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'{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{pp-extended|small=yes}} {{Short description|2023 massacre in Israel}} {{Infobox civilian attack | title = Be'eri massacre | partof = the [[2023 Hamas attack on Israel]] | native_name = הטבח בבארי | native_name_lang = he | image = Gaza envelope after coordinated surprise offensive on Israel, October 2023 (KBG GPO05).jpg | caption = One of the houses in [[Be'eri]] in the massacre's aftermath | location = [[Be'eri]], [[Southern District (Israel)|Southern District]], [[Israel]] | map = {{Location map|Israel gaza|label = Be'eri| border = none | float = center|caption = {{align|center|Site of the attack in [[Israel]]}}}} | date = {{start date and age|2023|10|7|df=y}} | coordinates = {{coord|31|25|26|N|34|29|23|E|type:event_region:IL|display=inline,title}} | weapons = | fatalities = *130+<ref name=ynet>{{cite news|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hy8ihip11p|title=Charred remains of mother, son recovered 11 days after Hamas massacre|date=18 October 2023|accessdate=18 October 2023|first1=Roni|last1=Shaulov|first2=Yoav|last2=Zitun|work=[[Ynet]]}}</ref><ref>https://people.com/israeli-family-of-10-kidnapped-by-hamas-exclusive-8358203 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017041832/https://people.com/israeli-family-of-10-kidnapped-by-hamas-exclusive-8358203 |date=17 October 2023 }} . Retrieved 16 October 2023.</ref><ref name="washingtonpost">{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/10/09/israel-hamas-hostage-death/ |title=Video shows apparent death of Israeli hostages in Hamas custody |access-date=9 October 2023 |archive-date=9 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009204926/https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/10/09/israel-hamas-hostage-death/ |url-status=live|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.srugim.co.il/849521-%d7%96%d7%a2%d7%96%d7%95%d7%a2-%d7%91%d7%93%d7%a8%d7%95%d7%9d-%d7%9e%d7%a2%d7%9c-100-%d7%92%d7%95%d7%a4%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%a0%d7%9e%d7%a6%d7%90%d7%95-%d7%91%d7%a7%d7%99%d7%91%d7%95%d7%a5-%d7%91%d7%90|title=זעזוע בדרום: מעל 100 גופות נמצאו בקיבוץ בארי|website=Srugim|lang=he|access-date=9 October 2023|archive-date=9 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009191220/https://www.srugim.co.il/849521-%d7%96%d7%a2%d7%96%d7%95%d7%a2-%d7%91%d7%93%d7%a8%d7%95%d7%9d-%d7%9e%d7%a2%d7%9c-100-%d7%92%d7%95%d7%a4%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%a0%d7%9e%d7%a6%d7%90%d7%95-%d7%91%d7%a7%d7%99%d7%91%d7%95%d7%a5-%d7%91%d7%90|url-status=live}}</ref> ** [[File:Shaldag.svg|25px|class=noviewer]] 5 [[Shaldag Unit]] airmen<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/s1ce00xbw6|title="נלחמנו עם חצי כוח עד שנגמרו הכדורים": הקרבות ההירואיים של יחידת שלדג|first=יואב|last=זיתון|newspaper=Ynet|date=9 October 2023|via=www.ynet.co.il|access-date=15 October 2023|archive-date=16 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016122609/https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/s1ce00xbw6|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=toi10oct>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/testimonies-from-beeri-massacre-expose-deep-trauma-predating-israels-creation/|title=Testimonies from Be'eri massacre expose deep trauma predating Israel's creation|first=Canaan|last=Lidor|date=10 October 2023|work=[[The Times of Israel]]|accessdate=10 October 2023|archive-date=10 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010212051/https://www.timesofisrael.com/testimonies-from-beeri-massacre-expose-deep-trauma-predating-israels-creation/|url-status=live}}</ref> | injuries = | type = [[Mass shooting]], [[mass murder]], [[Arson]], [[war crime]] | motive = | victims = Hundreds missing<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/israeli-family-of-10-kidnapped-by-hamas-exclusive-8358203|title=Nightmare Phone Call Reveals Israeli Family of 10 Kidnapped by Hamas: 'Survival, That's Where We Are' (Exclusive)|work=People|first=Andrea|last=Mandell |date=16 October 2023|language=en-us|access-date=17 October 2023|archive-date=17 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017041832/https://people.com/israeli-family-of-10-kidnapped-by-hamas-exclusive-8358203|url-status=live}}</ref> | perpetrator = {{armed forces|Hamas|name=Al-Qassam Brigades}} (Nuseirat Battalion), according to the IDF<ref name="jp" /> }} {{Campaignbox 2023 Israel–Hamas war}} On 7 October 2023, in the opening attacks of the [[2023 Hamas attack on Israel]], around 70 [[Hamas]] militants<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Kierszenbaum |first=Quique |date=11 October 2023 |title='It was a pogrom': Be'eri survivors on the horrific attack by Hamas