Israeli Music Festival Survivor Shares Harrowing Story of Escape From Hamas Terrorists

Natalie Sanandaji fled death at the hands of gunmen multiple times.

An aerial picture taken on Oct. 10 shows the abandoned site of the weekend music festival attacked by Hamas terrorist near Kibbutz Reim in the Negev desert in southern Israel, on Oct. 7, 2023. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images

Early in October, Jews in Israel were dancing and singing—from synagogues celebrating Simchat Torah, the Jewish festival commemorating the completion of the weekly readings of the Torah—to attendees at the Nova Music Festival.

That was until Hamas launched terrorist attacks on Oct. 7 culminating in the biggest single-day massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.