DJ Films Moment Militants Raid Israeli Music Festival by Air
“I'm still in shock! And the bombs don’t stop exploding,” the performer can be heard saying.
Juarez Swarup Petrillo/Instagram
New videos have emerged showing the moments leading up to the attack on a trance festival in southern Israel by Palestinian militants on Saturday. Footage uploaded by one of the performers at the event—Brazilian “DJ Swarup”—shows smoke in the sky above the festival grounds, as the performer begins scurrying away along with other panicked attendees. “I’m still in shock! And the bombs don’t stop exploding,” the DJ can be heard saying in one of the videos. Multiple attendees from the festival, which was taking place in a desert near the border with Gaza, have since been reported missing or kidnapped. Additional footage from the attack shows a line-up of cars parked near the event destroyed by gunfire, with other clips appearing to show droves of festival-goers fleeing the site by foot. The attack was part of a larger offensive by the Hamas militant group in Israel this weekend, prompting Israel to launch a barrage of retaliatory strikes on Gaza after declaring a state of war. Roughly 1,000 people have been reported killed in the conflict so far.
See more of our coverage in your search results.
Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.
Register below to read this article for free or subscribe
to unlock unlimited access to The Daily Beast.
Monthly
$1
First month then $5.99/month
Annual
$35
First year then $59.99/year
Premium
$79
First year then $119.99/year
*Substack access provided by the next business day, using your subscription email. Choosing the Premium plan constitutes your permission to share your subscription email with Substack and your agreement to Substack’s Privacy Policy.
Already have an account? Sign In
Looks like you already have a subscription!
You're all set!
Thanks for subscribing.