Aliza Samuel, 24, returned to the site of the deadly Nova festival attack by Hamas militants, in southern Israel, on October 7.
But Samuel and her friend didn’t want to take any chances, so they started running.
Panicking, the pair sprinted across the open farmland surrounding the festival site and dived into a ditch behind a line of large trees.
Others were also hiding behind the trees, “trying not to breathe,” she said.
“I saw Hamas take a bunch of people and went to their commander, and asked if to kill them or to take them,” she said.
Persons:
Aliza Samuel, Rebecca Wright, Samuel, didn’t, “, ”
Organizations:
CNN, Nova Music, Hamas
Locations:
Israel, Re’im, Gaza, Panicking