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About five weeks ago, Israeli Millet Ben Haim (27) probably experienced the most brutal hours of her life. She and some friends were on the grounds of the Supernova music festival in Kibbutz Re’im that day when all hell suddenly broke out on them.
The young woman survived Hamas’ brutal attack on festival visitors – with a lot of luck. But even if she is still alive today, she will never be the same as before, she tells ‘Bild’.
“The terrorists were from all sides”
It all started on October 7 at half past six in the morning when the music at the festival suddenly stopped playing. “It was a really good party up until that point,” Ben Haim recalls. “Then the rockets came. Dozens, perhaps hundreds, covered the sky.”
Like many other festival goers, Ben Haim also tried to escape by car. But she had no chance. “After a few meters, people started shouting that there were terrorists in front shooting.” Ben Haim was in a dead end street. “The terrorists were on all sides, we had nowhere to go. And we knew they were getting closer.”
All that was left for her and her friends was to escape across the fields. It was pure chaos, Ben Haim remembers. “The terrorists knew exactly where we were fleeing to and surrounded us. Some of them drove cars, some had motorcycles, some were on foot and some came from the sky with paragliders.
Police can’t help
So she kept running until she found shelter in a bush with three other women. Desperate, Ben Haim tried to call the police for help. But the officer’s response was not very encouraging. “He told us to hold on. But also that the surrounding villages are surrounded by terrorists.” Only then did the dimensions of the attack really become clear to her.
As the women hid, they continued to hear the voices of Hamas terrorists. The most shocking thing was how relaxed the men seemed. They even heard her laugh, Ben Haim said. “I realized: if they feel this comfortable, our military is not around.”
She knew what would happen to her if she fell into the hands of the terrorists. “I knew they were going to rape me.”
Since the situation seemed hopeless, Ben Haim wanted to say goodbye to her family. “I told them I was happy with my life.” But miraculously, she was contacted a short time later by a man who tried to save civilians in the area with his car.
“I feel like a ghost”
“He said he was going to honk his horn when he got there and then I had to come out,” Ben Haim said. At some point the time had come. The horn sounded. “Then I realized I had to get out of the bushes so he could see us.” Meanwhile, the shootings continued unceasingly. “That was the scariest moment.”
Together with the other women, Ben Haim reached the car despite the hail of bullets. The young woman is now safe with her family. But the hours have left deep scars. ‘I don’t feel like it’s over. The trauma is so great, it affects me so deeply.”
It’s also hard to be with her family. ‘I don’t feel like they see me. I feel like a ghost. I don’t know who I am.” Even though Millet survived the terrorist attack, she is aware: “It is far from over.” (ced)
Source: Blick
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