An Israeli documentary tells the story of the October 7 massacre near the city of Rheims, where more than 350 participants of the Tribe of Nova techno music festival were killed by Hamas commandos, according to AFP.

The 52-minute film, based on footage captured during the Islamist movement’s unprecedented attack, was screened in Jerusalem on Wednesday in front of two dozen international journalists. “Nova” delves into the memories of more than 3,000 people who came to dance in the open air, five kilometers from the Gaza Strip, and stood in the way of hundreds of armed men entering Israel, where they committed a massacre.

“I wanted to tell the story of the party,” explains Dan Pehr, the director, who explains that he worked day and night for two months with about fifteen people to gather 212 elements—videos, voicemails, surveillance cameras—that trusted in mostly the survivors. .

He chose to avoid the most shocking images “out of respect for the victims,” ​​but that makes the documentary no less disturbing.

“hide or run”

We see a group of friends exchanging messages about how to dress before hitting the road, people dancing, eating sweets.

“I’m so scared,” comments a young man, filming the first rockets fired at Israel at dawn.

Between the images of fighters who want to kill “thousands” and festival-goers calling their parents, trying to understand “why there is no army here”, it is better to hide or run, there is a coup.

For long minutes, with our phone in the car, we watch the mad race through the fields, only stopping to pick up injured friends.

Many pray as bullets whiz by around them. Many say they shoot “to leave a mark” to tell their loved ones that they love them.

In the car, panic grips a group of people trying to leave the scene when they think they recognize their lover among the dozens of bodies left on the asphalt.

“Sign of Life”

Arriving early in the afternoon, the policeman films his first steps in the middle of the disaster, his hands shaking.

“A sign of life?” he repeats tirelessly, his voice growing muffled as he walks around the bar of a festival where more than a dozen people have died.

The documentary produced by Kastina will be broadcast free of charge on all Israeli channels.

According to AFP, which is based on the latest official figures from Israel, the Hamas attack on the Israeli side has killed about 1,140 people, most of them civilians.

In response, Israel, which has vowed to destroy the Palestinian Islamist movement, has been bombing Gaza since Oct. 7, killing 20,000 people, most of them civilians, according to the latest Hamas government figures released on Wednesday.

About 250 people were taken hostage, including about forty festival participants. In total, 129 people are still being held in Gaza.

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