The bodies were recovered from the site of the Supernova festival.
More than 260 bodies have been recovered from a music festival in southern Israel after festivalgoers were forced to flee a Hamas attack under a hail of bullets.
The bodies were recovered from the site of the Supernova festival, held in the desert in southern Israel to coincide with the Jewish festival of Sukkot, Evening Standard reports.
Early on Monday, the Israeli military said it was taking “longer than expected” to repel the incursion after upwards of 1,000 Palestinian militants entered Israel’s territory on Saturday in an unprecedented attack.
It said it was battling gunmen in seven to eight places in southern Israel, describing the situation as “dire”.
One of the partygoers at the festival, Ortel, said sirens went off at around dawn, warning of rockets before gunmen opened fire “in every direction”.
The Israeli Defence Forces on Monday said over 700 Israelis had been killed in the ongoing conflict with Hamas.
Using an infographic it posted on its X (formerly Twitter) handle titled ‘War With Hamas: Operational Recap,’ IDF wrote: “hostages held by Hamas, 700+ Israelis killed, 2,150+ Israelis injured, 3,284+ rockets fired from Gaza, 653 Hamas targets struck.”
The IDF said the information collated for the war – Swords of Iron – was for 48 hours into the conflict.
In another tweet, it shared pictures which it said were “incriminating evidence of the war crimes committed by the Hamas terrorist organization”.
The Israeli Defence Forces earlier described the attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel as a war crime.
In a video posted on its X (formerly Twitter) handle on Sunday, the IDF spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari also condemned the taking of women and children captive by Hamas.
Hagara said, “Hamas’ brutal attack is a war crime. Taking women and children captive violates international law and goes against Islam.
“Whoever took part will pay the price. The war is difficult and challenging days lie ahead. The IDF is strong and will use every bit of its strength power.”
"We are at war. We will win," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday.
The IDF earlier declared "a state of alert for war” following the attack.