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    New details emerge about Hamas-led fighters who sparked a new war with Israel

    NPR has interviewed neighbors and relatives of one of the attackers and reviewed footage and information the Israeli military says it collected from villages and militants.
    by Daniel Estrin Oct 27, 2023 5 minutes
    Men working with a search and recovery team from the organization ZAKA look for human remains in Kibbutz Be'eri.

    Editor's note: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence.

    KIBBUTZ BE'ERI, Israel — Who were the militants who swept in from Gaza to southern Israel on Oct. 7 and killed more than 1,400 men, women and children?

    Some of them spray painted their names and the names of militias in blue, brown and green letters on the outside walls of a home they ravaged.

    Some of them videotaped their brutality wearing body cameras.

    Nearly 2,000 people attacked 29 different locations, including residential communities and army bases, Israel says.

    Many of them returned to Gaza — estimated to have taken nearly 230 hostages back with them.

    But hundreds of Hamas fighters were killed, and dozens were detained, by Israeli forces.

    As Israeli bombardments on the Gaza Strip continue, which Gaza health officials say have claimed the lives of , new

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