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Death toll from festival at centre of Hamas massacre increases

New information has emerged which shows 90 more people died at the Supernova music festival

November 19, 2023 10:56
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TOPSHOT - Israeli soldiers walk in a field on November 5, 2023, nearly a month after an attack on the Supernova music Festival by Hamas militants, near Kibbutz Reim in the Negev desert in southern Israel, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP) (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP via Getty Images)
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(JNS) The death toll from Hamas’s October 7 attack on the Supernova music festival near Kibbutz Re’im has been raised from 260 to 350, with officials stressing the number could rise as new information surfaces.

The increase was based on data from Israel’s National Insurance Institute, which found that the number of victims who were shot and then burned in their cars while attempting to flee was higher than previously thought.

Another 40 attendees of the all-night rave were taken to Gaza as hostages.

Some 1,200 people were killed during Hamas’s October 7 attack on Jewish communities near the Gaza Strip and thousands more were wounded. Some 240 people were taken captive and are being held hostage in Gaza.

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