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2023-10-10 21:21:09 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 94C95A06E925FF234FE9B4C52CA8B172C385F05028A4A31BBC5D77AC0AF58CBC
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This claim does not correspond with eyewitness accounts of the event. According to these accounts festival goers only encountered IDF after several hours: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67047034 https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-hamas-music-festival-6a55aae2375944f10ecc4c52d05f2ffe Reports of festival goers being shot at point blank range or in the back, while fleeing the site: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/09/middleeast/israel-hamas-music-festival-aftermath-intl-hnk/index.html?dicbo=v2-5pSUTW2 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/09/how-the-hamas-attack-on-the-supernova-festival-in-israel-unfolded
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