Israeli civilian, Yasmin Porat: during intense clashes, Israeli Special Forces undoubtedly killed all remaining hostages, along with two surrendering Hamas militants using tank shells and frenzied gunfire.
Porat recalles how Hamas militants had treated hostages “very humanely”, aiming only to take them back to Gaza, before Israeli forces stormed the building. She witnessed her partner still alive on the ground before he was gunned down, along with other hostages in the chaotic shooting. Other videos from inside kibbutzes are said to show corpses covered in rubble, likely from tank shells fired directly into homes by the Israeli army.