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| title = Yakhini massacre |
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| date = {{start date|2023|10|07}} |
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| native_name = הטבח ביכיני |
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| time-begin = 7:40 am |
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| fatalities = 7 civilians, 1 Israeli border guard |
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{{Campaignbox 2023 Israel–Hamas war}} |
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The '''Yakhini massacre''' ({{Lang-he|הטבח ביכיני}}) was a massacre carried out by ] on the morning of October 7, 2023, in ] ] near the ], as part of a ]. Several residents of the moshav were murdered in the massacre. |
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== Background == |
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On the morning of ], October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-10-08 |title=Jewish diaspora mourns attack on Israel, but carries on by celebrating holidays |language=en-US |work=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2023/10/07/hamas-israel-holiday-sukkot-simchat-torah/25e86e94-6558-11ee-b406-3ea724995806_story.html |access-date=2023-10-19 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Under the cover of thousands of rockets fired into Israel, hundreds of militants infiltrated multiple Israeli communities and military facilities.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-10-07 |title=Surprise Infiltration, Massive Barrages Shock Israel; Over 250 Israelis Killed, 1,590 Wounded; Civilians and Soldiers Held Hostage in Gaza |language=en |work=] |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-10-07/ty-article-live/israel-under-attack-terrorists-infiltrate-from-gaza-amid-massive-rocket-barrages/0000018b-088b-dae9-adcb-abbff50f0000 |access-date=2023-10-19}}</ref> The militants engaged in gun battles with security forces and advanced into the communities, where they shot and killed civilians and abducted at least 200 people into the Gaza Strip, including women, the elderly and babies.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-10-10 |title=Hamas leaves trail of terror in Israel |work=] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-war-hamas-deaths-killings.html |access-date=2023-10-19 |issn=1553-8095 |oclc=1645522}}</ref> |
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== Massacre == |
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At around 7:40 a.m. on October 7, 2023, a squad of Hamas militants raided the moshav through a side gate at the entrance, because the main gate was locked due to a community decision by the traditional community to close the gates on Saturday.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=צורי |first=מתן |date=2023-10-10 |title=מגיעים בטנדר, פורקים - וטובחים: תיעודים מהזוועות במתקפת חמאס |language=he |work=] |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/bypjr5gbt |access-date=2023-10-19}}</ref> |
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The militants murdered four people, and later murdered three other men, one of them in his home and one of them while walking his dog. In addition, a Border Police officer was killed in an exchange of fire during an assault on one of the buildings.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-12 |title="אני אהיה ראשונה, תחפה עליי ואני אחפה עליך": לוחמת מג"ב רווית אסייג נפלה בקרב במושב יכיני {{!}} ישראל היום |url=https://www.israelhayom.co.il/news/local/article/14702311 |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=]}}</ref> |
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The moshav leader was in ] at the time, and conducted the containment battle against them through a local Chabad house, until he got a flight to Israel. A video filmed from a security camera at the moshav gate shows the terrorists, armed with assault rifles, unloading from a pickup truck and raiding the moshav.<ref name=":0" /> A short time later, one of them is seen shooting at two young women who were taking cover behind a vehicle at the entrance gate to the moshav.<ref>{{Cite news |last=זיתון |first=יואב |date=2023-10-11 |title=מעטים מול רבים: הצל"שניק שלקח פיקוד על הפלגה, והקצין שהציל תצפיתניות |language=he |work=Ynet |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/hj00nme4b6 |access-date=2023-10-25}}</ref> |
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One of the murdered was Yehonatan Hajabi, whose father Nir Hajabi, a battalion commander, came to command his reserve battalion even before his funeral, saying: "I will find the time to mourn my son – now we have to fight."<ref>{{Cite news |last=קרן |first=יואב |date=2023-10-12 |title="אמצא את הזמן להתאבל על הבן שלי, אבל עכשיו צריך להילחם" |language=he |work=Ynet |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/yokra13627881 |access-date=2023-10-21}}</ref> |
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