Those who responded to the attacks describe the living nightmare in which they found their neighbors—and themselves.
border and began killing soldiers and civilians in an unprecedented attack last Saturday. Almost a week later, Israeli officials have found the bodies of at least 1,300 people butchered by the knives, rockets, and bullets with which Hamas announced its incursion, sparking a massive retaliation that is likely only just beginning.
They first arrived in Kibbutz Erez, where they were told that even further south the border fence had been breached. So they pressed on to Netiv HaAsara, where they were greeted with a terrible sight: a massacre had taken place. Sacha says the bodies of both adults and children were “thrown all over the place” and the scene was “beyond description.” But by the time Sacha arrived, the Israeli army was already there, and help was needed elsewhere.
Sacha says he was one of the people who volunteered to re-enter the kibbutz as the operation to collect the bodies started. Inside, he found the body of one woman who was on top of the body of a child. He also claims to have found the remains of as many as 16 children in the same room, all of whom had bindings on their hands and legs. “Each one was shot in the stomach, so that not only would they die, but they would bleed to death, so there wouldn’t be instant death,” Sacha said.
A first responder with United Hatzalah, Israel’s volunteer ambulance organization, also said he made disturbing discoveries as the attack unfolded Saturday. Ianir Ishay told The Daily Beast the organization dispatched him to what it said was a “shooting event” in a kibbutz near the Gaza border. “As we arrived to the scene, it was horrific,” he said. “What we saw was a massacre. Kids, babies, families—dead. They were massacred. It was not just a ‘normal’ shooting, it was a massacre.
Those providing medical aid to the wounded and dying were similarly faced with a dreadful ordeal. Ilay Lallouz, a 22-year-old medic, said she arrived at the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba at around 3 p.m. on Saturday, helping to treat patients injured by grenades and other weapons. “I wanted to help, and I heard that the ER needed volunteers, so I came here and it was indescribable,” she told The Daily Beast.
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