Videos showed Israelis racing across vast open fields and taking cover in orchards.
During the surprise assault on Israel by Palestinian militant group Hamas Saturday, gunmen opened fire on hundreds of young people during a dance music festival in the southern Israeli kibbutz of Re'im near the Gaza Strip, according to the Associated Press and multiple Israeli media outlets. Witnesses told the Times of Israel that rocket fire was followed by gunshots fired into the crowd, as hundreds tried to flee.
' Another party attendee, Esther Borochov, told Reuters that she had to play dead until she was rescued by Israeli soldiers. 'I couldn't move my legs,' she told Reuters at a hospital. 'Soldiers came and took us away to the bushes.' The number of fatalities and injuries from the massacre is unclear. However, Channel 12 said the bodies of dozens of party-goers had been recovered.Hamas launched a highly-coordinated surprise attack on Israel Saturday from the Gaza Strip.
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