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Israel-Hamas War: At least 260 bodies found after attack on Israeli music festival, rescuers say
At least 260 bodies have been removed from the site of a music festival in Israel that was attacked by Hamas during its incursion, rescuers have said.
Those killed at the Supernova festival near Re’im, in the south of the country, are among hundreds killed so far.
The number of dead at the music event in the desert region of Negev was given by the Israeli rescue service Zika on Sunday.
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Social media footage shows people dancing late into Friday, before the attack in the early hours of Saturday.
People are then seen running through an open field with gunshots firing in the background in a separate clip.
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Moment woman ‘kidnapped’ by Hamas fighters
Another video shows a young woman being forced onto a motorbike as she pleads with the two men taking her: “Please don’t kill me.”
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She is also seen in separate footage at an unknown location sitting down and drinking water.
Social media footage of burned out cars along a road near the festival site
After breaching the heavily guarded border early on Saturday, Hamas militants have taken at least 100 people hostage, according to Israeli officials.
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The Israeli US embassy said women and children were among those captured and that several hostage situations are still “ongoing”.
Both soldiers and civilians have been taken, with some being taken back over the border into Gaza – and others paraded through the streets.
At a news conference held by relatives of people still missing, parents told of harrowing phone calls they received from their children.
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‘Mummy, they shot at us’
According to Israeli officials, 1,590 people have been left injured since the incursion began on Saturday.
Meanwhile in Gaza, 413 Palestinians have been confirmed dead and 2,300 injured, according to the health ministry.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told those still in Gaza to “leave now” as he threatened to turn it “into rubble” in response to the weekend’s attacks.