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Pembantaian Kfar Aza
Bagian dari Perang Hamas-Israel 2023
Sebuah rumah di Kfar Aza yang menunjukkan bekas tembakan setelah pembantaian
Kfar Aza di Israel
Kfar Aza
Kfar Aza
Lokasi serangan di Israel
LokasiKfar Aza, Distrik Selatan, Israel
Koordinat31°29′1″N 34°32′2″E / 31.48361°N 34.53389°E / 31.48361; 34.53389
Tanggal7 Oktober 2023; 12 bulan lalu (2023-10-07)
Jenis serangan
[Penembakan massal, pembunuhan massal, pemancungan (dugaan), pemotongan, Kematian dengan cara dibakar
Korban tewas
52 orang dikonfirmasi meninggal; 20+ hilang[1]
Pelaku Hamas

Pada tanggal 7 Oktober 2023, sekitar 70 militan Hamas menyerang Kfar Aza, sebuah kibbutz sekitar 3 kilometer (1,9 mi) dari perbatasan dengan Jalur Gaza, membantai penduduk dan menculik beberapa sandera.

Kibbutz ini memiliki 400 penduduk sebelum serangan, dan butuh dua hari bagi Pasukan Pertahanan Israel untuk merebut kembali kendali penuh atas komunitas tersebut.[2][3][4] Meskipun jumlah pasti warga Israel yang tewas belum diketahui, sebagian besar perkiraan menempatkan jumlah total warga Israel yang tewas lebih dari 100 orang, termasuk anak-anak.[5] Setidaknya 73 korban tewas atau hilang telah dikonfirmasi sejauh ini.[1]

Serangan itu terkenal karena adanya klaim pemenggalan kepala,[2] pemotongan, dan laporan kematian dengan cara dibakar, meskipun ada kontroversi mengenai klaim bahwa bayi-bayi telah dipenggal.[3][6][7]

Pembantaian

 
Kfar Aza sebelum pembantaian

Sekitar 70 orang bersenjata Hamas menerobos pagar dan mendapatkan akses ke kibbutz pada pagi hari tanggal 7 Oktober 2023.[8] Setelah memasuki kibbutz, yang 3 kilometer (1,9 mi) dari Gaza, para militan melanjutkan pembantaian terhadap penduduk setempat.[8] Militan Islamis memulai serangan mereka terhadap komunitas dengan menargetkan sisi barat komunitas-sebuah area di kibbutz yang dekat dengan Gaza di mana keluarga-keluarga yang memiliki anak kecil tinggal.[9][10] Sebagian besar perkiraan menempatkan jumlah total warga Israel yang tewas lebih dari 100 orang, meskipun jumlah pasti korban tewas tidak diketahui secara publik pada 13 Oktober 2023.[5]

Para anggota kibbutz dengan pelatihan militer, yang membentuk penjaga bersenjata sukarela, bertempur melawan para militan yang menyerang dalam upaya untuk mempertahankan komunitas.[10] Semua anggota penjaga bersenjata sukarela kibbutz terbunuh,[11] dan para militan memperluas serangan ke keempat arah.[9] Militan yang menyerang membakar rumah-rumah dan membunuh penduduk sipil.[12][13][14] Mayat-mayat mereka yang pernah tinggal di komunitas itu ditemukan dengan tangan terikat.[14]

Selain itu, para militan mengambil sandera dari kibbutz,[15][16] dengan Associated Press secara visual mengkonfirmasi empat sandera yang diculik pada tanggal 7 Oktober.[17] Para militan juga membawa perempuan, anak-anak, dan warga lanjut usia sebagai sandera kembali ke Gaza.[18]

Mayor Jenderal Israel Itai Veruv menggambarkan pembantaian tersebut sebagai sebuah serangan teror.[15]

Sebelum pembantaian, komunitas tersebut memiliki 400 penduduk. Butuh waktu dua setengah hari bagi Pasukan Pertahanan Israel untuk mendapatkan kembali kendali penuh atas komunitas tersebut setelah serangan awal.[10] Pasukan penerjun payung dari Unit 71 memimpin penyerangan untuk merebut kembali komunitas tersebut,[11] dan Unit Duvdevan juga merespons serangan tersebut.[5]

Wartawan diberikan akses ke situs tersebut pada tanggal 10 Oktober 2023.[19][15] Hamas juga telah merilis rekaman video dari serangan tersebut.[20]

Casualties

According to BBC News, it appears that most of the victims of the massacre died in the opening hours of the attack. Hingga 10 Oktober 2023, soldiers were still going through the community to recover bodies.[21] Israeli soldiers in the town stated that several civilians had been beheaded.[11] Children and babies were reported to be among the killed.[2][3][4]

