A British citizen is among dozens of festival attendees who are missing, kidnapped or presumed dead

The Israeli rescue service Zaka says its paramedics removed more than 260 bodies from a music festival that came under attack by Hamas militants.

The total figure of bodies found is expected to be higher, as other paramedic teams were also working in the area and Zaka added that the bodies “haven’t all been collected yet”.

Early on Saturday morning, Hamas targeted Nova music festival, a techno rave in the desert near the border with Gaza.

Videos shared on social media and by Israeli news outlets showed dozens of festival-goers running through an open field as gunshots rang out. Many hid in nearby fruit orchards or were gunned down as they fled.

    • BB69@lemmy.worldEnglish
      386·
      1 year ago

      The people slaughtered at the music festival were foreign nationals. They had nothing to do with this conflict.

      • abort_christian_babies@lemmy.worldEnglish
        217·
        1 year ago

        Understood, thank you.

        I’m pointing out it’s possible and probably accurate to be critical of both at fault parties in this scenario.

        Israel shoulders some of the responsibility for their own real world cause and effect.

        • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldEnglish
          121·
          1 year ago

          I’ve come to realize that a lot of statements we have about violence causing violence and cause and effect and such are observational, objective statements.

          For instance, you saying Israel shoulders responsibility for cause and effect is a geopolitical analysis on why this attack occurred. It isn’t a judgment that says the attack is Israel’s fault – the blame lies squarely with the actual terrorists. Talking about the event itself is different from talking about the event geopolitically.

          I know you probably already know this, but I’m still coming to grips with this duality.