On October 7, 2023, the Islamic Palestinian nationalist militant group Hamas initiated a sudden attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. As part of the attack, 364 civilians were murdered and many more wounded, raped and tortured by Hamas at the Supernova Sukkot Gathering, a week-long open-air music festival that began on October 6 during the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret near kibbutz Re'im.