This is how the horrifying terror attack on an Israeli music festival unfolded on Saturday, and the complex regional history that lies behind the deadliest day in the country's history.
IDF spokesman Jonathan Conricus appeared to confirm the harrowing reportsAn Israeli military spokesman this morning appeared to confirm reports that Hamas militants beheaded babies amid their ruthless attacks this weekend that saw hundreds of Israeli civilians killed in their homes.
In the immediate aftermath of Hamas attacks, reports circulated that the terrorists had raped women and children and beheaded infants but they were later decried as misinformation. An Israel Defence Forces source provided a photograph of a child's blood-soaked bed in Kibbutz Kerem Shalom following a Hamas-led attack on the home
Hamas terrorists allegedly beheaded babies and gunned down entire families in their homes in a small kibbutz in Israel, Israeli soldiers have claimed 'I want to believe if our 45-year-old reservist told a journalist what he saw, he wasn't spitting out IDF messages,' Hecht told the media briefing according to SkyNews.Speaking to US President Joe Biden yesterday about the Hamas atrocities, Netanyahu said: 'We've never seen such savagery in the history of the state,' nor 'since the Holocaust,' before going on to reference scenes of Nazi brutality against Ukrainians at Babyn Yar during World War II.
Kfar Aza kibbutz is thought to be the site where the worst of the atrocities against babies occurred given its popularity with young parents and was one of the first Israeli settlements to be targeted on Saturday morning by rampaging terrorists. As soon as they arrived, the heavily armed fighters attacked the compound from four directions - starting with the 'baby quarter' on the west side where the young families lived.Israeli soldiers walk beside the bodies of Hamas militant killed in Kfar Aza kibbutz on Tuesday
They - like the Israeli military and government - were not prepared for the wave of terrorists firing streams of bullets at them. The small security squad tried in vain to protect their neighbours but they couldn't hold the terrorists off and were killed. The parents frantically put their ten-month-old twin babies into a hidden shelter moments before the Hamas terrorists stormed into their home and shot the couple dead.
Meanwhile in Be'eri just a stone's throw away from Kfar Aza, sickening photos emerged of Israeli civilians lying riddled with bullet holes as they lay in their beds.Homes in the community were largely decimated by Hamas terrorists Outside, several cars were left flattened, while the bodies of people in everyday clothing can be seen lying in awkward positions.