A festival was held near the Gaza Strip to mark the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. A music event in Reim organized on October 7 ended in tragedy. Hamas fighters shot at the event participants, so far rescuers have found 260 bodies of the killed victims.
The 37-year-old survived the massacre at the Supernova festival in Israel
According to the BBC, militants stormed the Supernova festival and started shooting. Witnesses say about 50 people dressed in military uniforms. The massacre was survived by, among others, Amir Ben Natan, who described the unimaginable tragedy in an interview with “The Rolling Stone”. “I didn’t dream of something like this even in my worst nightmares,” says a festival goer.
When Hamas fighters started shooting, the 37-year-old was separated from his friends. One of Ben Natan’s friends was shot and he hid in nearby bushes. He admitted that when the organizers announced the evacuation of the festival, no one panicked. “Unfortunately, this is what life is like in this region,” said a participant of the event.
At first, festival goers had no idea what was happening or how to react. When they realized that there were many fighters and they did not stop firing, they tried to escape. Ben Nathan said that he ran away and lost his friends. “I ran as fast as I could for a few minutes, but then I lost my strength. My legs gave out, I was out of breath. I reached a field that I later saw in films showing murdered people. Fortunately, I ran in a different direction,” said the participant. events.
“I served in the army, but I never heard things like this”
Ben Natan explained that he hid in the bushes with other people for about an hour. An Israeli policeman appeared on the spot and ordered everyone to leave the hiding place. “I came out of the bushes and saw a girl lying on the road. At first I thought she was trying to protect herself from the bullets, but then I realized that she had been murdered,” Ben Natan reports the events.
The 37-year-old spent the next hours hidden in other bushes that sheltered him and a group of other people from the militants’ attack. “There was a war going on outside. I served in the army, but I never heard such things. Bullets, rockets, grenades. It was total chaos,” he added.
The 37-year-old’s friends also managed to survive the tragedy. One of them was shot in the back. “He told me that he only noticed the wound when he reached a safe place. He was with his wife. The girl hiding with them was murdered in front of them,” says Ben Natan. “It was a real nightmare,” he concludes.
Source: Gazeta
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