The brutal Hamas attacks have hit Israel’s Bedouin community of the Negev desert especially hard. Among the 1,400 killed in the Hamas onslaught on October 7, at least 19 were Bedouins. Some were gunned down by Hamas terrorists who invaded Israel’s southern envelope, while others were killed by rockets that hit their Negev villages. Six Bedouins were also kidnapped, with two released during the previous cease-fire’s prisoner-hostage exchange.