Redigerer Angrepet på Kfar Aza (avsnitt)

==Etter massakren==
Per 10. oktober 2023 gikk soldater fortsatt gjennom bosetningen for å lete etter døde.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Emergui |first=Sal |date=10. oktober 2023 |title=Kfar Aza, el kibutz donde Hamas asesinó a 40 bebés |language=es |work=El Mundo|url=https://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2023/10/10/652565d5e4d4d891578b457e.html}}</ref> Det totale antallet drepte sivile er ennå ikke offentlig kjent,<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|last=Oliphant|first=Roland|last2=Vasilyeva |first2=Nataliya |date=10. oktober 2023 |title=Babies killed in Hamas attacks on kibbutz as death toll passes 1,000 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/10/10/babies-killed-hamas-attacks-kibbutz-israel/ |access-date=10. oktober 2023 |archive-date=10. oktober 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010184500/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/10/10/babies-killed-hamas-attacks-kibbutz-israel/ |url-status=live }}</ref> men blant de døde skal det ha vært minst 40 barn.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="timesofisrael">{{Cite news |last=Berman |first=Lazar |date=10. oktober 2023 |title=‘At least 40 babies killed’: Foreign reporters taken to massacre site in Kfar Aza |work=[[The Times of Israel]]|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-takes-foreign-journalists-to-see-massacre-site-in-kfar-aza/}}</ref> Medlemmer av [[Israel Defense Forces|den israelske hær]] (IDF) sa i et intervju med [[I24NEWS]], en israelsk fjernsynssender, at noen av de drepte 40 barna var blitt funnet halshugget (eller fått strupene overskåret?).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Zedek |first=Nicole |date=10. oktober 2023 |title='It smells of death here': Surveying the atrocities committed by Hamas in Kfar Aza |work=[[i24 News]]|url=https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel-at-war/1696938010-it-smells-of-death-here-surveying-the-scenes-of-atrocities-in-kfar-aza |access-date=10. oktober 2023 |archive-date=10. oktober 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010181638/https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel-at-war/1696938010-it-smells-of-death-here-surveying-the-scenes-of-atrocities-in-kfar-aza |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=10. oktober 2023 |title=Hamas terrorists murdered 40 babies in kibbutz attack |work=[[Jewish News Syndicate]]|url=https://www.jns.org/hamas-terrorists-murdered-40-babies-in-kibbutz-attack/|access-date=10. oktober 2023 |archive-date=10. okctober 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010155650/https://www.jns.org/hamas-terrorists-murdered-40-babies-in-kibbutz-attack/ |url-status=live }}</ref> IDFs informasjonsfolk fortalte senere [[Anadolu Agency]] den 10. oktober at de kunne ennå ikke bekrefte rapporter om babyer som var halshugget.<ref>{{cite web |author=Turgut Alp Boyraz |date=10. oktober 2023 |title=Israeli army says it does not have 'confirmation' about allegations that ‘Hamas beheaded babies’ |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-army-says-it-does-not-have-confirmation-about-allegations-that-hamas-beheaded-babies-/3014787 |accessdate=10. oktober 2023 |work=[[Anadolu Agency]] |archive-date=10. oktober 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010201936/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-army-says-it-does-not-have-confirmation-about-allegations-that-hamas-beheaded-babies-/3014787 |url-status=live }}</ref> Israelske soldater i byen uttalte at en rekke sivilister var blitt halshugget.<ref name="BBCOct1023Inside">{{cite news|last=Bowen|first=Jeremy|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67065205|title=Inside Kfar Aza where Hamas militants killed families in their homes|date=10. oktober 2023|work=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=10. oktober 2023|archive-date=10. oktober 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010205709/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67065205|url-status=live}}</ref>

I tillegg tok militantene gisler fra kibbutzen;<ref name="reuters" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Logan |first=Nick |date=10. oktober 2023 |title=Why Hamas took so many people hostage — and how that complicates Israel's response |work=[[CBC News]] |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-gaza-hamas-hostages-1.6991077 |access-date=10. oktober 2023 |archive-date=10 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010190517/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-gaza-hamas-hostages-1.6991077 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Associated Press]] bekreftet visuelt at fire gisler ble bortført den 7. oktober.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Federman |first=Josef |last2=Adwan |first2=Issam |date=7. oktober 2023 |title=Hamas surprise attack out of Gaza stuns Israel and leaves hundreds dead in fighting, retaliation |work=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-hamas-rockets-airstrikes-tel-aviv-11fb98655c256d54ecb5329284fc37d2 |access-date=11. oktober 2023 |archive-date=7. oktober 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007073124/https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-hamas-rockets-airstrikes-tel-aviv-11fb98655c256d54ecb5329284fc37d2 |url-status=live }}</ref> Den israelske generalmajor [[Itai Veruv]] beskrev massakren som et terrorangrep.<ref name="reuters">{{Cite news |last=Lubell |first=Maayan |date=10. oktober 2023 |title=Bodies of residents and militants lie in the grounds of ravaged Israeli kibbutz|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/bodies-residents-militants-lie-grounds-ravaged-israeli-kibbutz-2023-10-10/ |access-date=10. oktober 2023 |archive-date=10. oktober 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010155605/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/bodies-residents-militants-lie-grounds-ravaged-israeli-kibbutz-2023-10-10/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Før massakren hadde bosetningen 400 innbyggere. Det tok Israels hær to og en halv dag å gjenvinne full kontroll over bosetningen etter det innledende angrepet.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Hendrix |first=Steve |date=1. oktober 2023 |title=Scenes from a massacre: Inside an Israeli town destroyed by Hamas |work=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/10/israel-hamas-attack-war-death/}}</ref> Fallskjermjegerne fra ''Unit 71'' ledet an angrepet for å gjenerobre bosetningen.<ref name="BBCOct1023Inside" />

Israelske styrker anså landsbyen under full kontroll den 10. oktober 2023.<ref name=124news202310110>[https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel-at-war/1696938010-it-smells-of-death-here-surveying-the-scenes-of-atrocities-in-kfar-aza "'It smells of death here': Surveying the atrocities committed by Hamas in Kfar Aza"], I24NEWS English, 10. oktober 2023.</ref><ref name=InsideKfarAzza>{{Cite news |date=2023-10-10 |title=Inside Kfar Aza where Hamas militants killed families in their homes |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67065205 |access-date=2023-10-10}}</ref> Da hadde man også funnet omlag 20 døde Hamas-terrorister i bosettingen, motoriserte [[paraglider]]e som noen av dem hadde benyttet seg av,<Ref name=McNeil/> og ueksploderte [[håndgranat]]er.<Ref name=McNeil/><ref name=InsideKfarAzza/>