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| Nir Oz massacre | |
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| Part of the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel | |
 Exterior of home in kibbutz after the 7 October attack | |
  Nir Oz Site of the attack in Israel | |
| Native name | הטבח בניר עוז |
| Location | Nir Oz, Southern District, Israel |
| Date | 7 October 2023 |
Attack type | Mass shooting, mass murder, war crime |
| Deaths | 46 deaths[1][2] |
| Injured | 71 taken hostage[2] |
| Perpetrator | Hamas's Southern Khan Yunis Battalion[3][4] |
On 7 October 2023, as part of the surprise attack on Israel, Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, led by Hamas, invaded the Nir Oz kibbutz in southern Israel. They killed scores of kibbutz residents, burned homes, and abducted civilians.[5] According to the Israeli military, up to 150 militants participated in the massacre.[6]
Per The New York Times, it was thought that 180 of the roughly 400 residents were killed or abducted as hostages during the attack.[7] The Jerusalem Post also estimated 80 abductions in Nir Oz.[8] An account by veteran war correspondent Itai Anghel reported that "around a quarter of the people of Nir Oz were assassinated, kidnapped, or injured in a very severe way. Those who survived have no place to come back to."[9]
- ^ IDF says preparing for ‘attack from the air, sea and land’ in Gaza Retrieved 15 October 2023 Ynet Archived 14 October 2023 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Rudoren, Jodi (7 December 2023). "Red stickers for killed, black for kidnapped: Bearing witness to the massacre at Kibbutz Nir Oz". The Forward. Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ Fabian, Emanuel (15 October 2023). "IDF says it killed Hamas commander who led murderous attacks on Nirim, Nir Oz". 21 November 2023. Archived from the original on 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ "Israel kills Hamas commanders responsible for attacks in Kibbutz Nirim, Nir Oz". Business Today. 15 October 2023. Archived from the original on 21 November 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ Rasgon, Adam (8 October 2023). "A Father Reckons with the Hostage-Taking of His Family in Southern Israel". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Archived from the original on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ Hinnant, Lori; McNeil, Sam (5 December 2023). "'We are officially hostages.' How the Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz embodied Hamas' hostage strategy". AP News. Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ Blumenfeld, David; Hoomash, Carmit; Eaton, Alexandra; Throop, Noah; Reneau, Natalie (15 October 2023). "Video: 'A Day of Horror:' Kibbutz Massacre Survivors Recount Hamas Attack". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 15 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ Lampert, Nicole (12 October 2023). "Nir Oz members: Our kibbutz 'woke up to a massacre, a second Holocaust'". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- ^ Zitser, Joshua (12 October 2023). "War correspondent says horror at Israel kibbutz reminds him of ISIS". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 13 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.