An Israeli woman who survived Hamas’s Oct 7 attack by hiding under a pile of dead bodies has been chosen to represent her country at this year’s Eurovision song contest.

Yuval Raphael, a survivor of the 2023 Hamas attack on the Nova music festival, will represent Israel at the 2025 Eurovision.

Israel has selected a survivor of the deadly October 7 Hamas attack to represent the nation at Eurovision this year. Yuval Raphael, who has spoken about how she hid under dead bodies inside a bomb shelter for eight hours at the Nova music festival on that fateful day,

Yuval Raphael, 24, took first place in a televised contest, singing Abba’s “Dancing Queen,” which she dedicated to those killed on Oct. 7, and Sam Smith’s “Writing's On The Wall.”

A survivor of the Nova music festival massacre will represent Israel in the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. Yuval Raphael secured the position when she won “Rising Star,” the Israeli TV show that

Yuval, a survivor of the tragic Nova Music Festival attack, is making an extraordinary comeback. Having survived the horrors by hiding under bodies, he is now set to take the stage and represent Israel at Eurovision.