Mother recalls harrowing phone call with missing daughter after Hamas militants attack music festival

9 Oct 2023 • 4:18 PM MYT
The Independent
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The mother of a missing woman has recalled the harrowing phone call she had with her daughter as Hamas militants attacked a music festival near the Gaza-Israel border.

At least 260 people were killed in an early-morning attack on the Supernova festival, near Kibbutz Re’im, on Saturday 7 October.

“She called us and said ‘Mummy, we were bombed, they shot at us,’” mother Meirav Leshem Gonen said, speaking through tears as she described a call with her missing daughter, Romi.

“I cannot tell you how we feel... these are kids, they are not soldiers,” she added.

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