terrorists |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/11/it-was-a-pogrom-beeri-survivors-horrific-attack-hamas-terrorists |access-date=11 October 2023 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=11 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011200820/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/11/it-was-a-pogrom-beeri-survivors-horrific-attack-hamas-terrorists |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |first1=Amanda|last1=Macias |first2=Sam|last2=Meredith |first3=Ruxandra|last3=Iordache |title=Israel-Hamas war live updates: 22 U.S. citizens confirmed dead; Israel to form emergency government |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/11/live-updates-latest-news-on-gaza-and-israel-hamas-conflict.html |access-date=12 October 2023 |website=[[CNBC]] |language=en |archive-date=11 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011194235/https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/11/live-updates-latest-news-on-gaza-and-israel-hamas-conflict.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Lidor"/> carried out a [[massacre]] at [[Be'eri]], an Israeli [[kibbutz]] near the [[Gaza Strip]]. At least 130 people were killed in the attack,<ref name=ynet/> including women (such as peace activist [[Vivian Silver]]),<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-11-13 |title=Canadian Israeli peace activist Vivian Silver, feared to be held hostage, confirmed killed in Hamas attacks |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/israel-gaza-vivian-silver-1.7027333 |access-date=2023-11-13}}</ref> children,<ref name="washingtonpost"/> and infants,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.israelhayom.co.il/news/local/article/14679668 |title=עדויות תושבי העוטף ממתקפת הפתע על ישראל: «טובחים כאן בתינוקות» |access-date=10 October 2023|work=[[Israel Hayom]] |date=7 October 2023 |archive-date=9 October 2023|language=he |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009173239/https://www.israelhayom.co.il/news/local/article/14679668 |url-status=live }}</ref> claiming the lives of 10% of the farming community's residents. Dozens of homes were also burned down.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sktjpy11wt|title='After a minute, my friend was murdered in front of me'|first1=Matan|last1=Tzuri|first2=Roni|last2=Green Shaulov|first3=Adam|last3=Kutub|date=9 October 2023|work=[[Ynet]]|access-date=12 October 2023|archive-date=10 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010062239/https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sktjpy11wt|url-status=live}}</ref> This incident occurred concurrently with a series of other massacres and military engagements in multiple neighbouring Israeli communities, including [[Netiv HaAsara attack|Netiv haAsara]], [[Kfar Aza massacre|Kfar Aza]], and the [[Re'im music festival massacre|Rei'm music festival massacre]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=10 October 2023|title=Hamas Leaves Trail of Terror in Israel|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-war-hamas-deaths-killings.html|access-date=11 October 2023|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=11 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011163643/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-war-hamas-deaths-killings.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Several newspapers described the massacre as an act of [[terrorism]] and others compared the brutality of the attrocities to that of [[Islamic State|ISIS]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hutchinson |first=Bill |date=13 October 2023 |title=Israel's 'Ground Zero:' The Be'eri Kibbutz was among the bloodiest scenes of the Hamas attack |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/israels-ground-zero-beeri-kibbutz-bloodiest-scenes-hamas/story?id=103936668 |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |author=ToI Staff |date=2 November 2023 |title=Hundreds of soldiers waited outside Be'eri with terrorists still inside, survivor says |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/hundreds-of-soldiers-stood-outside-beeri-as-massacre-took-place-survivor-says/ |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=The Times of Israel |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Verbatim report of proceedings - The despicable terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel, Israel’s right to defend itself in line with humanitarian and international law and the humanitarian situation in Gaza (debate) - Wednesday, 18 October 2023 |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CRE-9-2023-10-18-INT-3-010-0000_EN.html |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=www.europarl.europa.eu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-10-09 |title='Isis-level savagery' by Hamas killed 11 Americans, says US |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67056761 |access-date=2023-11-17}}</ref> However, some claims regarding the attack have been found to be false.