1 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:18,999 I think about everything that happened that day. 2 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:25,680 Even if I don't want to think about it, it pops up. 3 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:32,400 I kind of dive into the thoughts sometimes by mistake. 4 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:44,039 At the beginning, I thought maybe to tell my friends to... 5 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:45,639 to leave. 6 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:48,560 But at that point, it was already too late. 7 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:54,719 They're shooting at us, and they're going to try 8 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:58,040 to kidnap us or kill us. 9 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,879 Everyone was trying to call some authority. 10 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:06,280 And no one was really answering. 11 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:20,799 I remember at one point that there was a really big 12 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:25,239 explosion, and I flew back. 13 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:27,399 Someone flew on me. 14 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:32,399 And when I finally got up, I realized that I was 15 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:34,959 sitting in a pile of bodies. 16 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:44,840 Car after car of dead people. 17 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,760 Then you start realizing what happened. 18 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:57,039 We survived a horrific terror attack that didn't 19 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:00,120 seem possible to survive. 20 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:04,319 I've kind of understood that I'm never 21 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:08,519 going to be the person that I was before the 7th of October. 22 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:12,119 And I'm trying to figure out who I'm going to be now. 23 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:48,840 The festival itself was amazing. 24 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:53,519 The festival itself was amazing. 25 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:57,359 I've not seen anything even remotely close 26 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,639 to that in Israel in years. 27 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:01,160 Everything was perfect. 28 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,959 The energy of people just wanting to dance and enjoy 29 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:10,039 themselves and then going at it with all that they have, 30 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:12,800 it was beautiful. 31 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:18,479 There's something about seeing a trance dance floor move. 32 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:19,759 You feel connected. 33 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,160 You feel part of something. 34 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:25,759 You're accepted no matter who you are 35 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:27,999 and what you're bringing. 36 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:36,679 3,500 people went to a festival to dance 37 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:40,719 in the nature for peace and for love. 38 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:43,519 400 of them didn't come home. 39 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:46,079 And they're not going to. 40 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:51,439 In these kind of raves, you don't really know where it is. 41 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:55,559 And you get a location the night of the party. 42 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:58,319 I remember driving and just looking out the window 43 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:00,119 and seeing Gaza. 44 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,400 And I didn't even think it was dangerous. 45 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:07,759 We were all students starting our fourth year. 46 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:09,599 We all like going to parties. 47 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:11,279 And the second Nova tickets came out, 48 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:12,959 they were really cheap. 49 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:14,599 Seemed like a perfect thing to do right before 50 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:15,759 the year started. 51 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:09,959 When I got there and I understood that I can see 52 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:13,439 the fence dividing us from Gaza from where we are, 53 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:15,439 it was like, well, it's been quiet for a while. 54 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:16,479 There haven't been any missiles. 55 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:17,919 It will probably be OK. 56 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:21,439 So my name is Noa. 57 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:23,079 I'm 29 years old. 58 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:25,959 I work as a booking agent for electronic music. 59 00:09:27,560 --> 00:09:29,919 I came to the Nova party for work. 60 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:31,959 I brought a DJ from Hungary. 61 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:34,719 My job was to take him to the party, let him play his set, 62 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:37,399 and then take him back home. 63 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:40,039 This production was in collaboration 64 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:41,559 with the Universo Paralello. 65 00:09:41,560 --> 00:09:43,799 It's a very big festival in Brazil. 66 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:46,039 They were in Israel. 67 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:49,279 It looked like we were at a concert somewhere in Europe. 68 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:52,559 It was... it was beautiful. 