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A Systematic Massacre at Kibbutz Nir Oz
(Ha'aretz) Nir Hasson - The kindergarten at Kibbutz Nir Oz, like many of the kibbutz's homes, was torched during the massacre of Oct. 7. There were four kibbutzim that sustained a horrible blow, each with dozens or more killed: Kfar Aza, Be'eri, Nahal Oz, and Nir Oz. One of the volunteers who entered the kibbutz immediately following the massacre said there were hardly any bodies of terrorists found in this small, remote kibbutz right by the border. The picture emerging from the testimonies and the look of the kibbutz is one of systematic extermination of its residents by dozens of armed militants. The survivors' accounts paint a consistent pattern: Murder of anyone encountered, breaking into homes, attempting to break into safe rooms and shelters. In cases where the residents managed to prevent the opening of the safe room door, the terrorists torched the homes with the occupants inside, forcing the residents into a horrible choice - risk suffocation with their families in the shelters or walk out into the killers' arms. The terrorists operated in the kibbutz unimpeded for long hours. It seems that many of the terrorists simply left the kibbutz and returned to Gaza because there was no one left to murder. The kibbutz's survivors estimated this week that between a quarter and a third of the kibbutz's 350 residents were killed or kidnapped.