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Israeli personnel gave false information about 7 October attack crimes - report |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-personnel-false-information-7-october-attack |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Middle East Eye |language=en}}</ref> Hostages were taken, leading to a stand-off with the [[Israel Defense Forces]].<ref name="AP News">{{cite web |last1=Federman |first1=Josef |last2=Adwan |first2=Issam |title=Hamas says it is holding dozens of Israeli soldiers captured in surprise incursion |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-hamas-rockets-airstrikes-tel-aviv-11fb98655c256d54ecb5329284fc37d2 |publisher=[[AP News]] |access-date=7 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007163600/https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-hamas-rockets-airstrikes-tel-aviv-11fb98655c256d54ecb5329284fc37d2 |archive-date=7 October 2023 |location=[[Jerusalem]] |language=English |date=7 October 2023 |quote=Hagari said militants were holding hostages in standoffs in two towns, Beeri and Ofakim, which is 15 miles (24 kilometers) from the Gaza border. |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CCTV Shows Hamas Militants' Attack on Kibbutz Be'eri |url=https://www.wsj.com/video/cctv-shows-hamas-militants-attack-on-kibbutz-beeri/BD0AE9E0-36E8-43A1-88F9-30794FC02977.html |access-date=16 October 2023 |website=www.wsj.com |language=en-US |archive-date=16 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016065135/https://www.wsj.com/video/cctv-shows-hamas-militants-attack-on-kibbutz-beeri/BD0AE9E0-36E8-43A1-88F9-30794FC02977.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=7 October 2023 |title=Terrorists seize house in Ofakim, negotiations underway for hostages |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-762112 |access-date=8 October 2023 |website=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |language=en-US |archive-date=8 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008002502/https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-762112 |url-status=live }}</ref> ==Background== [[Kibbutz]] Be'eri is a veteran-established kibbutz located in the Gaza periphery since 1946. Its members are generally on the secular left, and it includes many peace activists.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rabin |first1=Roni Caryn |date=10 October 2023 |title=Peace Activists Are Among the Israelis Missing and Killed |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/world/middleeast/peace-activists-killed-israel.html |access-date=10 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010134215/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/world/middleeast/peace-activists-killed-israel.html |archive-date=10 October 2023}}</ref> The kibbutz had around 1,200 residents before the attack and was the largest village of the [[Eshkol Regional Council]].<ref name="Lidor">{{Cite news |title=Kibbutz Be'eri bloodbath reminds Israelis of fears and fortitude from 1948 |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/kibbutz-beeri-bloodbath-reminds-israelis-of-fears-and-fortitudes-from-1948/ |first=Canaan|last=Lidor |work=The Times of Israel |date=8 October 2023 |access-date=9 October 2023 |archive-date=9 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009001208/https://www.timesofisrael.com/kibbutz-beeri-bloodbath-reminds-israelis-of-fears-and-fortitudes-from-1948/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ft">{{Cite news |last1=Reed |first1=John |last2=Andringa |first2=Peter |last3=Clark |first3=Dan |last4=Joiner |first4=Sam |date=12 October 2023 |title=Seventeen hours of terror: how Hamas invaded one Israeli community |url=https://www.ft.com/content/209de510-e4d7-44c1-8bb1-b086af6a1f8a |work=[[Financial Times]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/2023.10.13-183640/https://www.ft.com/content/209de510-e4d7-44c1-8bb1-b086af6a1f8a |archive-date=13 October 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> ==Attack== The Hamas force targeting Be'eri consisted of militants belonging to the [[Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades]]' Nuseirat Battalion led by Abed al Rahman.