{"id":18835,"date":"2025-04-03T23:42:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T20:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=18835"},"modified":"2025-04-03T23:42:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T20:42:21","slug":"nova-festival-survivors-testimony-reveal-an-incredible-story-of-courage-and-compassion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/nova-festival-survivors-testimony-reveal-an-incredible-story-of-courage-and-compassion\/","title":{"rendered":"Nova Festival Survivors&#8217; Testimony Reveal an Incredible Story of Courage and Compassion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chaos reigned on that fateful morning of October 7. Thousands of festivalgoers fled for their lives \u2014 and amid the panic and terror, one calm and determined voice cut through the noise, directing survivors to safety. This is how those who escaped the Nova festival massacre describe Rami Davidian: a man who took it upon himself to save the lives of dozens, hundreds, and ventured into the heart of the danger to get them out.<\/p>\n<p>As the massacre unfolded and Hamas terrorists turned partygoers into live targets, the army and police advised people to hide. But Rami made a different choice \u2014 not to wait, but to move in and take action.<\/p>\n<p>Gunfire and moments of terror, captured by the survivors:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"\u05d4\u05e0\u05d9\u05e6\u05d5\u05dc\u05d5\u05ea \u05ea\u05d9\u05e2\u05d3\u05d5 \u05d0\u05ea \u05e2\u05e6\u05de\u05df \u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d1\u05d0\u05d5\u05ea \u05dc\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9 \u05e9\u05e8\u05de\u05d9 \u05d3\u05d5\u05d9\u05d3\u05d9\u05d0\u05df \u05d4\u05d2\u05d9\u05e2 (\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd: \u05d1\u05d0\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05e0\u05d9\u05e6\u05d5\u05dc\u05d5\u05ea)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9HrGSR6ulhQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/reganews.co.il\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>A ray of light in the darkness<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u201cOn October 7, I was hiding in the firing zone with three other girls \u2014 we stayed there for nearly seven hours,\u201d Lior Ohayon told \u2018RegaNews\u2019. \u201cNo one could reach us. I eventually sent my location to a friend who had made it to Moshav Patish, and she was the one who connected us with Rami.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lior\u2019s voice trembles as she relives the ordeal. That call with her friend Zohar, she says, was their final lifeline. Gunfire echoed from every direction, and the overwhelming realization that they were completely alone in an unthinkable situation left them frozen in fear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral people before him had refused to come,\u201d she adds, still stunned by the fact that their only hope came from someone entirely outside the official rescue forces. \u201cThe police and the army just told us to keep hiding.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18840\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18840\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18840\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/\u05e8\u05de\u05d91-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/\u05e8\u05de\u05d91-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/\u05e8\u05de\u05d91-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/\u05e8\u05de\u05d91-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/\u05e8\u05de\u05d91-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/\u05e8\u05de\u05d91.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The site of the Nova massacre, one year later | Photo: Oren Ben Hakoon\/Flash90<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>\u201cThey told us: \u2018You\u2019re in enemy-held territory\u2019\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong>Michal, one of the girls Lior joined in hiding, recounts: \u201cThey told us we were in enemy-held territory. That was the police\u2019s response. We asked where to run, what to do \u2014 but they said even if they wanted to reach us, it was impossible. In that moment, we felt completely abandoned. The area was under terrorist control \u2014 where could we go?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She says they exhausted every possible option before eventually being connected with Rami. \u201cI called the police. They said they had my location and were sending a patrol car. That was it. But then the gunfire started again, and we realized we couldn\u2019t wait any longer \u2014 we had to run.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A sense of despair and helplessness took hold. After hours of aimless running, they huddled under a bush that offered partial cover.<\/p>\n<p>They had no idea how long it would take for help to arrive \u2014 or if the terrorists would reach them first. \u201cWe believed a patrol car was on the way, so we stopped moving. We thought maybe the police knew something we didn\u2019t,\u201d Michal recalls. \u201cBut as the gunfire intensified, we understood \u2014 the patrol wasn\u2019t coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when their own improvised \u2018war room\u2019 kicked into action. They began sending live locations, trying to find phone numbers of nearby residents, desperately hoping someone would respond. \u201cWe called the army, journalists, reporters \u2014 no one had answers. Not because they didn\u2019t care, necessarily, but because they were overwhelmed or helpless. Calls were dropped, or we got replies that felt completely disconnected from the reality on the ground,\u201d Michal says.<\/p>\n<p>The girls filmed themselves hiding, whispering: &#8220;I hope this doesn&#8217;t become the last video before-&#8220;:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"\u05d4\u05e0\u05d9\u05e6\u05d5\u05dc\u05d5\u05ea \u05ea\u05d9\u05e2\u05d3\u05d5 \u05d0\u05ea \u05e2\u05e6\u05de\u05df \u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d1\u05d0\u05d5\u05ea \u05dc\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9 \u05e9\u05e8\u05de\u05d9 \u05d3\u05d5\u05d9\u05d3\u05d9\u05d0\u05df \u05d4\u05d2\u05d9\u05e2 (\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd: \u05d1\u05d0\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05e0\u05d9\u05e6\u05d5\u05dc\u05d5\u05ea)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oN2jwiboBUM?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/reganews.co.il\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The first contact with Rami<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u201cWe were deep inside the firing zone,\u201d Lior says. \u201cWe understood that no official rescue could reach us until the terrorists were neutralized. But outside the system, there was someone else \u2014 Rami Davidian \u2014 and he chose to go where no one else dared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want people to truly understand: when I say \u2018firing zone,\u2019 I mean it literally \u2014 it was a zone that was filled with intense terrorist gunfire. Rami, along with Oren and Lion Bar (bless his memory), went into that zone. They gave us step-by-step instructions on how to crawl out and reach them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the central figures in this story is Col. Lion Bar, who, according to testimonies, returned to the area the following day in an effort to save more survivors \u2014 but never came back. \u201cLion was there with his son,\u201d Lior says, her voice breaking. \u201cThey found him dead next to a police car that the terrorists had overturned and set on fire. They apparently also rigged it with explosives. That\u2019s how he was killed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we started speaking with Rami, he told us he couldn\u2019t come all the way in because he had spotted terrorists nearby. Instead, he came up with a plan: he would honk his car horn so we could crawl toward the sound. That horn became our lifeline \u2014 he\u2019d honk, we\u2019d crawl a few meters, pause, listen for the next honk, and keep moving.