69 00:09:52,560 --> 00:09:56,720 I've met people and DJs from all over the world. 70 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:03,439 There are Jews and Arabs and tourists that come in. 71 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:07,519 You see people from every edge of religion. 72 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:08,959 It's not something that we notice. 73 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:10,599 It's not something that we care about. 74 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:11,919 Be a human being. 75 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,199 Be happy, smile, dance with people, 76 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:16,320 and you'll probably be fine in the end. 77 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:32,720 Whoo-hoo! 78 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:36,240 Hey! 79 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:11,039 There's something about the moment 80 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:13,439 that the sun rises that you suddenly see the people 81 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:15,959 around you, that you suddenly see the smiles 82 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:17,999 and that the energy comes together. 83 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,799 You can actually see the dance floor moving into a place. 84 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:26,079 I was on the stage. So I could actually see it. 85 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:29,079 I looked at the person next to me, and we were both like, wow. 86 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:45,319 This is a test of frequency instruments. 87 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:48,679 Bass, drums, distortion, artifacts. 88 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:09,599 And I see a bunch of people looking up to the sky. 89 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:13,520 OK, probably just like seeing the sun rise or something? 90 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:30,079 The last video I took from my phone 91 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:32,399 was at 6:28 in the morning. 92 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:34,559 It was the last drop that he played. 93 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:41,279 The moment that I stopped filming, 94 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:45,399 someone grabbed my hand and showed me the sky. 95 00:15:57,480 --> 00:15:59,679 He yelled into the crowd, Tzeva Adom, Tzeva Adom. 96 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:01,480 Everyone scattered. 97 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:06,759 It was like a screen coming up from the sky of rockets, 98 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:08,519 just like whew. 99 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:11,240 The most rockets I've ever seen in my life. 100 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:21,160 Oh, fuck! 101 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:29,319 We laid on the ground. 102 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:30,479 I was honestly scared. 103 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:31,839 You're in an open field. 104 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:33,559 There's rockets everywhere. 105 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:36,039 Nothing is stopping these rockets from falling 106 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:37,720 exactly where I am right now. 107 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:54,039 Whoa! 108 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:03,480 Whoo. 109 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,599 Whoa. 110 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,959 We were parked in the artists' VIP area. 111 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:45,399 The big parking was a little bit more in. 112 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:47,279 So we were very close to the road. 113 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,479 We could get out very quickly. 114 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:51,839 I went to the DJ, and I told him, listen, 115 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:53,039 there's no time for goodbyes. 116 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:54,519 There's no time for waiting. 117 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:55,759 We're running to the car. 118 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:57,640 We're going to leave. 119 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:03,279 And we were driving on Route 232. 120 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:05,759 On the way north, we passed Be'eri. 121 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:07,959 I'd close the windows and put on music 122 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:09,759 so that we don't hear what's going on outside, 123 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:12,119 and we were driving. 124 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:14,439 Rockets were exploding over our heads. 125 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:18,719 We didn't understand if we're safe or we're not safe. 126 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:20,919 We stop at the side of the road. 127 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:24,679 We see the migunit, concrete structure 128 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:27,359 on the side of the road that is supposed 129 00:22:27,360 --> 00:22:30,879 to be as close to a bomb shelter as possible. 130 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:34,279 And it seemed like the smartest move 131 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:36,760 to make, to go into the migunit. 132 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:35,120 Whoo! 133 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:06,399 When we got to about 200 meters before the first thing, 134 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:08,279 we took the turn. 135 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:10,640 The two cars that were in front of me suddenly hit the brakes. 136 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:24,159 At first, it looked like an accident. 137 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:25,479 So my first instinct was, you need 138 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:26,679 to get out and help someone. 