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Source: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-804980
Thousands of Oct. 7 Survivors Still Struggle
(Jerusalem Post) Uri Morad - "I can't explain how heavy a body becomes when it is dead," said Yuval Raphael, 23. She survived the Supernova massacre by hiding in the far corner of a public bomb shelter where 50 festival attendees sought shelter. The terrorists strafed the inside with bullets at regular intervals and threw grenades. Yuval became trapped under the dead body of another young woman and played dead for 8 hours. "Every time we [those who were still alive] raised our heads, we couldn't understand why there were less and less people in the bomb shelter....We didn't realize it was because of the grenades, blowing up their bodies." Only 12 survived long enough to be rescued. Yuval was left with shrapnel under her skin and a mind full of nightmares. The writer is director of international law and public diplomacy at the Jerusalem Institute of Justice.