The ‘smell of death’ dominates the air in Kfar Aza after Hamas breached the nearby Gaza border and committed a savage massacre in the village.<br /><br />The Independent’s Bel Trew is on the ground in Israel after Hamas militants launched a brutal attack early Saturday 7 October.<br /><br />“They came with one mission, to kill more and more Jews”, said Major David Ben Zion as he stands among the wreckage.<br /><br />The IDF described how they entered homes and found residents’ bodies “decapitated” the rural farming community of around 800 people left decimated by the attack.<br /><br />At least 900 Israelis and almost 800 people in the Gaza Strip have lost their lives in the attack.
