expected to increase.

(according to information from EFE, Reuters And Aristegui News)