On 7 October, Israelis in the Gaza Strip woke up to a nightmare when fighters from Hamas attacked several homes, kibbutzim and the Supernova music festival with over 3,000 festival participants.
Nimrod Arni, one of the organizers behind the Nova festival, recently guested on the podcast “The Optimizer”.
There he tells about the chaos and carnage that spread in the early morning hours of October 7 when Hamas attacked the music festival at Kibbutz Re’im.
At least 300 people have been found dead after the bloody chaos. In addition, several party participants were captured and taken to the Gaza Strip.
Here, Israeli hostages are reunited with their families. Video: AP. Reporter: Helena Ringheim / Dagbladet TV Show more
The first festival participant is released
51 days have passed since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out.
Israeli hostages were released on Friday and Saturday evening, as part of the agreement between Israel and Hamas on a temporary ceasefire that came into effect on Friday morning. The ceasefire is scheduled to last for four days.
In total, 26 Israelis, 14 Thai citizens and one Filipino citizen have so far been released as hostages from the Gaza Strip in exchange for Palestinian prisoners from Israel.
RELEASED: On Saturday, Maya Regev (21) was released as the first of the Supernova festival participants. Photo: HAMAS MEDIA OFFICE / AFP/NTB Show more
For the first time, one of the people kidnapped at the Supernova festival was released.
It was Maya Regev (21) who was the first of the festival participants to be released on Saturday evening.
She was seen accompanying Hamas, walking on crutches, photos from the hostage exchange show.
Maya’s mother, Mirit, tells the newspaper Haaretz that she is extremely happy that her daughter has come home.
– Nevertheless, my heart is broken because my son Itai (18) is still being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, says Mirit, according to the newspaper.
24 hostages released from Hamas
On Sunday, it is expected that additional hostages from the Gaza Strip and Palestinian prisoners from Israel will be released.
According to Reuters, the Israeli authorities must have received the lists of which hostages are to be released on Sunday.
50 DAYS: Maya Regev (21) has been held hostage in Gaza for 50 days. Her little brother Itai (18) is still a hostage in the Gaza Strip. Photo: Hostages and Missing Families Forum/Handout via REUTERS/NTB Show more
Intoxicated during the attack
According to the Israeli media Mako Nimrod tells Arni how he took action and evacuated the festival participants.
On that fateful morning, the organizers of the festival went on stage as soon as they realized they were under attack. They are said to have asked the shocked festival participants to evacuate.
– Immediately when the rockets started falling and the alarm went off, I realized that the festival was over. I took the microphone and explained what happened. It wasn’t easy, and I had to be very clear when I gave the message and repeat it several times, he says, adding:
– You were at the peak of the festival, and no one would believe that the party was over. I explained that there were flight alarms, that the music would not return and that they were to evacuate. Minutes later, there were still some people standing in the square, hoping that the music would start again.
The presenter of the podcast, Guy Katsovich, further asks about the use of drugs during the festival.
– Will fight to the last
He points out that it is known that, among other things, psychedelic substances are used at the rave festival, and that there were probably several people under the influence of narcotic substances when the alarm went off at 06:00 in the morning.
– I have heard stories of people who took all the drugs they had, just half an hour before the terrorists arrived. They shouted “the Nazis are coming”, dug holes to hide and were slaughtered while high on LSD. Others say that their intoxication actually helped them run and get adrenaline to neutralize their fear, says Arnin.
Furthermore, he tells how he managed to evacuate and just escape Hamas.
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