Re'im music festival massacre
On 7 October 2023, the Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas initiated a surprise attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. As part of the attack, 364 civilians were killed and many more wounded by Hamas at the Supernova Sukkot Gathering, an open-air music festival during the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret near kibbutz Re'im. At least 40 hostages were also taken. This mass killing had the largest number of casualties out of a number of massacres targeting Israeli civilians in villages adjacent to the Gaza Strip, that occurred as part of the 7 October attack, alongside those at the moshavim of Netiv HaAsara, Be'eri, Kfar Aza, Nir Oz and Holit.
Militant capturing a man during the massacre
A Hamas militant pointing his gun into a shelter where attendees of the festival were hiding
Abandoned and damaged cars parked at the festival (12 October)
Eran Litman, the father of Oriya Litman who was murdered by Hamas at Re'im music festival massacre, speaks at event in Haifa
Hamas, an acronym of its official name, Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya, is a Palestinian Sunni Islamist political and military movement governing the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip since 2007.
The aftermath of the 1994 Dizengoff Street bus bombing in Tel Aviv
Yagur Junction bombing was a suicide attack on the Egged 960 bus in 2002. Hamas was responsible for about 40% of the 135 suicide attacks during the Second Intifada.
Ismail Haniyeh became the prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority in 2006
Hamas rally in Bethlehem
