Israeli survivors of an all-night dance party in the desert recalled the panic as Palestinian gunmen who breached Gaza's border fence early on Saturday opened fire on the crowd, killing at least 260 people.A man with a semi-automatic weapon is pictured after the attack at the Supernova music festival in Israel on Saturday.
Cars are pictured as drivers try to leave the music festival on Saturday morning. Dozens of Hamas militants breached Israel's heavily fortified separation fence and crossed into the country from Gaza that morning. Weinstein and his friends arrived at the festival around 1:00 a.m. after making the hour's drive from Tel Aviv. The grounds were near Re'im, about eight kilometres from the border with Gaza.
Drone footage taken in the aftermath of the attack showed cars left at the roadside, near Kibbutz Re'im, close to Gaza, from which Hamas launched its attack. Weinstein said they found a service road and drove back to Tel Aviv. The hour's drive took a little more than two. Thousands of young people attended the party, which became one of the first targets of Palestinian gunmen who breached Gaza's border fence early on Saturday under the cover of rocket barrages from Gaza. Hamas and other militants in Gaza say they are holding more than 130 soldiers and civilians hostage.