According to a mainline Israeli television station, the bodies of forty babies were found in Kfar Aza after the Hamas militants invaded the town on Saturday.
According to i24 News, some babies had been beheaded and were being carried on gurneys.
i24NEWS Correspondent @Nicole_Zedek reports from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, a quarter-mile from the Gaza border, and recounts the atrocities that were committed in the small community which remains an active scene as soldiers clear booby traps and recover the bodies of dozens of victims pic.twitter.com/J4ZfWZQYHp
— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) October 10, 2023
‘About 40 babies were taken out on gurneys… Cribs overturned, strollers left behind, doors left wide open’
Our correspondent @Nicole_Zedek continues to survey the horror scenes left behind in Kibbutz Kfar Aza where Hamas invaded and murdered dozens of Israelis in their homes pic.twitter.com/ZZCwDGkV8z
— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) October 10, 2023
David, I find it hard to explain the sheer number of casualties. The Israeli military claims they don’t know the exact number of casualties, but when I speak to soldiers they tell me what they saw as they walked through the different homes and communities. They said that babies had their heads chopped off. Families were shot down completely in their beds. Right now, you can see these soldiers comforting one another.
The reporter continues to describe the ongoing house-to-house violence, where bodies are found every hour. The area is also strewn with booby traps, making it harder to recover the bodies of those who were murdered.
The kibbutz is located near the Gaza Strip’s southern border and was among the areas that Hamas targeted. The horror of what happened is hard to comprehend.
We will update this story as more information becomes available.
