‘They Wanted To Dance In Peace. And They Got Slaughtered
Hours after the doors opened at Israeli music festival Supernova, Amit Barr and his girlfriend Nir Giorno arrived happily along with boyfriend Ziv Hagbi. Avid electronic music fans travel 60 miles from Matzliya. “We’re really looking forward to this event,” Barr, 27, said. “Everything should be great: lots of fun, lots of people.”
This gathering promises to be the event of the year, especially for those who love psychedelic or psychedelic trance, an intense and ethereal subgenre of dance music. “[The music] is based on a philosophy of life,” said veteran British DJ Martin Freeland, who performs on Saturday mornings at Man With No Name. “Woodstock with electronic music. The mentality was the same, the hippie culture, but the music was different. They are very nice people. They will never harm anyone. "
A crowd of 3,000 to 4,000 people gathered in an open area in Israel's Negev Desert, five kilometers from the Gaza border, where 16 DJs from around the world will perform live in darkness and light for 15 hours. The event occurred at the end of Sukkot, a week-long Jewish holiday commemorating the harvest and liberation of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.
Created by Israeli company Nova Tribe, Supernova is the Israeli version of Brazil's popular Universo Parallelo festival, a nine-day, biennial event that has hosted electronic, reggae and hip-hop artists for 20 years South coast of the country welcomes. The event is scheduled for October 6th and 7th, although organizers did not reveal to ticket holders the exact venue or where they could find other people under the age of 23 shortly before kick-off. Everyone knows that “the event will take place about an hour and a half south of Tel Aviv in lush grounds full of incredibly beautiful trees, designed for your comfort.” Participants are prohibited from carrying weapons, including firearms and sharp objects. The announcement at the box office was: “We’re leaving!” - he announced happily.
Many Supernova attendees who paid $100 for a ticket had the same expectations as Barr. “Nova is like a family,” said Sofia Nikitina, a 26-year-old bartender from Tel Aviv. “I sell it at a lot of festivals and Nova is special. People have been preparing for this festival for weeks. Everyone knows. “It’s like magic.”
But the congregation's musical dreams were dashed Saturday morning when Hamas militants stormed the gathering from all directions, killing at least 260 people and taking dozens hostage. Mass shootings and terrorist attacks at concerts are nothing new. But Supernova, which will be the first in a series of dance events in Israel, will not only be the deadliest massacre of civilians in Israel, but also the deadliest concert attack in history.
"We arrived at the party at 3 a.m. and all her friends were there celebrating life," Michal Ohana, 27, a party regular, told Rolling Stone . “At 6 a.m. all hell breaks loose.”
For many people like Barr, supernova sites are familiar. Located on a farm near Kibbutz Reim in southern Israel, a communal village of about 430 residents, it has hosted similar music events in recent years. The large, colorful, grass-free room with several tiers and tents invites you to dance. Each of the two DJ consoles features a grand piano and a pyramid-shaped row of speakers placed on a wooden platform. Trees surround the ceremony center, including the campsite. To be more environmentally friendly, plastic cups have been banned and visitors are asked to purchase a glass and bring their own water. Organizers hired around 30 police officers to provide security, reports The New York Times .
Although this meeting promises to weaken previous celebrations. The official title is “Universo Paralello Israel Edition-Supernova Sukkot Gathering”, the name and branding is taken from the Brazilian counterpart of Universo Paralello founder Juarez Petrillo, also known as DJ and producer DJ Swarup. (Petrillo is also in attendance and will perform at the Israeli festival.) Nova Tribe is using the name this year.
Nightly parties are planned from Friday midnight to Saturday around 5 p.m. More than a dozen DJs will perform on three stages: Israeli DJs Astral Project, Nofas, Artifix and Jackalon with names like Who Not, German group Protonika, Japanese DJ SpectraSonics and Swiss DJ Jumpstreet, among others. “You have no idea how much love goes into this festival,” Chen Mizrachi, a 34-year-old artist who helped with the festival’s logistics, told Rolling Stone .
Electronic dance music has been growing in popularity in Israel since the late 1980s. Holidays and crowds are commonplace in Israel due to the warm climate and the general desire for relaxation. “There isn't a DJ in the world who doesn't want to come to Tel Aviv: the people are fun, the weather is great,” said Raz Gaster, whose company Beyond Management manages some of the Israeli acts at the festival. “You can have more fun here than in any other city in the world.”
The festival reflects the liberating nature of the artists through a musical escapism in Israeli mathematics and history, set in the 1960s when wandering hippies discovered the chaotic society of Goa on the coast of India. The pilgrimage gradually spread to Israel.
