Page 6 - Torch Magazine #24 - Spring 2024

The terrorists then walk around the the the the desk and realise there were not two of them but five “This one is is is is still breathing ” a a a a a a terrorist says They then shoot her her and add more bullets into the the the the the other women to to make sure they are all dead As with most of the the the the the victims we we saw they were were unarmed and posed no threat to to the the the terrorists They were were huddled together hopelessly seeking shelter only to to be brutally slaughtered burned Roads with multiple vehicles crashed and damaged The cameraman walks past each each one revealing multiple bodies inside each each vehicle or strewn across the the road There are are also some clips in in the the film that are are disturbing not because because of of violence but because because of of of conversations One is is the the video of of two children They run through their home and into into the the the bomb shelter shelter outside A terrorist throws a a a a a a a grenade into into the the the the the shelter shelter and after the the the the the the explosion the the the the the the father falls out of of the the the the the the doorway He absorbed most of of the the the the the the blast and and is killed instantly The two boys then stumble out of the the the the the bomb shelter and and clearly disorientated they walk over their father’s body and back into the the the the the house They are then joined by terrorists who for some unknown reason spare the the children’s lives The terrorists rummage through the the the house one Most of the footage showed active scenes of of of murder being carried out however some of of of the the footage showed the the before and after shots of of of massacres We saw a a a a a a a a a video of of of teenagers hiding in in in in a a a a a a a a a bomb shelter some of them are are are talking on on their their phones telling their their parents they are are are okay then in in in in the the the the the the the next scene
scene
we see that every single one of them had been slaughtered A similar scene
scene
was a a a a picture of a a bus stop
where elderly
Israelis were waiting for the the bus then a a video showing
all of them dead Their
bodies were seen scattered
around the bus stop
as they presumably attempted to to flee the the the terrorists who gunned them down in cold blood Another video is is of two young Israelis hiding inside inside a a a a a a a a portaloo They are filming as they cower inside inside and you can hear gunshots outside getting closer The next scene
is is from the the the body camera of of of one of of of the the the terrorists He is is walking down the the the line of of of portaloos and shooting at each one You hear victims falling dead or crying out in in in in in in pain as as the the bullets hit them them inside It was was systematic slaughter of innocent people he he he was was shooting them them like fish in in a a a barrel The Nova festival showed the the beginnings of the the the attack as people danced to music while paragliders were filmed in in the the distance Next we we we see hundreds of civilians fleeing
for their lives and then we we are shown the the the aftermath dozens of of bodies mainly of of young women who had been slaughtered across the the grounds of of the the event Hundreds of of cars
of them drinks and eats from the the the fridge while the the boys sit on a a a a sofa and chair in in the kitchen talking to each other They discuss their father’s death “He’s really dead I’m not joking ” the the elder boy shouts to to his young brother in in in in disbelief almost trying to to convince himself at the the same time The younger boy boy speaks of of of how he he he cannot see out of of of one of of of his eyes Both boys have shrapnel wounds and are wounded The film cuts to to different points in in the the the day where the the the the the terrorists tell them to to stay put before leaving and and the the the the children pace the the the the room and and talk while considering what to do “Why am am I I still alive?” one of the the the boys screams It’s traumatic for the the the the viewer to to watch these innocent children trying to to accept their their father’s death and contemplating their their own mortality All the the the the the the while as they they pace the the the the the the room they they they leave footprints and droplets
of blood blood everywhere they they go Eventually there are bloodstains throughout the the the the the floor of the the the the the room and on objects they touch After a a a a while the the the the boys decide to to leave They cautiously look out the the front door checking for for for terrorists before making a a a a a run for for for it it They pass their father’s body without even looking It was systematic slaughter of innocent people he he was shooting them like fish in in a a a barrel 6
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