Nova festival Hamas attack survivor Yuval Raphael to represent Israel at Eurovision
- Yuval Raphael, a 24-year-old survivor of the Nova Music Festival attack, will represent Israel at Eurovision in May.
- Raphael survived by hiding under dead bodies in a bomb shelter for eight hours during the attack.
- She has shrapnel in her head and leg from the festival attack and began singing professionally last year.
- Raphael aims to share her story from a place of strength, despite expecting boos from the crowd.
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24-year-old Yuval Raphael survived the Hamas massacre and now represents Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel.
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Israel has chosen Yuval Raphael, a survivor of the Nova Music Festival attack on October 7 2023, to represent them at Eurovision this year. READ MORE: The 20 maddest Eurovision moments… ever! Raphael won the Israeli talent show HaKokhav HaBa (The Next Star), meaning she gets to compete at Eurovision in Basel, Switzerland, in May. The 24-year-old singer told the story during her time in the competition, saying she survived the attack on Nova by …
A survivor of the Hamas massacre is competing in the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel. The fact that she is already expecting boos shows where we stand in Europe.


Nova music festival survivor to represent Israel at Eurovision
Yuval Raphael stated that she wants to honor and represent those who lost their lives in the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. The post Nova music festival survivor to represent Israel at Eurovision appeared first on Jerusalem World News.
The Israeli singer, chosen to wear the colors of her country in Bale next May, is a rescape of the Nova festival, attacked by Hamas on October 7, 2023.
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