Kibbutz Be’eri

Kibbutz Be'eri in southern Israel on Oct. 22, 2023, in the aftermath of the Hamas terror group's assault. Credit Yossi Zeliger/TPS On the morning of Sabbath and the holiday of Simchat Tora October 7, 2023, Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel. A massive barrage of rockets and infiltration of thousands of terrorists from the Gaza Strip into 22 Israeli communities in the south. Thousands of wounded, more than 1300 dead and hundreds of kidnapped IDF soldiers, civilians, men, women and children. IDF declared a state of war. Be'eri, Oct 22, 2023. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/TPS