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The Nova Music Festival Organizer Who Survived 738 Days in Hamas Captivity
(Ynet News) Hagar Kochavi - Elkana Bohbot was one of the organizers of the Nova music festival, a project that he worked on for six months with his partners and childhood friends, Osher and Michael Vaknin. On Oct. 7, his two friends were murdered and he was abducted to Gaza, where he remained for 738 days. As the rocket fire began that morning, Bohbot understood he had to shut down the dance floor at Nova. His calls for partygoers to disperse were documented on video. "Suddenly, about 70 terrorists arrived. They moved through with weapons, smashed car windows, and carried out executions," he said. Speaking of his time in Gaza, he said, "In the last six months the situation was the hardest. They starved us, and we reached extreme states. They harassed us constantly....They wanted to hurt us as much as possible, and they succeeded. It really was as bad as it could be. All this while bombs were falling near us, just meters away. You're sure the next missile will hit you. The tunnel shakes and you're certain you'll be buried there."