The Full Testimony
Testimony of
Ayala Avraham
On Saturday morning, Ayala and Ilan Avraham and their friend Shani arrived at the Nova Festival to celebrate Ilan's 57th birthday. Within minutes, the attack began. They managed to escape to Moshav Yachini but were caught in a shelter by terrorists. Ilan disappeared. Ayala and Shani managed to escape and hide in the trunk of their car and were rescued thanks to a Border Police officer and soldier who noticed what was happening and engaged in a shootout with the terrorist. Ilan was initially declared missing, but his body was later found.
Place of the event:
Nova
Name:
Ayala Avraham
Organization:
None
Language:
English
Credit:
Videography: Dmitry Savinov
Interview: Ilya Tribelsky
Video editing: Eyal Amir
Content editing: Hila Ness
Other media
Deborah Mintz
“Another couple of hours we would have been dead anyways”- Deborah Mintz on 7.10 in Nirim
Tamar Livyatan
From Tamar Livyatan's testimony: "I have a daughter and granddaughter here, and I am not leaving without them."
Judith Bdolach
From Judith Bdolach's testimony: "What should have been a calm and quiet work-out, turned into a nightmare"
Amir Levkowiz
From Amir Levkowiz's testimony: ""They'll have to go through me, but they won't get in from here. And I just shoot.""
Jude Ida Turgeman
From Jude Ida Turgeman's testimony: "They realized that we might not live, they realized that their friends were being killed."
Etel Bennett
From Etel Bennett's testimony: "I said to my grandson: "I'm not Rambo. I'm not going to fight anyone with knives.""
Liat Ben- shimol
From Liat Ben- shimol's testimony: "The beautiful and pastoral moshav had turned into a war zone, a battlefield."
Rotem Israel
From Rotem Israel's testimony: "I saw the barrel of a rifle between the closet and the wall, as if death was looking into my face"
Meshi Foldes and
Sebastian Posdsamser
From MESHI FOLDES, Sebabstian Posdsamser's testimony: "I hear gunshots spinning by me from every direction."
Danny Garkovitch
From Danny Garkovitch's testimony: " I performed the tearing mourning ritual in my heart a long time ago."
Regina Solomon
From Regina Solomon's testimony: "“Nobody understands what’s going on; firing, loud noise and many missiles.”"
