Kfar Aza, Israel– The odor of death is all over, bodies of Israeli civilians and soldiers, foreign employees and Palestinian fighters litter the ground in the Israeli kibbutz of Kfar Aza, which was assaulted on Saturday by Hamas fighters.
The Israeli army on Tuesday very carefully got in the kibbutz (common settlements in Hebrew) near the Gaza Strip after surrounding the location for 3 days. It had actually been stressed that there were still fighters inside or that there would be another operation out of besieged Gaza.
Shreds of parachute material hung from trees and roofings, antiques of the Palestinian fighters who had actually landed in the kibbutz.
The soldiers started counting the Israeli dead, putting them in body bags to transfer them out of the kibbutz. The last count of the dead and the missing out on has actually not been released.
The bodies of Palestinian fighters stayed on the ground, decaying.
The damage all around attest to the ferocity of the fight in between the Palestinian fighters and the Israeli army.
It appeared like there had actually been a surge or a clash in every corner. Defense and bullet cases lay on the ground. Burned-out husks of cars and trucks dotted the streets.
The Israeli army started regulated detonations of some things and gathered other weapons.
An Israeli soldier dealing with the healing stated Saturday’s operation was the biggest that Israel had actually experienced in the history of the Palestinian-Israeli dispute.
As reporters were ushered out, an alert swept through the Israeli soldiers, and there were reports of Palestinian fighters having actually returned.
The reporters were advised out much faster and as they left, the army shut off the gain access to points of the kibbutz and the noise of shooting filled the air.