Allegations of beheadings

One member of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) who had responded to the site said in an interview with I24NEWS that 40 children had been killed, with some beheaded by Hamas.[22][19] CBS News later interviewed Yossi Landau, regional head of the first responder organization ZAKA, who said that both babies and minors had been beheaded alongside corpses of dismembered adults.[2] Landau later stated to Sky News that 80% of the bodies at Kfar Aza and at Be'eri showed signs of torture.[23]

A claim that a number of babies were decapitated was also made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's spokesperson, and the most high-profile claim was repeated by U.S. President Joe Biden, who claimed to have seen photographic evidence for it.[24][25] The White House later denied Biden had seen photographic images, and clarified that he was referring to media reports and statements by Netanyahu.[3][25]

The IDF stated to Insider that they would not investigate the allegation further, citing that it would be "disrespectful for the dead" to do so.[26] Netanyahu's office released photos of dead babies, saying they were killed and burned in the attack.[27] The Jerusalem Post stated that these images confirmed that babies were decapitated,[4] while NBC News stated that the claim could not be independently verified and that no photographic evidence that babies were decapitated was provided.[3] CNN reported that claims of beheading could not be confirmed.[7]

The claim that 40 babies had been decapitated gained widespread attention on social media, with over 40 million impressions on X (formerly Twitter), propagated by the Israeli website I24NEWS and the official Israel account. The claim made it to the frontpage news on almost a dozen British newspapers. NBC News stated that the claim was likely erroneous, and based on the conflation of two separate statements made by IDF soldiers.[3]

See also

Referensi

  1. ^ a b "IDF: Dozens of rockets fired from Lebanon, at least nine crossed into Israeli territory". 14 October 2023 – via www.ynetnews.com. 
  2. ^ a b c d Williams, Holly; Lyall, Erin (11 October 2023). "Israel kibbutz the scene of a Hamas "massacre," first responders say: "The depravity of it is haunting" - CBS News". CBS News. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 11 October 2023. Diakses tanggal 11 October 2023. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f Tenbarge, Kat; Chan, Melissa (12 October 2023). "Unverified reports of '40 babies beheaded' in Israel-Hamas war inflame social media". NBC News. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 12 October 2023. Diakses tanggal 12 October 2023. 
  4. ^ a b c Joffre, Tzvi (12 October 2023). "Photos of babies being burnt, decapitated confirmed". The Jerusalem Post. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 13 October 2023. Diakses tanggal 13 October 2023. 
  5. ^ a b c Spencer, Richard (13 October 2023). "They came at dawn: inside the Kfar Aza kibbutz massacre". The Times. 
  6. ^ "What we actually know about the viral report of beheaded babies in Israel". Sky News. 12 October 2023. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 11 October 2023. Diakses tanggal 12 October 2023. 
  7. ^ a b Chance, Matthew; Greene, Richard Allen; Berlinger, Joshua (12 October 2023). "Israeli official says government cannot confirm babies were beheaded in Hamas attack". CNN (dalam bahasa Inggris). Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 12 October 2023. Diakses tanggal 12 October 2023. 
  8. ^ a b Lubell, Maayan (10 October 2023). "Insight: How an Israeli kibbutz 'paradise' turned into hell in Hamas attack". Reuters. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 10 October 2023. Diakses tanggal 10 October 2023. 
  9. ^ a b Pfeffer, Anshel (10 October 2023). "Bitterness and fury at the kibbutz where babies had their throats cut". The Times. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 12 October 2023. Diakses tanggal 10 October 2023. 
  10. ^ a b c Hendrix, Steve (10 October 2023). "Scenes from a massacre: Inside an Israeli town destroyed by Hamas". The Washington Post. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 12 October 2023. Diakses tanggal 10 October 2023. 
  11. ^ a b c Bowen, Jeremy (10 October 2023). "Inside Kfar Aza where Hamas militants killed families in their homes". BBC News. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 10 October 2023. Diakses tanggal 10 October 2023. 
  12. ^ Hutchinson, Bill (10 October 2023). "Mom says sons snatched by Hamas while on the phone with her". ABC News. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 11 October 2023. Diakses tanggal 11 October 2023. 
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  17. ^ Federman, Josef; Adwan, Issam (7 October 2023). "Hamas surprise attack out of Gaza stuns Israel and leaves hundreds dead in fighting, retaliation". Associated Press. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 7 October 2023. Diakses tanggal 11 October 2023. 
  18. ^ Logan, Nick (10 October 2023). "Why Hamas took so many people hostage — and how that complicates Israel's response". CBC News. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 10 October 2023. Diakses tanggal 10 October 2023. 
  19. ^ a b Berman, Lazar (10 October 2023). "'At least 40 babies killed': Foreign reporters taken to massacre site in Kfar Aza". The Times of Israel. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 12 October 2023. Diakses tanggal 10 October 2023. 
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