More than 100 bodies have been found in the Israeli kibbutz Be’eri, as details gradually emerge of the horror that unfolded as Palestinian Hamas militants launched their deadly surprise attack. Be’eri, a self-sustaining farming community of 1000 residents near Gaza, was one of first places targeted by militants who breached the border early Saturday morning, and among the hardest hit.
About 125,000 people live on them today, according to the Jewish Agency for Israel, and there are approximately 250 kibbutzim across Israel. The IDF acknowledged on Monday that Be’eri was “very badly hit”. “We thought we would need more rooms . We didn’t need all the rooms,” said IDF spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Richard Hecht.