‘Painful and scary’: Eurovision runner-up Yuval Raphael to return to Nova site
Eurovision runner-up Yuval Raphael, a survivor of the 2023 Nova music festival massacre, is set to perform at a memorial event on the third anniversary of the attacks. The ceremony will honor the victims of the Nova and other nearby festivals.
Why it matters
The event serves as a significant cultural and emotional touchstone for the survivors and families affected by the October 7 attacks in Israel.
Three years after the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led massacres in southern Israel, Eurovision runner-up and Nova festival survivor Yuval Raphael will return to the site in Re'im to perform at a memorial for the attacks.“It's very difficult for me to go back there; it's very painful and even scary to stand in front of all the dear people who lost the most precious thing and sing, but this is the only and exact place where I want and need to be, and I'm grateful for the huge privilege of doing it," Raphael said in a statement ahead of the event, which will take place on the third anniversary of the massacres.The event is being organized by the families of those killed at the Nova festival along with the Nova Tribe Community Association.“The ceremony will be dedicated to honoring the memory of the partygoers from the Nova, Mushroom, Psyduck, and Midburn…
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