During the October 7 attacks on Israel, Hamas militants carried out a massacre at Be'eri, a kibbutz near the Gaza Strip. Hundreds of Gazan militants and civilian looters attacked the kibbutz, killing
One of the houses in Be'eri in the massacre's aftermath
The courtyard of a destroyed home after the attack
One of the many houses which was burned and destroyed during the attack
A photo taken 6 weeks after the hostage standoff showing the remnants of the home which served as the location of the hostage standoff
On 7 October 2023, the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian nationalist and Islamist political organization Hamas, initiated a sudden attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. As part
Be'eri massacre
…Jewish homeland." This incident occurred concurrently with a series of other Palestinian attacks on Israel, including the Netiv HaAsara, Kfar Aza, and Nova music festival massacres. Several newspapers described the massacre as an act of terrorism, with CNN describing it as "the symbol of Hamas' brutality." Be'eri is a…
A Hamas militant fires into a bomb shelter
A Hamas militant snatching a festivalgoer during the massacre
Eran Litman, the father of Oriya Litman who was killed by Hamas at Re'im music festival massacre, speaks at an event in Haifa
The tunnel in Gaza where the bodies of six hostages were found [he] by Israeli forces on August 31, 2024. Five of the six hostages were kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival.