‘True carnage’: Inside an Israeli kibbutz attacked by Hamas
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00:00 At the entrance to Kibbutz Be'eri, Israeli tanks keep watch over the surrounding area.
00:06 For the cars entering the Kibbutz, there's no escaping the sight of corpses. Hamas fighters
00:13 piled one on top of the other.
00:15 Amongst the rubble and devastation, remains of the war arsenal that was used to cause
00:20 the destruction litters the ground.
00:22 "We found here only terrorists that killed, not terrorists that ran away from Gaza. 103
00:29 terrorists that we found here, but we still found more and more with full gear, with all
00:33 the equipment. They come to kill, they come from anywhere. They don't want us. They fight
00:40 with us very seriously, very hard, but they look for the civilians to kill and kill and
00:47 kill."
00:48 Be'eri, one of Israel's many agricultural farming communities, is around two kilometres
00:53 from the border with the Gaza Strip. Last Saturday morning, it was one of the first
00:58 targets by Hamas fighters.
01:01 Over 100 Israelis were killed and several hostages kidnapped, as shown in these propaganda
01:07 images broadcast by Hamas.
01:09 According to the army, the horror here is unprecedented.
01:12 "This is something that I've only read about in books about the Second World War and the
01:17 Middle East. I've never seen, nor have the other soldiers nor have Israelis seen in 75
01:23 years, true carnage and a true massacre unleashed against our people on such a wide scale."
01:30 For the kibbutz's survivors, a state of shock remains, fearing a repeat of the attacks and
01:37 concern for the fate of their community members held hostage.
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