Thread from Israel

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Exclusive: 100s of young party-goers have been killed or are missing feared kidnapped to Gaza by Hamas militants, who attacked a festival yesterday. Among them is Brit Jake Marlowe. Me & @natalielisbona spoke to witnesses who survived, relatives, friends

2. The witness accounts are frightening. At around 6.30am a rocket barrage started, the event was interrupted as everyone hit the floor. The problem was most people at this festival had no transport, they came on buses. They had no way to get to safety.

3. Those who survived, who were not killed or kidnapped left in a crucial window immediately after the rocket barrage before militants stormed the festival with automatic weapons and grenades. They described coming across cars of dead civilians riddled with bullets.

4. Those who didn't and couldn't  get out - which reportedly included a woman who had a broken leg and was in a cast so couldn't run - tried to hide as best they could. They furiously messaged friends and relatives for help, begging the military to intervene but no help came.