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Israel Festival: ‘Going to funeral after funeral’: Man recalls horror tale of Hamas attack on Israel music festival
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NEW DELHI: In the fatal attack unleashed by Hamas terrorists at Israel’s music festival, 22-year-old Gal Katz was, fortunately, able to escape the attackers’ eyes as he slipped into an orange grove and remained motionless for at least six hours until Israeli soldiers arrived.
Recalling the bloodbath that claimed the lives of over 250 people present in the festival, Katz told CNN that he and one of his friends waited for the terrorists to leave the site while feeling “the earth shake under us”.
Katz said he has been “going to funeral after funeral” as his other friends could not escape the massacre.
“I’m going to funeral after funeral. It’s surreal. Before we knew it was a terrorist invasion, when there were only rockets, I gave my friends — a couple — a call. They told me, ‘Don’t worry about us, we got in the car, we’re in a shelter.’ These shelters are all over the South. You can get inside in case of an alarm — a kind of metal box, very strong, against missiles,” CNN quoted Katz as saying.
“I was like, ‘Oh, that’s so good.’ In my mind, I wanted to be in there too. Those who hid there didn’t make it. The terrorists saw them, they opened the door and just … maybe they threw a grenade, maybe they sprayed them with the AK. Including my friends. Today was the funeral of the girl. Yesterday was the funeral of her boyfriend. We came together to the party. And they didn’t make it. They didn’t return home,” Katz further said.
The October 7 attack by Hamas saw fighters shoot, stab and burn to death more than 1,400 people, most of them civilians. Israel in retaliatory attacks days since has flattened neighbourhoods and killed at least 2,670 people in Gaza, the majority ordinary Palestinians.
Meanwhile, Palestinians in besieged Gaza crowded into hospitals and schools, seeking shelter and running low on food and water. More than a million people have fled their homes ahead of an expected Israeli ground invasion aimed at destroying Hamas after its fighters rampaged through southern Israel.
More than one million people have fled their homes in Gaza in scenes of chaos and despair as Israel bombarded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and continued amassing troops Monday in preparation for an expected full-blown ground invasion.
Recalling the bloodbath that claimed the lives of over 250 people present in the festival, Katz told CNN that he and one of his friends waited for the terrorists to leave the site while feeling “the earth shake under us”.
Katz said he has been “going to funeral after funeral” as his other friends could not escape the massacre.
“I’m going to funeral after funeral. It’s surreal. Before we knew it was a terrorist invasion, when there were only rockets, I gave my friends — a couple — a call. They told me, ‘Don’t worry about us, we got in the car, we’re in a shelter.’ These shelters are all over the South. You can get inside in case of an alarm — a kind of metal box, very strong, against missiles,” CNN quoted Katz as saying.
“I was like, ‘Oh, that’s so good.’ In my mind, I wanted to be in there too. Those who hid there didn’t make it. The terrorists saw them, they opened the door and just … maybe they threw a grenade, maybe they sprayed them with the AK. Including my friends. Today was the funeral of the girl. Yesterday was the funeral of her boyfriend. We came together to the party. And they didn’t make it. They didn’t return home,” Katz further said.
The October 7 attack by Hamas saw fighters shoot, stab and burn to death more than 1,400 people, most of them civilians. Israel in retaliatory attacks days since has flattened neighbourhoods and killed at least 2,670 people in Gaza, the majority ordinary Palestinians.
Meanwhile, Palestinians in besieged Gaza crowded into hospitals and schools, seeking shelter and running low on food and water. More than a million people have fled their homes ahead of an expected Israeli ground invasion aimed at destroying Hamas after its fighters rampaged through southern Israel.
More than one million people have fled their homes in Gaza in scenes of chaos and despair as Israel bombarded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and continued amassing troops Monday in preparation for an expected full-blown ground invasion.
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