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18844\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18844\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18844\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/\u05e8\u05de\u05d93-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/\u05e8\u05de\u05d93-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/\u05e8\u05de\u05d93-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/\u05e8\u05de\u05d93-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/\u05e8\u05de\u05d93-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/\u05e8\u05de\u05d93.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Site of the Nova massacre | Photo: Miriam Alster\/Flash90<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>\u201cAnother friend of mine was also rescued by Rami\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong>In those dark and chaotic hours, Rami and his partners used the honking method again and again to rescue lost young people. \u201cAt the end of the day, if he had recklessly pressed farther in to where we were, he would have put his life in even greater danger,\u201d Lior acknowledges. \u201cInstead, he focused on helping as many survivors as possible, guiding them safely out, instructing them hoe to avoid battle zones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michal adds, \u201cWe had only 1% battery left. The call cut off. We were terrified, but we followed the sound of Rami\u2019s honking. We crawled toward it and eventually spotted two cars \u2014 one belonged to Lion and Oren, the other to Rami. We got into Lion and Oren\u2019s car first. They got us out of the danger zone and then transferred us to Rami.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18845\" style=\"width: 785px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18845\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/\u05e8\u05de\u05d94.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"785\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/\u05e8\u05de\u05d94.jpeg 785w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/\u05e8\u05de\u05d94-300x185.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/\u05e8\u05de\u05d94-768x473.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cWe were terrified, but we followed Rami\u2019s honking\u201d | Photo: <em>Rega Shel Chochma<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The entire operation took place under constant fear. \u201cWe didn\u2019t reach a paved road. This wasn\u2019t an organized rescue with flashing police or army lights. It was a quick exchange, with no explanations, deep in the firing zone. Rami was waiting at the other end with another vehicle and drove us to Moshav Patish. I went to a family a friend of mine knew. The others stayed at Rami\u2019s home. He and his wife hosted them in a shelter and bedrooms, and took care of everything. My friend Moran Lovel was also rescued by him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>A light in the darkness<br \/>\n<\/strong>All the survivors agree on one thing: Rami was their only lifeline. \u201cWe were truly at the mercy of Heaven,\u201d says Michal. \u201cThe army was engaged in relentless fighting. The police couldn\u2019t help \u2014 or maybe they were simply overwhelmed. But what stood out most was Rami\u2019s voice, calmly saying, \u2018I have a plan. Run east. Head to Moshav Patish. Stay in the bush until I honk.\u2019 He never stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michal goes on to describe a scene that sounds surreal: \u201cA thousand people were running through open fields, terrorists hiding in wait everywhere, gunfire echoing all around \u2014 and in the middle of that chaos, just one man and a handful of volunteers, racing against time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRami managed to reach some of our friends and give them instructions on how to escape: \u2018Don\u2019t go west \u2014 that\u2019s Gaza. Go east. Look for a way out.\u2019 People were in total panic. Many were running or driving in the wrong direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the hours passed, more and more stories began to emerge \u2014 stories of how Rami had guided survivors through junctions, and even advised police who were trying to make sense of what was happening in the fields.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Courage and Compassion<\/strong><br \/>\nIt\u2019s important to understand that Rami\u2019s entire family played a role in the rescue efforts. According to the testimonies, \u201cRami\u2019s granddaughter, his wife, his children \u2014 they all stepped in to help. They didn\u2019t know anyone\u2019s names, didn\u2019t know who the partygoers were. They just knew people needed help,\u201d Michal says.<\/p>\n<p>The survivors repeatedly emphasize the humanity at the core of this story. \u201cThis isn\u2019t just military-style heroism,\u201d says Michal. \u201cWe\u2019re talking about compassion \u2014 a man who was willing to give us his phone, his home, whatever we needed. He stayed humble. And when the story hit the media, I don\u2019t think he expected the flood of questions or even accusations that might follow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"690\" data-end=\"925\">Zohar (ZhoZho), who encountered him twice that day, adds, \u201cThere\u2019s no doubt he changed the course of hundreds of lives. At the very least, he gave people the right direction they needed to escape \u2014 and that turned out to be the difference between life and death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"927\" data-end=\"1142\">\u201cWhy should he be criticized? For what?\u201d Zohar asks, with pain in her voice. \u201cIf anything, society owes him a profound debt of gratitude. If I could, I would award him the highest civilian honor for the courage he showed that day.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An exclusive, in-depth investigation by RegaNews underscores the true heroism of Rami Davidian, who saved countless lives, despite media attempts to smear him: \u201cThe entire nation owes him a debt of gratitude\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":18839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2276,85],"tags":[3019,2001,2497,3765,1720,1767],"class_list":["post-18835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","category-positive-moment","tag-hero","tag-massacre","tag-nova-festival","tag-rami-davidian","tag-rescue","tag-terror-attack"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nova Festival Survivors&#039; 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