(Fox News) Eve Glover - Israelis continue to be surprised at the lack of belief about what they experienced on Oct. 7. Noam Ben David, 27, an artist and a survivor of the Supernova music festival terror attack, recounted her stunning tale of survival. She came with her boyfriend, David Newman. Just after dawn, she thought she heard fireworks - but the thunderclaps were bombs. Someone screamed to stop the music and "just run." On that day, Hamas terrorists descended on the festival and raped, murdered and burned alive 364 civilians in attendance, most of whom were under age 30. Noam Ben David said she saw people dropping to the ground after they were shot. "David took my hand so we could run faster, and then I fell," she told Fox News Digital. They reached an area where two huge metal trash containers were located, both open on top. Nearby, grenades and bombs were going off incessantly. People were already hiding inside both the containers and Ben David said she instinctively felt they should get into the container on the left. Later, terrorists threw a grenade over the top of the other container, and everyone inside was killed. For over four hours, the couple stayed in the container with 16 other people. They kept their heads down, trying to be as silent and inconspicuous as possible. "David was all the time holding my leg, and moving his hand to calm me down. I was really scared." Newman texted a friend of his in the army to send help, shortly before his battery ran out. "At one point, a girl raised her head up, and screamed, 'They saw me!'" David "took me with his hand, and he pushed me more inside the container so I could hide inside the trash bags." Suddenly, the terrorists were there. They stormed the container. "I heard 'Allahu Akbar!' and then I heard the first shot. I heard David try to breathe. I could hear his last breath. Then I heard a bunch of automatic shots everywhere....I wanted to get up and help David, but I knew if I got up I would be dead." Suddenly, she felt "the worst pain ever....I got shot on the left side of my hip." She now realized that practically everyone around her had been killed. Finally, IDF soldiers came. Newman's text to his friend, which provided their location, saved many lives, Ben David believes. The soldiers had to fight off terrorists while they drove her to an army unit. Since then, Ben David has undergone two surgeries. She recently started walking using crutches after having been in a wheelchair for several months and is hoping to make a full recovery.
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