The man said there was a kibbutz-wide text telling them it was dangerous to be outside. Read more at straitstimes.com.
An Israeli military vehicle burns after it was hit by Palestinian gunmen who infiltrated areas of southern Israel, on Oct 7.Palestinians inspect the destruction in a neighbourhood heavily damaged by Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City's Shati refugee camp on Oct 9, 2023.Israeli security gather near a rifle at the site of a battle following a mass infiltration by Hamas gunmen in Sderot, southern Israel, on Oct 8.
When they got a kibbutz-wide text an hour later telling them it was dangerous to be outside, they moved to a safe room, thinking that perhaps one or two militants had entered the compound, where the houses are set among palm trees. "I heard people talking in Arabic. And all in the time, shooting, we heard shooting like automatic fire."
"It looked like something between a warzone and pure hell. Bodies everywhere and, and bullet holes everywhere. And my wife's parents are nowhere to be found," he told Reuters in Herzliya north of Tel Aviv, where they are staying with relatives.
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