Held of the music festival survivors: IDF reserve confronts attacker

Held of the music festival survivors: IDF reserve confronts attacker

An Israeli military reserve who survived the massacre at the Nova Festival was celebrated by the country's security minister as a "hero" after he had stuck to the two shooters who committed an attack with firearms and stabbing on Tuesday.

The details of the attack in Tel Aviv

In the attack on the Jerusalem Boulevard in Jaffa, a harbor district in south Tel Aviv, seven people were killed and 16 more injured, the Israeli police said.

Missile attack by the Iranian armed forces

The incident occurred only minutes before Iran fired a volley of around 200 ballistic rockets on Israel, which as greatest attack applies in the history of the country. Siren sounded across the country and many residents fled their shelters.

heroic acts by Lev Kreitman

Lev Kreitman can be seen in a video published online, who opened a fire at an unknown goal during his six -month reservist training among the Israeli armed forces in the Gaza Strip before he ran away. The recordings show Kreitman in a pink shirt, white shorts and flip-flops, filmed by a nearby building in Jaffa.

In another video, Kreitman showed how he went under Israeli soldiers in the background who were at the scene. He told the CNN branch Channel 11 that after his time he had his personal handgun with the Israeli defense forces (IDF).

memories of the terrible incident

When he remembered the incident on Tuesday, he reported that he had seen "two terrorists", one of which came up to him. "The other runs somewhere else, and I was here, exactly where we stand. I surprised him from the side and shot," said Kreitman and added that he immediately realized that it was an attack. "I tried to do my best in this crazy situation, surrounded by alarms, rockets and interceptors in the sky," he said.

consequences of the attack and the role of Hamas

Kreitman survived the attack by Hamas on the Nova " Festival on October 7th. The Trance Festival in the Negev Desert in the south of Israel was one of the goals that was attacked by the militantist group. More than 1,200 people were killed and 250 more kidnapped.

The subsequent war of Israel against Hamas in the Gaza Strip has requested more than 41,000 lives and triggered a humanitarian disaster that left large parts of the Palestinian area in ruins.

Details on the attackers

The police reported on Wednesday that the two attackers began their “killing orgy” by firing passengers of a tram that stopped at a station in Jaffa. Then they continued their attack along the Jerusal boulevard.

The attackers were stopped by security forces and civilians who used their own weapons. "They had an M-16 rifle, ammunition and a knife with them," the police explained in an explanation.

reactions of the Israeli government

Israel's National Security Minister Imar Ben-Gvir described Kreitman in a contribution to X as "heroes who neutralized the attack in Jaffa" and praised him for his "brave" commitment during the attack on October 7, which "saved his life many people". Ben-Gvir asked more Israelis to arm himself.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the attack on Tuesday and expressed his condolences to the families of the victims.

Reporting of CNNS ABEER Salman and Lauren Izso.