260 bodies recovered from festival site targeted by Hamas: Number may rise further

The Israeli rescue service Zaka announced that it has recovered 260 bodies from a music festival site targeted by Hamas militants, and that the total number of bodies will be higher.

The open-air Tribe of Nova music festival was planned as an all-night dance party in a rural area near the Gaza-Israel border, where thousands of young people were to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, but early Saturday morning, Hamas targeted the festival held in the desert near the Gaza border.

The Independent reported that the total number of bodies found is expected to be higher as other medical teams are also working in the area. Zaka noted that the bodies 'have not all been collected yet.'

Israel had announced the number of missing as 750.