Richard Engel has been NBC News' chief foreign correspondent since 2008.
KFAR AZA, Israel — Days after Hamas militants ambushed kibbutz Kfar Aza, Israeli soldiers continue to walk through and clear raided homes where some bodies of residents remain in the ruins. Houses across this village, which is surrounded by farms in southern Israel, just three miles from the border with Gaza, are nearly unrecognizable with windows and doors blown and rubble strewn all across floors.
Bullet holes could be seen on the outside of charred homes and on interior walls. Keren Flash, who survived the attack, called the experience 'absolute hell.' 'One of the most beautiful places in the world, as far as I know, is completely destroyed,' Flash said. At least one home was leveled, the building's rubble spreading downhill with clothing strewn all over the debris.
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