All men and women in the country are required to do military service from the age of 18. In the 1980s, it became something of a ritual for Israeli soldiers to travel to Goa after duty, where they could immerse themselves in the technology, culture and medicine associated with it. There are also those who brought her home. “[Cytrance] musically is dance music for four people,” Freeland said. The lowest tempo [in dance music] is 130 beats per minute, but [psytrance] goes up to 150. However, what we call acid house is increasing rapidly. This influence can also be seen in Supernova's Indian-style kiosks and decorations. Attendees loved the bar, where colorful and flowing outfits, toe rings and tattoos adorned the ceremony.
Michal Ohana
“We arrived at the party at 3am. At six in the evening all hell breaks loose.
Problems at the festival delayed the start of the concert by several hours. As participants walk and dance, the sense of community is undeniable. “Everyone knows that,” said Nikitin. “The old woman handed out little pieces of paper with kind words to everyone. He attends all of Nova's parties. Everybody knows him. “It's like a family.” (The woman survived the massacre). Before his own show, NoFace, aka Lee Chizmario, hung out at the DJ's house. “I know most of the people,” he said. “They have been friends for many years. We all knew each other since I started and we hung out together.
“Israel is a small country,” Barr said. “At the end of the day, they are the same people going somewhere, and when you dance on the floor next to them for 12 hours, you remember the people around you. You'll remember this the next time you go to the dance. In those first few hours, people were kissing, hula jumping, and enjoying the music.
Hardly anyone thought that something dangerous or deadly could happen even near the Gaza Strip. “Of course we held this event in Gaza,” participant Yoni Diller, 28, founder of a creative agency in Tel Aviv, told Rolling Stone . “There are many open positions. We think it's safe. Many of us served in the army, so we were not afraid. This is not our first time in Gaza. This should not be a dangerous environment.
However, not everyone feels safe. “On the way, I asked my friend: “Why are we so close to the Gaza Strip?” I ask. Oana, who returned to Israel from Portugal to see her sister and attend the celebration, asked: “Why is the party happening so close to the door?” He said: “They told me there was security there and everything be allowed.”
“Any event that happens in Israel, whether near the border or not, there must be a police presence,” said Eliran Slider, whose FM booking company in Israel hosts several psychics, including some at the festival. “Productions pay more for security and surveillance.” Slider had to go to another event, but like most people, he didn't think he had anything to worry about.
It was 6:40 a.m., Artifex was in the middle of a performance and shaving his head. The music was so loud that at least some spectators did not notice mortars and rockets being fired in the distance. “We couldn’t hear the sirens because music was playing at that time,” Nikitin said. “I saw a lot of excitement, looked up at the sky and saw rockets and bombs.”
Chizmario, who was standing next to the DJ booth, told Artifex to turn down the volume before anyone could help, and a security guard stormed onto the stage and told everyone to lie on the floor and cover their heads with their hands. Chizmario went backstage and told the non-Israeli musicians what had happened. “I tried to explain to the artists that this is not good,” he said. “[We] are used to receiving warnings about missile attacks. “We don’t think it will reach the rifle division.”
“The door opened and we saw a wounded girl. Someone shot him in the leg... We tried to help him and gave him water. “He died before our eyes.”
Joni Diller
When the alarm sounded, it became clear that everyone had to leave the scene immediately. Along with Petrillo and a few others, Gaster ran to the car and saw other artists doing the same thing. Guster called Freeland in her hotel room in Tel Aviv and asked her not to go to the festival as soon as possible. At the time, Hester believed the only problem was the rockets. But as soon as he reached safety 18 miles away, he received text messages and calls: "They're shooting at us... everyone's shooting at us."
“Then I realized what was going on,” he said. “We didn’t know until we got home.”
In his car with his friend, Cizmario drove off and immediately saw the other car turn around and drive back. “Maybe they saw something on the street and got scared and everyone turned around,” he said. At one point, he and his friend were walking in different directions when they were attacked by gunmen. “They pointed a gun at us, so we turned around and tried to go the other way,” he said. They managed to escape with the help of Waze.
There was disorder and chaos on the festival grounds. Half an hour later, the attackers arrived in trucks and motorcycles with bulletproof vests, AK-47 assault rifles and grenade launchers. As participants traveled north and south on dirt roads, they encountered Hamas fighters armed with rifles along the way. Another Hamas fighter took off in a motorized paraglider, fell to the ground and opened fire, Mizrahi said. As traffic jams occurred, Hamas blocked the festival's entrance and exit and began shooting at passing cars. “A few minutes later we saw cars with broken windows and heard gunshots,” Giorno said. When Giorno reached festival security, he saw rebels shooting at a woman and a man in a wheelchair.
“People were shocked,” Diller told Rolling Stone . “Suddenly we saw this car colliding very slowly with another car. The door opens and we see a wounded girl. Someone shot him in the leg, separating his entire left knee from his body. I can not stop. They shot him in the knee. We tried to help him and gave him water. “He died before our eyes.”