<ref name="jp">{{Cite web |title=Israel kills three Hamas commanders, one who took part in massacre |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-769964 |date=24 October 2023 |access-date=25 October 2023 |website=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |language=en-US }}</ref> On the morning of 7 October 2023, at 6:30 am, Hamas militants began firing rockets at the kibbutz. Another Palestinian militant group, the [[Maoism|Maoist]] [[Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine|DFLP]], later declared that its troops (organized as [[National Resistance Brigades]]) were also fighting the IDF in Be'eri.{{cn|date=November 2023}} Around 70 militants<ref>{{Cite news |title=Israel's military says it fully controls communities on Gaza border |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67050127 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010003100/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67050127 |archive-date=10 October 2023 |access-date=9 October 2023 |work=[[BBC News]]|date=9 October 2023 }}</ref> entered the kibbutz on motorcycles and in vehicles. The kibbutz's 10-member security team fought the attackers but was overwhelmed and at least five were killed.<ref>[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h1yx3zhwt Untrained, lacking proper arms, local security teams defended their Gaza border homes]</ref> After capturing the village, the attackers started going from house to house, shooting or capturing the residents.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Festivalgoers, children, soldiers: What we know about the people captured by Hamas |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/08/europe/israel-hostages-hamas-what-we-know-intl/index.html |author=Hadas Gold |work=CNN |date=9 October 2023 |access-date=9 October 2023 |archive-date=8 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008223556/https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/08/europe/israel-hostages-hamas-what-we-know-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> They also shot at buildings and set some on fire. The militants were accompanied by a camera team and journalist who documented the attack and extolled it as a Palestinian victory.<ref name="Lidor" /> Many residents tried to hide in safe rooms, but the militants blew up the safe room doors and killed those inside.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Israel |first=David |date=9 October 2023 |title=70 Terrorists Infiltrated Kibbutz Be'eri Overnight, IDF Repelling 7 New Penetrations |url=https://www.jewishpress.com/news/eye-on-palestine/hamas/70-terrorists-infiltrated-kibbutz-beeri-overnight-idf-repelling-7-new-penetrations/2023/10/09/ |accessdate=12 October 2023 |website=[[The Jewish Press]] |archive-date=19 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019233459/https://www.jewishpress.com/news/eye-on-palestine/hamas/70-terrorists-infiltrated-kibbutz-beeri-overnight-idf-repelling-7-new-penetrations/2023/10/09/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The militants took up to 50 people hostage in a dining room in Be'eri,<ref name="BBC-hostages">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67044255 |last1=Davies |first1=Alys |title=What we know about Israeli hostages taken by Hamas |work=BBC News |access-date=8 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008025612/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67044255 |archive-date=8 October 2023 |language=English |date=7 October 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Kidnappings during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war|kidnapped others]], taking them the Gaza Strip.<ref name="Lidor" /> Videos emerged showing the hostages being led barefoot across a street in town.<ref name="BBC-hostages" /> The hostages in the dining hall were freed when security forces stormed the dining hall, killing the militants there.<ref>[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hjauau1za Hostages in Be'eri dining hall freed]</ref> === Timeline === [[File:Isaac Herzog in Be'eri, October 2023 (GPOHZ0 2094).jpg|thumb|Israeli president [[Isaac Herzog]] in Be'eri, on 15 October 2023.|left]] Using collected [[WhatsApp]] messages from a mother's group in the kibbutz and [[CCTV]] footage, a rough timeline was established. Hamas arrived at the gate of the kibbutz before 6:00 am, with the militants first executing the civilians in a vehicle.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=13 October 2023 |title=Hamas attack on Israel kibbutz Be'eri captured by mothers' WhatsApp group |language=en-GB |work=BBC News|first=Alice|last=Cuddy |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67105618 |access-date=13 October 2023 |archive-date=13 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013201809/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67105618 |url-status=live }}</ref> By 7:10 am, the first messages on the WhatsApp group contained images of three motorbikes, each carrying two heavily armed Hamas militants leaving through the main gate. At 9:05 am, Hamas was seen dragging a corpse from the car that was destroyed at the kibbutz gate. Tutorials on locking doors were shared on the WhatsApp group, but concerns were expressed over the shelters' inability to stop attackers.