10.10.2023 - 19:24 [ Washington Post ]

How a night of dancing and revelry in Israel turned into a massacre

“We heard sirens and rockets, tons of rockets,” said Millet Ben Haim, 27, who attended the festival with a group of friends, posing with one of them just minutes before the attack and sticking her tongue out for the camera.

Then the music stopped.

A voice boomed from the loudspeakers over the tented stages and the chill-out area that organizers described as a “playground for adults.”

“Guys, we have red alert,” the voice warned. “Red alert.”