Alumim massacre

Alumim massacre
Part of the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel
An Izz Ad-din al-Qassam Brigades militant storming the gate of Kibbutz Alumim
Alumim is located in the Gaza Strip
Alumim
Alumim
Site of the attack in Israel
Native nameהטבח בעלומים
LocationAlumim, Southern District, Israel
Coordinates31°27′6″N 34°30′49″E / 31.45167°N 34.51361°E / 31.45167; 34.51361
Date7 October 2023 (2023-10-07)
Attack type
Mass shooting, mass murder, war crime
Deaths16 or 17 Thai and Nepali workers
4 IDF soldiers and 1 police officer[1]
Perpetrator Hamas

On 7 October 2023, dozens of Hamas militants attacked Alumim, a kibbutz close to the border fence with the Gaza Strip, as part of the surprise attack on Israel. There were 41 Thai and Nepalese foreigners working at the kibbutz. The militants killed between 16 and 17 of these workers and kidnapped between five and eight of them. The kibbutz's security team were too far away and unable to save the employees. The militants did severe structural damage to the Kibbutz's dairy farming operation.

After heavy fighting, the security team were able to push the militants back with the help of the Israel Defense Forces and police. No deaths among the remaining civilian population of the kibbutz were reported, although one Israeli civilian who had fled to the kibbutz after escaping the Re'im music festival massacre was killed by the defenders in a case of mistaken identity. Three Israeli soldiers, two of them off-duty soldiers who had come to volunteer, and a police officer were killed in the fighting.[1]

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Alumim massacre

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