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Children found ‘butchered’ in Israeli kibbutz, as horror of Hamas’ attack on border communities begins to emerge

Headline from KESQ Palm Springs, on the newest of 3 developments

By Muhammad Darwish, Nic Robertson, Artemis Moshtaghian, Amir Tal, Ivana Kottasová and Sana Noor Haq, CNN Kfar Aza, Israel (CNN) — Bodies of Israeli residents and Palestinian militants lay outside of burned-out homes in the Israeli kibbutz Kfar Aza on Tuesday, days after Hamas launched a large-scale…

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  1. ‘Always the first to defend’: The Israelis slain in Hamas’s surprise onslaught

    Headline from The Times of Israel ·

  2. Israeli military official shows scene of Hamas terror attack: This was a 'planned massacre'

    Headline from Fox News ·

  3. Newest

    Children found ‘butchered’ in Israeli kibbutz, as horror of Hamas’ attack on border communities begins to emerge

    Headline from KESQ Palm Springs ·

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25 articles, oldest first.

  1. The Times of Israel

    ‘Always the first to defend’: The Israelis slain in Hamas’s surprise onslaught (opens The Times of Israel)

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    The Times of Israel's feed description

    The hundreds dead across southern Israel include a senior officer, a regional mayor, and kids in Bedouin communities without shelters who were killed by rockets

  2. Hot Air

    On Hamas barbarity and Israeli retaliation (opens Hot Air)

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    Hot Air's feed description

    There are horrific videos of what Hamas has done in Israel today; please see this. A description: At least 150 Israelis have been murdered and over 1,000 wounded by terrorist intruders from Gaza. Doze...

  3. Fox News

    Israeli military official shows scene of Hamas terror attack: This was a 'planned massacre' (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    The remnants of a Hamas attack in southern Israel showed cars covered in bullet holes and blood, and strewn children's clothing and backpacks on the side of the road.

  4. The Guardian

    ‘They are in my house’: kibbutz survivors tell of Hamas attack (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Nahal Oz is just yards from Gaza. The gunmen showed no mercy, killing, kidnapping and starting fires to smoke people from their safe rooms

  5. Legal Insurrection

    Hamas Savagery Worse Than ISIS – Reports of Mass Rapes, Abusing and Beheading Bodies of Israeli Soldiers (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    Legal Insurrection's feed description

    "Several of these rape victims appear to have been later executed. Others were taken to Gaza. In photographs released online, you can see several paraded through the city’s streets, blood gushing from between their legs."

  6. Insider

    IDF says Hamas fighters killed and decapitated babies at one kibbutz near the Gaza border (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    The IDF told Insider that soldiers found a number of decapitated babies in Kfar Aza.

  7. Legal Insurrection

    At Kibbutz Be’eri, Hamas Slaughtered Over 100, Kidnapped Dozens, and Executed At Least Four Captives (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    Legal Insurrection's feed description

    I visited the Kibbutz in 2015. The Washington Post has verified that at least four of the people taken captive were killed by Hamas, but far more including a large number of children, are now captive in Gaza.

  8. Legal Insurrection

    Kibbutz Kfar Aza: Hamas Murdered 40 Babies, Many Decapitated (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    Legal Insurrection's feed description

    i24 Reporter: Horrific scenes of "babies with their heads cut off," homes and bodies booby trapped.

  9. Washington Examiner

    Israel war: Hamas brutality comes into full focus in kibbutzim days after attack (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    Israeli authorities are only beginning to understand and uncover the extent of the gruesome scenes in areas that were overrun by militants this weekend in the unprecedented multipronged terrorist attacks.

  10. Wall Street Journal

    CCTV Shows Hamas Militants' Attack on Kibbutz Be'eri (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    Wall Street Journal's feed description

    Footage taken from security cameras shows heavily armed Hamas fighters arriving in Kibbutz Be’eri in southern Israel on Saturday. Rescue workers have discovered more than 100 bodies in the community following a prolonged hostage standoff between Israeli forces and Hamas militants.

  11. CNN

    Children found 'butchered' in Israeli kibbutz, IDF says, as horror of Hamas' attacks near border begins to emerge (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Bodies of Israeli residents and Palestinian attackers lay outside burned-out homes in the Israeli kibbutz Kfar Aza on Tuesday, days after Hamas launched a large-scale surprise assault on Israel.

  12. KESQ Palm Springs

    Children found ‘butchered’ in Israeli kibbutz, as horror of Hamas’ attack on border communities begins to emerge (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    KESQ Palm Springs's feed description

    By Muhammad Darwish, Nic Robertson, Artemis Moshtaghian, Amir Tal, Ivana Kottasová and Sana Noor Haq, CNN Kfar Aza, Israel (CNN) — Bodies of Israeli residents and Palestinian militants lay outside of burned-out homes in the Israeli kibbutz Kfar Aza on Tuesday, days after Hamas launched a large-scale…

  13. NBC News

    'It’s a massacre': Bodies of victims still strewn across kibbutz once home to 700 (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The echoes of Hamas’ brutality are still visible as Israeli soldiers work to clear the Kfar Aza kibbutz, days after militants raided the village.

  14. NBC News

    Death and heartbreak at every turn in kibbutz near Gaza that was ambushed by Hamas (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    "Everything was demolished," according to one man who was able to flee to safety amid the attack that officials say killed about 100 people. He says his sister was taken hostage.

  15. The Times of Israel

    Corpses and kids’ bikes, burned homes and death in kibbutz where Hamas butchered 100 (opens The Times of Israel)

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    The Times of Israel's feed description

    Foreign media shown grim aftermath of Palestinian terrorists' massacre in Kfar Aza community where whole families were slaughtered, victims mutilated

  16. Washington Times

    Atrocities at small kibbutz show the brutality of Hamas attacks on Jewish children, women, elderly (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    The horrific details of Hamas’ attacks on Israeli border communities are just coming to light, and none are more shocking than the carnage in the small farming kibbutz of Kfar Aza about one mile from the boundary with Gaza.

  17. ABC 7 New York

    Scene of a 'massacre': Inside Israeli kibbutz decimated by Hamas fighters (opens ABC 7 New York)

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    ABC 7 New York's feed description

    ABC News reporters were allowed into the Kafar Azaa kibbutz on Wednesday to witness the full scope of the atrocities exacted by Hamas fighters.

  18. New York Post

    Shocking video shows moment Hamas terrorists snuck into kibbutz where more than 100 killed (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Shocking surveillance footage shows Hamas terrorists ambushing a car and killing its occupants to make their way into a gated community in Israel — where more than 100 bodies would later be f…

  19. Townhall

  20. Wall Street Journal

    At Kibbutz Where Hamas Killed Dozens, Israeli Troops Gather to Respond (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    Wall Street Journal's feed description

    A small farming community near the Gaza Strip was the scene of one of the deadliest attacks by Hamas militants. Now it is a staging ground for Israel’s counterstrike.

  21. The Guardian

    Hamas gunmen ‘killed families in their beds’ at Kfar Aza kibbutz, say Israeli forces (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Grim scene of ‘massacre’ at one of the first Israeli settlements reached by militants during assault

  22. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Children found ‘butchered’ in Israeli kibbutz, as horror of Hamas’ attack on border communities begins to emerge | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    By Muhammad Darwish, Nic Robertson, Artemis Moshtaghian, Amir Tal, Ivana Kottasová and Sana Noor Haq, CNN Kfar Aza, Israel (CNN) — Bodies of Israeli

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