How a night of dancing and revelry in Israel turned into a massacre
The Tribe of Nova trance music festival, near Kibbutz Reim, was one of the first targets for Hamas militants as they launched their unprecedented attack.
Loveday Morris, Imogen Piper, Joyce Sohyun Lee and Susannah George
The first rockets were fired just before dawn, arcing through the sky over thousands of revellers who had been dancing through the night at a trance music festival – billed as an event celebrating “friends, love and infinite freedom.”
Initially, some of the ravers didn’t notice the sound of the explosions over the thumping music. Others, used to rockets from Gaza, shrugged them off.
