Back هجوم علوميم Arabic Massaker von Alumim German Massacre d'Alumim French הטבח בעלומים HE Angrepet på Alumim NB Резня в Алумиме Russian 阿盧米姆大屠殺 Chinese
| Alumim massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel | |
 An Izz Ad-din al-Qassam Brigades militant storming the gate of Kibbutz Alumim | |
  Alumim Site of the attack in Israel | |
| Native name | הטבח בעלומים |
| Location | Alumim, Southern District, Israel |
| Coordinates | 31°27′6″N 34°30′49″E / 31.45167°N 34.51361°E |
| Date | 7 October 2023 |
Attack type | Mass shooting, mass murder, war crime |
| Deaths | 16 or 17 Thai and Nepali workers 4 IDF soldiers and 1 police officer[1] |
| Perpetrator |  Hamas |
On 7 October 2023, dozens of Hamas militants attacked Alumim, a kibbutz close to the border fence with the Gaza Strip, as part of the surprise attack on Israel. There were 41 Thai and Nepalese foreigners working at the kibbutz. The militants killed between 16 and 17 of these workers and kidnapped between five and eight of them. The kibbutz's security team were too far away and unable to save the employees. The militants did severe structural damage to the Kibbutz's dairy farming operation.
After heavy fighting, the security team were able to push the militants back with the help of the Israel Defense Forces and police. No deaths among the remaining civilian population of the kibbutz were reported, although one Israeli civilian who had fled to the kibbutz after escaping the Re'im music festival massacre was killed by the defenders in a case of mistaken identity. Three Israeli soldiers, two of them off-duty soldiers who had come to volunteer, and a police officer were killed in the fighting.[1]