<ref name=":0" /> Hamas attackers went around the neighborhoods, shooting and throwing grenades, massacring the occupants of each house and setting some on fire with [[Molotov cocktail]]s. WhatsApp was used to advise occupants and share safehouses, but it also turned increasingly desperate as mentions of deaths of babies and family members surfaced.<ref name=":0" /> One 10 month old baby has confirmed to have been killed during the attack.<ref name="HaaAzz2">{{Cite news |date=2023-12-04 |title=Hamas Committed Documented Atrocities. But a Few False Stories Feed the Deniers |language=en |work=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-12-04/ty-article-magazine/.premium/hamas-committed-documented-atrocities-but-a-few-false-stories-feed-the-deniers/0000018c-34f3-da74-afce-b5fbe24f0000 |access-date=2023-12-04}}</ref> Two hours after the massacre began, twenty [[Israeli Air Force]] airmen from the elite [[Shaldag Unit]] arrived by helicopter at Kibbutz Be'eri. Five were killed and one was wounded by the militants within a very short time, many of them near "the iconic yellow gate of the kibbutz." The surviving airmen were forced to retreat and find other civilian areas with less resistance due to their now very small group.<ref name="toi10oct" /> An Israeli CH-53D helicopter was destroyed in the ground by Hamas militants' hours after the attack at Be'eri kibutz.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/world-holds-its-breath-as-israeli-assault-into-gaza-appears-immanent|title=World Holds Its Breath As Israeli Assault Into Gaza Appears Imminent (Updated)|work=The Drive|date=14 October 2023|quote=Additionally, there remains questions about what happened to an Israeli Air Force CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter seen burning near the border with Gaza. Reporting suggests the heavy lift helicopter, known locally as the "Yas'ur", was hit by enemy fire and made an emergency landing before coming under anti-tank guided missile fire on the ground. Exact details of the downing remain unconfirmed, however.|access-date=15 October 2023|archive-date=19 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019233456/https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/world-holds-its-breath-as-israeli-assault-into-gaza-appears-immanent|url-status=live}}</ref> After around 12 hours, more IDF forces arrived and killed most of the militants. Some 18 hours after the stand-off began, the IDF reported the hostages had been freed.{{how|date=October 2023}}<ref name="BBC-hostages"/> However, security forces continued to sweep the village for Hamas holdouts.<ref name="Lidor" /><ref>{{Cite web |first=Orlando|last=Radice |date=7 October 2023 |title=Horrifying footage shows gunmen on kibbutz hunting for Israelis |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/horrifying-footage-shows-gunmen-on-kibbutz-hunting-for-israelis-1ENgLiRlboyULS02MgDGqp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009185510/https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/horrifying-footage-shows-gunmen-on-kibbutz-hunting-for-israelis-1ENgLiRlboyULS02MgDGqp |archive-date=9 October 2023 |access-date=12 October 2023 |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]]}}</ref>{{fv|date=October 2023}} Four civilians were killed near the Gaza border while in the custody of Hamas militants .<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Paul |last2=Gianluca |first2=Gianluca |last3=Magramo |first3=Kathleen |date=2023-10-09 |title=Civilian hostages in Hamas custody killed in Be'eri near Gaza border, CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/09/middleeast/israel-gaza-hamas-beeri-hostages-killed-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> [[File:גן ילדים בקיבוץ בארי לאחר הטבח בקיבוץ בארי צילם -יואב קרן.jpg|thumb|A destroyed kindergarten in the Kibbutz]] [[File:Kibbutz Be'eri after the massacre, houses that were burned by Hamas (6).jpg|thumb|One of the many houses which was burned and destroyed during the attack]] The kibbutz suffered heavy losses of life and property, leaving it devastated and shattered{{editorial inline|date=December 2023}}.