A warm summer night turned into a killing ground. Families ran barefoot over blood-streaked sand as gunfire tore through a Hanukkah celebration by the sea. Sirens drowned out prayers. Parents screamed names that never came back. In minutes, a place of joy became a crime scene, a nation’s calm shattered, its certainties rip… Continues… They will remember the shoes first. Sandals and sneakers scattered where families had danced, abandoned mid-step when the first shots cracked across the shoreline. Witnesses say the music didn’t stop right away; for a few stunned seconds it played on, a cruel soundtrack to the screams....
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