139 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:28,479 So I opened my door. 140 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:32,079 And the moment I opened my door, I heard the first bullet. 141 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:45,359 At this point, no one knows that there's terrorists 142 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:47,479 that entered Israel. 143 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:50,999 I think there was about 19 people in migunit. 144 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,679 It's a tiny structure. 145 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:54,959 There's not that much room to move inside. 146 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:56,879 Some of the people are still standing outside just 147 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:58,839 to look at the rockets. 148 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,960 And then slowly, more and more people come. 149 00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:39,079 Finally, four people arrived. 150 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:42,199 One of them was Aner Shapiro. 151 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:45,400 And one of them was Hersh Goldberg. 152 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:48,399 Aner was very confident. 153 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:50,399 I remember it. He walked in. 154 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:52,839 He told us that there's a big attack on Israel from Gaza. 155 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:55,519 He didn't really elaborate too much. 156 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:58,199 My... my heart jumped a beat. 157 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:02,359 And I realized that something bad is about to happen. 158 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:04,959 I felt it so deep in my stomach that I didn't even 159 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:08,359 know what to do or how to react. 160 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:10,119 At the beginning, I thought maybe 161 00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:12,959 to tell my friends to leave so they get in the car 162 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:14,479 and drive away. 163 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:17,439 But at that point, it was already too late. 164 00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:10,679 The only thing between me and the terrorists 165 00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:12,959 were my car doors. 166 00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:15,999 There were a few moments where I thought I was dead. 167 00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:20,599 The only reason that they missed is by chance. 168 00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:22,039 Something was protecting us. 169 00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:23,919 I don't have a word for it. 170 00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:26,279 But I thought I was dead. 171 00:44:26,280 --> 00:44:29,359 I was either dead, or I was very, very hurt 172 00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:31,039 and I wasn't feeling it. 173 00:44:31,040 --> 00:44:34,039 If I'm not feeling any pain, then I'm probably dead. 174 00:44:34,040 --> 00:44:35,719 That was the math I did in my head. 175 00:44:35,720 --> 00:44:38,999 I looked at my hands and understood 176 00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:41,479 that I was still alive and that we need to do something. 177 00:44:41,480 --> 00:44:43,079 And then I just yelled, "Get in the car." 178 00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:44,280 [car horn honking 179 00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:49,359 I looked in the back mirror, and I could see the car 180 00:44:49,360 --> 00:44:51,120 behind me that had stopped. 181 00:44:54,640 --> 00:44:56,599 The driver and the guy that were next to him 182 00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:58,919 were shot in the head. 183 00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:03,840 And I saw them slaughter people. 184 00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:17,639 Every car that had come towards us had either been 185 00:45:17,640 --> 00:45:20,799 show off the road... and you could actually see cars just 186 00:45:20,800 --> 00:45:22,719 going off the road in a moment. 187 00:45:22,720 --> 00:45:24,759 And then people tried to run out of the cars, 188 00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:26,719 and there were terrorists shooting them down. 189 00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:31,039 Whoo! 190 00:45:34,080 --> 00:45:39,239 Tuck your heads down. Tuck your heads down. 191 00:45:39,240 --> 00:45:42,479 After we... we had gone out of the shooting range, 192 00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:44,319 I called the police. 193 00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:47,359 And the first question they asked me was, "What? 194 00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:49,079 What do you mean they shot at you?" 195 00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:51,640 No one understood the situation. 196 00:48:18,040 --> 00:48:21,799 A group of people jump out, screaming in Arabic. 197 00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:50,439 Aner tried to calm everyone down as much as possible. 198 00:48:50,440 --> 00:48:52,999 And then they started firing 199 00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:54,999 at the entrance of the migunit. 200 00:49:00,680 --> 00:49:02,439 Lobed, he went outside and tried 201 00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:04,440 to talk to them in Arabic. 202 00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:08,119 They did horrible things to him 203 00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:10,080 and murdered him in the end. 204 00:49:12,160 --> 00:49:13,919 Everyone in the migunit was trying 205 00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:16,799 to call some authority, MDA or the cops 206 00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:18,439 or the army or someone. 207 00:49:18,440 --> 00:49:20,320 No one was really answering. 208 00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:30,439 And then I see Aner just picked 209 00:49:30,440 --> 00:49:32,719 them up and tossed them out. 210 00:49:34,520 --> 00:49:37,200 And he does that once, and then they throw another one in. 211 00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:42,039 Every time they throw in a grenade, 212 00:49:42,040 --> 00:49:44,279 he just grabbed it and tossed it out. 213 00:49:46,160 --> 00:49:47,799 He acted like a commander. 