At 8 p.m., Hamas soldiers blocking the street began hunting music fans who had gathered in a nearby bomb shelter, the Wall Street Journal reported. “We called the military [over the radio] to let them know we were locked up in a security post,” Mizrahi said. "Where are you?" We asked." But Hamas intercepted the broadcast. " We are on the way," said a Mizrahi voice with an Arabic accent. After his escape, Mizrahi was hopeful when an Israeli police officer stopped his car. He soon realized that the uniform , which he was wearing, had been stolen from Hamas fighters.
Rebels blocked the northern exit at 8:30 a.m., two hours after the rocket was fired. Frightened festival-goers tried to escape by running through the fields surrounding the festival, but many of them were shot dead by gunmen. Others tried to hide on the festival grounds, in garbage cans and near leaves. Videos and photos of the massacre showed hundreds of people fleeing the area in all directions. “We couldn’t imagine that hundreds of terrorists would attack Israel,” said Amir Ben Nathan, a 37-year-old stock trader from Herzliya. "I feel insulted. They tried to kill me. Not just me, but everyone at the party. We are helpless. “We are unarmed civilians who want to have fun.”
Amir Ben Nathan
"I feel insulted. They tried to kill me. Not just me, but everyone at the party. We are helpless. “We are unarmed civilians who want to have fun.”
Feeling separated from her friend, Oana ran for several hours and finally dove under a tank. He thought he would be protected there, but he was still shot in the leg and stabbed in the stomach. “I stood in horror for six hours while we were shot and bombed,” he wrote to Rolling Stone from an Israeli hospital. “I saw terrorists coming towards me. I prayed the Shema Yisrael [ the Jewish prayer that begins with the words “The Lord is our God…”” and prayed to God that he would get out of here alive. My friends died because of me and I saw my friends kidnapped in front of my eyes.
Giorno and Barr get into another car that offers them a ride and hide under the bushes. Hagby apparently immediately turned away from the car and landed about 18 meters away. “There’s nothing we can do,” Barr said. “We couldn't keep our heads up.” They wanted to call Hagby but didn't because they were afraid they wouldn't be given a seat. A few hours later, they saw an Israeli woman in the car and heard Haga's voice. This was the last time they heard from him.
“Ziv is dead,” Barr wrote to Rolling Stone on Saturday. The speech, published online, said: "We remember you when you laugh... We remember you when you have fun... Don't stop dancing." He is 28 years old.
Nikitin initially hid in the forest, but a rocket grenade hit the trees and he ran into the field. “It's like a movie. You can see that everything is gray, the wind in your face, the noise, but you don't hear anything in your ears, you just hear noise," he said. "I just started running." He heard that he was covered in blood from the wrong shot. However, his friend told Nikitin that Hamas fighters found him and ordered him to open the refrigerator in the bar where people were hiding. It was a calculated move: If the people hiding in the refrigerator were armed, they would have shot the waiter disguised as Hamas. Nikitin said: “The man hid in the refrigerator. Everyone opened it and killed him,” he said. (The waiter survived the attack).
After the initial shock sent music fans fleeing, Hamas fighters visited survivors on the festival site. A passerby who had been pretending to be dead in a car turned around to show his life when a Hamas gunman arrived and shot him. However, instead of killing all the fighters at the concert, Hamas took an unknown number of people hostage in order to return to Gaza. Husband and wife Noah Argamani and her partner Avinatan Orr were filmed as Hamas separated them, placed Argamani on a motorcycle and led Orr by holding him by the back of his legs. (His whereabouts remain unknown.) As the carnage grew worse, festival-goers had to wait eight hours for help from Israeli soldiers.
The victims included Osher Vaknin, who co-organized the festival, as well as Israeli soccer player Lior Assouli and Briton Nathaniel Young, who served in the Israeli army. Vaknin's twin brother Mikhail has disappeared. Daniel Ben Sr., a 34-year-old American who went missing days after the massacre, came to Israel from Los Angeles to care for family members. His cousin, Ricky Benn Sr., told the Washington Post , "For the first time in a long time, he relaxed and danced." His father, Jacob Benn Sr., told CNN he worked as a medic at the festival. He confirmed his death to CNN this week.
At 8:11 p.m., Hersh Goldberg-Poulin, a 23-year-old California native who attended the party, sent two messages to his mother, Rachel Goldberg: "I love you" and "I'm so sorry." Neither have since nor her father Jonathan Paul has heard anything from him. A photo taken inside the bomb shelter shows Hersch and several others defending themselves until Hamas captured all but eight. One of the survivors told Hersh's parents that their son was missing part of his arm , the Los Angeles Times reported . The last photo was taken at 12:45 p.m. while he was riding in a truck with other prisoners. His family and friends were reportedly held hostage while they pleaded with diplomats to free him.
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