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Israel-Hamas war, Gaza hit with airstrikes as atrocities revealed

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Israel-Hamas war, Gaza hit with airstrikes as atrocities revealed

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CCTV footage shows one of two Hamas Islamist militants entering Be'eri kibbutz in southern Israel, on October 7, in this still image from video.
CCTV footage shows one of two Hamas Islamist militants entering Be’eri kibbutz in southern Israel, on October 7, in this still image from video. South First Responders/Telegram/Reuters

More than 100 bodies were found in Be’eri on Monday, as the horrors of Hamas’ attack on border communities in Israel continue to emerge.

Civilians were killed and taken hostage in the kibbutz, which is home to about 1,000 residents, according to Israeli authorities and videos obtained and authenticated by CNN.

Heavily armed militants arrived in Be’eri on motorbikes around 7 a.m., just half an hour after they breached the typically high-tech, tightly guarded border fence between Gaza and Israel, videos show.

A bloodbath followed.

Footage shows militants pulling three bodies out of a car, before stealing the vehicle and driving north. The video, which first surfaced on Telegram, was taken by a surveillance camera in Be’eri. CNN has geolocated the video to an intersection in the northeastern part of the kibbutz.

Another video shows armed militants taking five Israeli civilians captive, with the bodies of four later seen lying on the ground nearby in another video verified by CNN.

Terrified residents told Israel’s Channel 12 television station that assailants went door to door, trying to break into their homes.

Of at least 107 bodies discovered in the aftermath, most were of local residents of the kibbutz, though some were of Israeli security forces, a search and rescue spokesperson told CNN.

The IDF acknowledged on Monday that Be’eri was “very badly hit.”

“We thought we would need more rooms (to house the evacuees). We didn’t need all the rooms,” said IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Richard Hecht.

The attack on Be’eri came around the same time as Hamas militants descended upon a music festival, known as Nova, just three miles south, shooting revelers at point-blank range and looting their belongings.

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