Nova festival survivor shares his story before visiting Sarasota

SARASOTA,  Fla. (SNN) — In a harrowing account from the Supernova Music Festival in Israel, one attendee who faced a nightmare during the surprise attack by Hamas told SNN his story.

Among the 3,500 young people at the Festival was Yuval Simon Tov.

He recounted how moments of confusion and mistaking lights in the sky for fireworks, quickly escalated into sheer terror.

He and his friends fled the festival in their car, attempting to seek safety, only to be attacked by members of Hamas.

“There were eight motorcycles and then two semi-trailers full of the terrorists, and they were just shooting at us for at least 15 seconds,” said Simon Tov. “And then the first bullet, my friend was dead, he just got hit in the stomach. And he was just screaming ‘I’m dead, I’m dead, I need your help, I’m dead.’ And it was like a moment that I never, never, never forget for sure.”

Simon Tov reveals that due to adrenaline, he didn’t realize he had been shot as well.

On May 14, Yuval will be in Sarasota to share more of his story during Israel Unity Day with the Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee.

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