The sun had just risen over Israel’s Negev desert, and at the all-night outdoor rave at Kibbutz Re’im, the party was still going. Thumping trance music was playing full volume, and under brightly-coloured canopies, hundreds of revellers were dancing themselves into exhaustion.
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Then, just as chill-out time began to beckon, uninvited guests arrived. On footage captured by a partygoer’s mobile phone, several small black dots can be seen approaching in the dawn sky from the direction of Gaza. As the cameraman shouts what appears to be a warning, fellow revellers ignore him, unable to hear because of the music.

Moments later, the dancing stops as the airborne arrivals are revealed as motorised paragliders carrying armed Hamas militants. As rocket fire also begins, the dancers flee for their lives – chased by gunmen bent on shooting or kidnapping anyone in their path.

Following the rampage, which began at around 7am on Saturday, dozens of partygoers were reported to have been killed or kidnapped, with many more still missing. The unconscious body of a dreadlocked female attendee was later paraded through Gaza in a truck, as passers-by spat on her. Among those reported to have been captured was a 26-year-old British citizen, Jake Marlowe, who was helping with security at the rave.

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