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The New Arab
The New Arab
An Israeli military helicopter opened fire at festival-goers during the Hamas assault on the Nova music festival on October 7, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Saturday. The combat helicopter arrived at the scene to engage the attackers, claimed by Israel to be Hamas gunmen, but accidentally hit some of the revellers, according to the Haaretz report based on Israeli police investigations and interrogations of captured Hamas members. Accounts widely reported at the time of Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel said fighters from the Palestinian group had engaged in a planned massacre of the you…