214 00:49:47,800 --> 00:49:51,359 He took all the responsibility onto himself. 215 00:49:51,360 --> 00:49:52,959 He was focused. 216 00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:55,319 He... he understood that he had a mission. 217 00:49:55,320 --> 00:49:59,239 All he was looking for was to fight, to stay alive. 218 00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:02,799 I'm thinking to myself, oh, my God, 219 00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:06,319 this kid is throwing live grenades. 220 00:50:06,320 --> 00:50:07,959 I don't think that I've ever heard 221 00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:09,599 of anyone ever doing that. 222 00:50:09,600 --> 00:50:12,199 I know how dangerous this is. 223 00:50:12,200 --> 00:50:14,959 I think there's a chance that he's not the only one that's 224 00:50:14,960 --> 00:50:16,439 going to have to do this. 225 00:50:16,440 --> 00:50:18,319 And I kind of get myself ready for the point 226 00:50:18,320 --> 00:50:21,759 where if something happens to him, that I'm going to have 227 00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:24,639 to pick up what he left. 228 00:50:41,600 --> 00:50:46,039 There was a really big explosion, and I flew back. 229 00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:48,079 Someone flew on me. 230 00:50:48,080 --> 00:50:54,079 And when I finally got up, I remember 231 00:50:54,080 --> 00:50:55,879 Aner wasn't standing anymore. 232 00:50:55,880 --> 00:50:58,039 He wasn't with us. 233 00:50:58,040 --> 00:51:00,519 Hersh lost his hand. 234 00:51:00,520 --> 00:51:02,319 And he was just sitting there. 235 00:51:02,320 --> 00:51:05,519 He said, "I lost my hand. 236 00:51:05,520 --> 00:51:07,399 I don't have my hand." 237 00:51:07,400 --> 00:51:10,279 And he was trying to, like, tie it off. 238 00:51:10,280 --> 00:51:12,039 At that point, I kind of realized 239 00:51:12,040 --> 00:51:16,999 that someone's going to have to continue what he started. 240 00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:20,759 And then I remember a grenade flying in, 241 00:51:20,760 --> 00:51:23,639 just landing right in front of me. 242 00:51:23,640 --> 00:51:25,959 And you could see the flame coming 243 00:51:25,960 --> 00:51:28,039 out of the top of the grenade. 244 00:51:28,040 --> 00:51:29,639 And it was a few inches. 245 00:51:29,640 --> 00:51:32,399 And I remember it getting smaller and smaller. 246 00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:36,399 And I just picked up the grenade and threw it out. 247 00:51:36,400 --> 00:51:38,839 And I'm not sure how many of those there were. 248 00:51:38,840 --> 00:51:42,919 I remember the first one, and I remember the last two. 249 00:51:49,640 --> 00:51:50,999 The one at the entrance I remember 250 00:51:51,000 --> 00:51:53,279 I was able to throw out. 251 00:51:53,280 --> 00:51:55,839 But then there was an explosion. 252 00:51:55,840 --> 00:51:59,599 I went flying into the wall and passed out. 253 00:52:33,880 --> 00:52:35,639 Hey, hey, hey! 254 00:54:39,760 --> 00:54:40,839 Shup, shup. 255 00:54:40,840 --> 00:54:42,639 Pew, pew. 256 01:04:44,080 --> 01:04:46,719 You know, Russian roulette. 257 01:04:46,720 --> 01:04:48,920 Who gets the bullet? 258 01:05:11,720 --> 01:05:14,160 At that point, they started kidnapping people. 259 01:05:18,800 --> 01:05:21,799 They took Hersh out because he was at the entrance. 260 01:05:21,800 --> 01:05:25,399 They started putting them in the trucks wherever they could 261 01:05:25,400 --> 01:05:27,320 and whoever they tried to kidnap. 262 01:05:59,640 --> 01:06:03,479 I remember seeing a terrorist walk in. 263 01:06:03,480 --> 01:06:06,399 He was wearing all black. 264 01:06:06,400 --> 01:06:09,439 He had a black mask on, an AK-47, 265 01:06:09,440 --> 01:06:13,279 and a green bandanna on his head with the Hamas symbol. 266 01:06:13,280 --> 01:06:16,279 I remember you could see his mouth through the mask, 267 01:06:16,280 --> 01:06:18,119 like he had a little opening. 268 01:06:18,120 --> 01:06:23,000 And he was smiling, like it was a game that they won. 269 01:06:24,320 --> 01:06:25,559 They came back in. 270 01:06:27,760 --> 01:06:30,279 And then they started shooting everyone inside. 271 01:06:45,600 --> 01:06:47,079 They left. 272 01:06:47,080 --> 01:06:49,560 I looked left and right. 273 01:06:51,280 --> 01:06:55,159 And I thought everyone was acting 274 01:06:55,160 --> 01:06:59,479 or playing dead so that they wouldn't get kidnapped. 275 01:06:59,480 --> 01:07:02,359 But after a minute or two, where... when 276 01:07:02,360 --> 01:07:06,439 people weren't lifting their heads or waking up, 277 01:07:06,440 --> 01:07:09,959 I realized that I was sitting in a pile of bodies. 278 01:09:01,960 --> 01:09:03,039 Fuck. 279 01:16:00,320 --> 01:16:03,799 We were there for another six hours. 280 01:16:03,800 --> 01:16:08,199 Six hours in piles of bodies, praying to God 281 01:16:08,200 --> 01:16:12,439 that no one... no terrorists come back and just 282 01:16:12,440 --> 01:16:14,720 look or pop in their head. 283 01:16:31,360 --> 01:16:34,919 We both got into an army Jeep. 284 01:16:34,920 --> 01:16:39,599 And they told us to put our heads down. 285 01:16:39,600 --> 01:16:42,000 But I... I couldn't look away. 286 01:16:50,240 --> 01:16:54,600 Car after car with dead people. 287 01:16:56,080 --> 01:16:58,720 Then you start realizing what happened. 288 01:20:40,560 --> 01:20:45,319 We survived a horrific terror attack that 289 01:20:45,320 --> 01:20:48,000 didn't seem possible to survive. 290 01:22:45,960 --> 01:22:47,359 I'm still coping. 291 01:22:47,360 --> 01:22:48,919 I don't know. 292 01:22:48,920 --> 01:22:50,879 Like, I can find myself crying in the middle 293 01:22:50,880 --> 01:22:53,279 of the day for no reason. 294 01:22:53,280 --> 01:22:56,720 Sleeping has become a mission. 295 01:26:42,400 --> 01:26:44,599 Every single person that I lost on that day 296 01:26:44,600 --> 01:26:47,239 would have made the hell out of this life. 297 01:26:47,240 --> 01:26:50,319 And for them, I need to continue living. 298 01:26:50,320 --> 01:26:54,599 We are going to need to go through mountains of pain 299 01:26:54,600 --> 01:26:55,919 until we get there. 300 01:26:55,920 --> 01:26:57,359 But I close my eyes for a moment, 301 01:26:57,360 --> 01:26:59,719 and I picture my friends that aren't with us 302 01:26:59,720 --> 01:27:02,119 anymore and hoping that... 303 01:27:02,120 --> 01:27:06,679 that wherever they are, they're partying like crazy, 304 01:27:06,680 --> 01:27:09,679 and that one day we will, too.