A new report has found that an Israeli military helicopter opened fire on Hamas fighters but wounded Israelis participating in a festival during the October 7 attack in Kibbutz.

According to a report by Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the military helicopter arrived at the site of the festival and opened fire on the gunmen but also wounded several festival participants.

It said the “gunmen had no prior information about the festival which was held close to the Kibbutz Re’im, near the borders with Gaza”.

Read full report here.

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