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Netiv HaAsara massacre

Coordinates: 31°34′15″N 34°32′22″E / 31.57083°N 34.53944°E / 31.57083; 34.53944
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Netiv HaAsara massacre
Part of the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel
Netiv HaAsara is located in the Gaza Strip
Netiv HaAsara
Netiv HaAsara
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Site of the attack in Israel
Native nameהטבח בנתיב העשרה
LocationNetiv HaAsara, Southern District, Israel
Coordinates31°34′15″N 34°32′22″E / 31.57083°N 34.53944°E / 31.57083; 34.53944
Date7 October 2023; 15 months ago (2023-10-07)
Attack type
Mass shooting, mass murder, war crime
Deaths20
Injured1, others unreported
VictimsNo hostages taken
Perpetrator Hamas Beit Lahia Battalion[1]

The Netiv HaAsara massacre[2] occurred during the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October 2023. Thirty-five Hamas militants, some via paragliders and most via car, attacked Netiv HaAsara, an Israeli moshav close to the border fence. The militants killed 20 people,[3][4][5][6] including in some cases members of the same family. Before the massacre, the moshav was home to approximately 900 residents.[7]

Background

Netiv HaAsara, a moshav founded in 1982, is home to a population of 900. Following the Israeli disengagement from Gaza in 2005, Netiv HaAsara became the closest Israeli community to the Gaza Strip, situated 100 meters from the Palestinian towns of Beit Lahia and Beit Hanon. Residents in Netiv HaAsara have claimed to witness Hamas militants training.[8]

Attack

As part of the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel on the morning of 7 October, 35 Hamas militants infiltrated Netiv HaAsara, six of them on motorized paragliders and the rest in cars through the breached Gaza–Israel barrier.[8] At the time of the invasion, many residents had fled to their home's safe rooms after the initial rocket barrage at 6 am local time. For the first two hours of the invasion, residents did not know that Hamas militants had entered Israeli territory due to the unavailability of power or internet access.[9] Some residents were trapped in safe rooms without power.[10]

The village's security team battled the attackers, and three were killed in the fighting.[9] In total, twenty residents were killed.[3][4][5][6] After at least six hours of the residents fighting with the invading Hamas gunmen, the Israel Defense Forces arrived in the moshav.[8][5]

Aftermath

The victims of the attack are commemorated by a garden with an Israeli flag surrounded by twenty olive trees.[3][4] On 6 August 2024, the IDF announced that they had discovered the remains of Bilha Yinon, the last resident listed as missing. The remains consisted of a couple of teeth and "other circumstantial evidence."[11] Yinon was the mother of Maoz Inon, an Israeli peace activist.[12]

Survivors have criticized the Israeli government for not preventing the attack and for the lengthy response time of the IDF.[9][13][14][5] Since the massacre, most residents have been displaced from Netiv HaAsara;[15] as of October 2024, only about 100 people lived in Netiv HaAsara.[3]

In September 2024, the IDF reported that they had killed the Hamas commander who led the attack on Netiv HaAsara.[16][17][18]

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ "IDF eliminates senior Hamas commander". The Jerusalem Post. 31 October 2023. Archived from the original on 15 April 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  2. ^ Cojean, Annick (1 December 2023). "Israel, the Weissmann family's pioneer dream". Le Monde. Archived from the original on 28 September 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d Yerushalmi, Shalom (7 October 2024). "One year on, depths of despair and mountains of hope in the Gaza border communities". Times of Israel. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  4. ^ a b c Tzuri, Matan (20 June 2024). "'A sign of resurgence': Israeli flag raised high right in front of the Gaza Strip". Ynetnews. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d Cojean, Annick (1 December 2023). "Israel, the Weissmann family's pioneer dream". Le Monde. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Israel orders evacuation of part of Gaza humanitarian zone as war's toll passes 39,000 Palestinians". AP News. 22 July 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  7. ^ "Border town identifies at least 15 of its residents killed in Hamas attack". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 7 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  8. ^ a b c Ariel, Tal (12 October 2023). "ליל הבדולח של נתיב העשרה: הגבורה העילאית של אנשי המושב צמוד הגדר - שנתקלו ראשונים". Israel Hayom (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  9. ^ a b c Tzuri, Matan (12 October 2023). "Untrained, lacking proper arms, local security teams defended their Gaza border homes". Ynetnews. Archived from the original on 14 October 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  10. ^ "עדויות תושבי העוטף ממתקפת הפתע על ישראל: "טובחים כאן בתינוקות" | ישראל היום". Israel Hayom (in Hebrew). 7 October 2023. Archived from the original on 9 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  11. ^ Zitun, Yoav; Tzuri, Matan (6 August 2024). "IDF confirms Bilha Yinon, listed as missing, was murdered on October 7". Ynet. Archived from the original on 28 September 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Hamas attack: Final missing Israeli victim declared dead". BBC. Archived from the original on 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  13. ^ Sharon, Jeremy (13 October 2023). "'There was no air force, no soldiers, we were alone,' says Hamas massacre survivor". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 14 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  14. ^ MOR SELA, TAMAR (17 March 2024). "'You feel like an uprooted plant. You try to plant yourself somewhere you don't know to feed the basic need for water and air. It's like putting a plant that needs earth into concrete'". Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  15. ^ GRUNBLATT, DARCIE (7 May 2024). "A taste of resilience: October 7 survivors from Netiv Ha'asara open cafe in Sarona, Tel Aviv". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  16. ^ Fabian, Emanuel (3 September 2024). "IDF says it killed Hamas commander who murdered father in front of his kids on Oct. 7". Times of Israel. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  17. ^ "Israeli attacks in Gaza kill 35 Palestinians but pauses allow third day of polio vaccinations". Reuters. 3 September 2024.
  18. ^ "Israeli military says it killed Hamas militant who appeared in widely viewed Oct. 7 video". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 3 September 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2025.

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