Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Remains of destruction on Kibbutz Be'eri seen on October 11, 2023. (Lazar Berman / Times of Israel)
There is evidence in Kibbutz Be’eri that children were slain in front of their parents, Maj. Doron Spielman says. Knives were found left in some of the children.
Bodies are still being taken out of the kibbutz, which Spielman says will be remembered as a symbol of Hamas’s massacre, like Auschwitz is the symbol of the Holocaust.
Some 1,200 Israelis were slaughtered by the terror group, including over 100 at Be’eri alone.
Spielman says body parts of children were found, and they still do not know who they belonged to until they are matched with the DNA of living relatives.
Zaka search and rescue teams continue to work on finding and clearing bodies.
“It will take weeks to understand what happened here,” says Spielman.
In one of the homes, 40 civilians were held by 20 terrorists. The building was stormed by special forces, six of whom were killed.
The body of a Hamas terrorist on Kibbutz Be’eri seen on October 11, 2023. (Lazar Berman / Times of Israel)
A white bag lays on a walkway, the word terrorist sprayed in red on it. Inside is the corpse of a Hamas terrorist. There are over 100 others, scattered around the kibbutz.
All around are homes barely standing. Walls are collapsed, rooms are burnt and the smell of dead bodies wafts in the air.
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