<ref>{{Cite news |title='After a minute, my friend was murdered in front of me' |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sktjpy11wt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010062239/https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sktjpy11wt |archive-date=10 October 2023 |access-date=9 October 2023 |work=[[Ynet]]|date=9 October 2023 |last1=Tzuri |first1=Matan |last2=Shaulov |first2=Roni Green |last3=Kutub |first3=Adam }}</ref> Yossi Landau, regional head of the relief organisation [[ZAKA]], stated to Sky News that around 80% of the bodies at [[Be'eri]] and [[Kfar Aza massacre|Kfar Aza]] showed signs of torture, and that he found "two piles of ten children each were tied to the back, [[burnt to death]]" at Be'eri.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Israel-Gaza war: Recovered bodies show 'bloodthirsty' gunmen 'took time over torture' - and that Hamas has changed |url=https://news.sky.com/story/israel-gaza-war-recovered-bodies-show-bloodthirsty-gunmen-took-time-over-torture-and-that-hamas-has-changed-12985212 |access-date=15 October 2023 |website=Sky News|first=Stuart|last=Ramsay|language=en |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015215425/https://news.sky.com/story/israel-gaza-war-recovered-bodies-show-bloodthirsty-gunmen-took-time-over-torture-and-that-hamas-has-changed-12985212 |url-status=live }}</ref> Haaretz later found the claim regarding the tied children was false.<ref name=":2" /> ===Survivors === A resident later told ''[[The Times of Israel]]'' that the kibbutz was "completely destroyed".<ref>{{Cite web |title=At least 100 killed on Kibbutz Be'eri alone — emergency group |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/at-least-100-killed-on-kibbutz-beeri-alone-emergency-group/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009193809/https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/at-least-100-killed-on-kibbutz-beeri-alone-emergency-group/ |archive-date=9 October 2023 |access-date=9 October 2023 |work=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref> Yasmin Porat, an Israeli hostage in Be'eri, said in an interview that Hamas held her and others captive for two days, until Israeli Defense Forces moved in on 9 October. Porat said Israeli soldiers killed hostage takers and hostages alike, and that an Israeli tank blasted buildings in which hostages were held.<ref name=Jacobin>{{Cite web |last=Schweitzer |first=Oren |date=29 October 2023 |title=For Netanyahu's Government, Israeli Hostages Are Just a Propaganda Tool|url=https://jacobin.com/2023/10/israeli-hostages-gaza-war-hamas-netanyahu-propaganda |access-date=30 October 2023 |website=[[Jacobin (magazine)|Jacobin]]|language=en-US}}</ref> Another resident who was away at the time of the attack said Israeli forces only gained control on Monday night, after commanders in the field made difficult decisions – including shelling houses with their occupants inside, without knowing whether the hostages inside them were dead or alive.<ref>{{Cite news |last=חסון |first=ניר |date=2023-10-20 |title="בקיבוצי העוטף מנסים להסתכל קדימה: "המטרה מול עיניי — לחזור הביתה |language=he |work=Haaretz |archive-url=https://archive.today/DMBwA#selection-817.0-817.400|archive-date=2023-10-20|url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politics/2023-10-20/ty-article-magazine/.premium/0000018b-499a-dc3c-a5df-ddbaab290000 |access-date=2023-11-12}} Note changes in later archive versions: [https://archive.today/4D9ET#selection-831.0-831.441 28 Oct.], [https://archive.today/6lgpJ#selection-829.0-853.181 31 Oct.]</ref> Survivors and first responders have reported that some of the women from Be'eri have suffered [[Sexual violence in the 7 October attack on Israel|Sexual violence during the attack]]. == Aftermath == [[File:Vivian Silver 3.jpg|thumb|[[Vivian Silver]], a Canadian-Israeli peace activist and women's rights activist, was one of the people killed in Be'eri]] On 24 October 2023, the IDF reportedly killed Abed al Rahman, deputy commander of the Nuseirat Battalion, who had led the Be'eri massacre.<ref name="jp" /> ==See also== * [[Re'im music festival massacre]] * [[List of massacres in Israel]] * [[List of massacres during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war]] * [[Outline of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war]] * [[Palestinian terrorism]] * [[Moshe Dayan's eulogy for Ro'i Rothberg]] ==References== {{Reflist}} == External links== {{Commons category}} * Ruth Margalit, [https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-devastation-of-beeri The Devastation of Be’eri], [[The New Yorker]], 19 October 2023 {{2023 Israel–Hamas war}} [[Category:Massacres during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war]] [[Category:Cross-border operations]] [[Category:Terrorist attacks attributed to Palestinian militant groups]] [[Category:21st-century mass murder in Israel]] [[Category:2023 mass shootings in Asia]] [[Category:Mass shootings in Israel]] [[Category:October 2023 events in Israel]] [[Category:Mass kidnappings of the 2020s]] [[Category:Be'eri]] [[Category:2023 Hamas attack on Israel]]'