The Israeli rescue service Zaka says its paramedics removed more than 260 bodies from a music festival that came under attack by Hamas militants.

The total figure of bodies found is expected to be higher, as other paramedic teams were also working in the area and Zaka added that the bodies “haven’t all been collected yet”.

Early on Saturday morning, Hamas targeted Nova music festival, a techno rave in the desert near the border with Gaza.

Videos shared on social media and by Israeli news outlets showed dozens of festival-goers running through an open field as gunshots rang out. Many hid in nearby fruit orchards or were gunned down as they fled.

  • @Xeknos@lemmy.world
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    649 months ago

    Turns out hitting the music festival was a terrible idea, because it absolutely turned everyone against them.

    • turnleftist
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      -109 months ago

      Palestinians using violent means might think they’re succeeding because they are actually getting landback for the first time in decades, but they fail to consider how bad it looks to me, a guy on the internet who thinks it would be better for their PR if they kept dying instead.

      • BombOmOm
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        they are actually getting landback for the first time in decades

        How does massacring hundreds at a music festival get them land back? How does parading a nude, murdered woman get them land back?

    • @bobman@unilem.org
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      -1419 months ago

      Speak for yourself.

      Rational people recognize what a vapid facade ‘music festivals for peace’ are.

      The ‘peace’ was just an excuse so rich people don’t feel bad about partying.

      • Solar Bear
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        Damn I agree they deserved to die for it and their families deserve to suffer

      • @teuniac_@lemmy.world
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        99 months ago

        Such an enlightening argument.

        I guess then it was an excellent idea to shoot up a music festival.

        /s

      • @stillwater@lemm.ee
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        539 months ago

        Okay, explain how them hitting a music festival is a totally understandable and viable act of war and doesn’t change your opinion on their strategy or intent.

        What other kinds of civilian targets are above reproach?

        • @bobman@unilem.org
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          -359 months ago

          What the heck? Why are you asking me to defend the attack when all I said it was a vapid display put on so rich people could feel good about themselves?

          Lol.

          • P03 Locke
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            119 months ago

            Rich people or not… all of those people are now dead and defiled.

            Your change in subject was in extremely poor taste. I feel like I shouldn’t have to explain the downvotes, but here we are.

    • @RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world
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      -89 months ago

      I dunno EDM sucks.

      As does confining millions to an open air prison

      As does Israel creating Hamas

      As does the current Israeli government ignoring intelligence reports because they wanted this to happen.