[1/4] Brothers Rada Rashed, 33, and Raif Rashed, 39, from the Israeli Druze minority, recount to Reuters how they survived the October 7 Nova Festival attack, in Daliyat Al-Karmel, Israel October 30, 2023.
Acquire Licensing RightsDALIYAT AL-KARMEL, Israel, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Hired to cater for an all-night Israeli music festival, Rada and Raif Rashed fled for their lives just after dawn, when Hamas militants rampaged through the crowd on Oct. 7 turning the celebration into a place of horror.
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Rada and his brother Raif, 39, were caterers at the Nova festival, close to Gaza, when the Hamas gunmen arrived.
Young women at the festival "were begging Hamas members not to kill them," he said.
Persons:
Rada Rashed, Raif Rashed, Ammar Awad, Raif, Rada, Leonardo Benassatto, Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh, Daliyat al, Kamel, Stephen Farrell, Janet Lawrence
Organizations:
Rada, Festival, REUTERS, Health, Thomson
Locations:
Daliyat Al, Israel, Rada, Kibbutz Re'im, Gaza, Hamas's, Daliyat, London