Disgusting new photos of the aftermath of the Be’er Kibbutz massacre have revealed that Israeli civilians were killed in their bedrooms during the Be’er massacre in the first days of Hamas’ surprise attack.
Almost all of the photos, relayed to MailOnline by the Israeli Embassy in London, were too graphic to share publicly and depicted several dead bodies strewn across a small room in the community of around 1,000 people near the Gaza border.
The photos are some of the clearest representations of exactly what happened at the kibbutz, a symbolically significant community established in 1946 as part of a strategic plan to help the state withstand a possible invasion by Egypt.
Dozens of bullet holes can be seen in the facade of a two-story house in the isolated community, which was one of the first to be attacked by Hamas around 7 a.m., with mounds of rubble strewn in front.
Inside the bedroom of a house, three dead bodies were left to rot by Hamas fighters, who killed at least 100 people in the community on Saturday.
A woman is lying face down in her own blood on a single bed in the cramped room, blood staining her blonde hair and the wall behind her, which has at least six bullet holes.
Most of the photos sent to MailOnline by the Israeli Embassy in London were too graphic to publish
Houses in the community were mostly destroyed by Hamas terrorists
Cars were left flattened in the middle of the road in Be’eri, which is just a few miles from the Gaza border.
Beside her, a dark haired man has slipped awkwardly into a gap between the bed and a wall.
His black robes, which look like pajamas, are still slick with his blood, which has pooled in a dark red mess on the floor below him.
His body seems to be already decomposing, as his face is blackened, while both arms have boils.
Parts of his flesh are missing from his right arm and hand.
A third man with gray hair, lying feet apart from the others on the floor, can be seen wearing jeans and a black T-shirt.
He is seen lying next to a half-filled bag, as well as a small knife with a red handle.
Footage from a video verified by CNN reveals the terrifying moment Hamas butchers arrived at Kibbutz Be’eri, killing at least 100 people
A baby’s bed and dress are seen covered in blood following a Hamas attack
Gunshots and bloodstains are seen on a door and on the walls of a house where civilians were killed days ago in a Hamas attack on this kibbutz near the Gaza border on Tuesday.
Nearby, a picture frame filled with several photographs of what appear to be members of the kibbutz can be seen atop a bedside cabinet.
Another photo shows a dead civilian, who also appears to be wearing a pajama set, lying on the floor, covered in what appears to be dirt.
His eyes are still open and looking directly into the lens of the camera that captured the image, while his shorts appear to be soaked with urine.
Behind the tan body is a pastel-painted nightstand, with several images of teddy bears adorning the front, while a baby rocking chair sits next to it.
Outside, several cars have been flattened, while the bodies of people in everyday clothes are seen lying in awkward positions.
More than 100 bodies found in the kibbutz were removed by search and rescue group Zaka, which warned the death toll could rise.
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One survivor, Haim Yelin, told local media that Hamas fighters ‘walked around Be’er as if they owned the place.’
“They shot indiscriminately, kidnapped anyone they could, burned people’s houses so they could escape through the window, where the terrorists would be waiting,” he added.
A woman named Miri Gad Mesika told local media that she and her husband were suffocating from thick smoke and gas fumes as they tried to hide.
“We wet towels with water and covered our faces while my husband Eli held the shelter door closed as best he could while the terrorists tried to break in,” she said.
“Moments before jumping from the second floor, we assessed the fire situation and looked for the terrorists and decided to jump.
“We ran to our neighbors across the street and saw our house burning before it was completely burnt down. I have no idea how we survived.’
Gaza is holding its breath today as Israel masses troops and tanks on the border ahead of an expected invasion of the enclave in retaliation for the brutal attack carried out by the Hamas terror group on Saturday.
Israeli airstrikes destroyed entire neighborhoods on Wednesday, and hospitals in the Gaza Strip are struggling to treat the wounded with dwindling medical supplies.
However, Israel’s siege and bombardment have not deterred Hamas, which today continued to respond with artillery, hitting a child development center in the Israeli city of Ashkelon.
Meanwhile, Gaza’s two million residents lost electricity after the enclave’s only power plant ran out of fuel and shut down, energy officials said, deepening the crisis inside the 140-square-mile territory currently surrounded by Israeli forces.
“The only power plant in the Gaza Strip stopped working at 14:00,” the head of the authority said in a statement, after warning earlier that there was a fuel shortage.
The war has claimed at least 2,200 lives on both sides and is only expected to escalate further from this point. Humanitarian groups have called for the creation of corridors for the delivery of aid ahead of a possible Israeli attack.
As fears mounted within the enclave of an imminent attack, an Israeli defense official vowed that Gaza would become a ‘tent city’ with every building leveled.
In the early hours, Israeli forces carried out 250 airstrikes in just one hour in the northern and eastern parts of the Gaza Strip in retaliation for Hamas terror attacks.
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Jonathan Conricus said they are sending “infantry, armored soldiers, artillery troops”, plus 300,000 reservists “near the Gaza Strip to execute the mission given to us by the Israeli government”.
Conricus added: “This is to ensure that Hamas at the end of this war will have no military capability with which they can threaten or kill Israeli civilians.”
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