Oct. 7 Survivor Who Lost Boyfriend at Music Festival Vows to Talk About Painful Memories

By Ayaka Kudo / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent
13:24 JST,
October 10, 2025
TEL AVIV — Noam Ben-David was seriously injured and lost her boyfriend in an attack by the Islamist group Hamas in Reim, Israel, on Oct. 7, 2023. She told The Yomiuri Shimbun that although her physical wounds have healed, she still suffers from the mental trauma.
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