Testimony Excerpt
They didn't know that there were 3,000-4,000 people in actual danger of their lives - Matar Belzer
The Full Testimony
Testimony of
Matar Belzer
Matar, a DJ from Ramat Gan, bought the ticket for the Nova festival while he was in Mexico during his big after-army trip to South America. He came to the party with a friend on Friday. On Saturday morning, he heard rockets and saw interceptions in the sky, but the music continued, no alarm was sounded, and the partygoers continued to dance. A short while later, the organizers called on the partygoers to evacuate the place. Matar and his friend arrived in their car and drove to the main road. After a vehicle near them was hit by a missile and a terrorist emerged in front of them, they left the car and started running in an open area. For 7 hours, they ran and hid until they encountered a resident of Moshav Patish who picked them up in his car and took them to the Moshav. They stayed there until they were evacuated to Be'er Sheva.
Place of the event:
Nova
Name:
Matar Belzer
Organization:
None
Language:
Hebrew
Credit:
Date: 26.10.2023
Interview: Amit Shemesh
Video Editing: Micha Livne
Content Editing: Irit Oren
Translation: Shoshana Lavan
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