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They survived the Nova party massacre. Two years on, they are still hiding


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The state expects survivors of the Nova festival to recover, but with hostages still in Gaza and the war dragging on, the personal tragedy persists. ‘I knew we had an army, we hade a police force; I believed in them, and this is the main thing that has been screwed up with me. We’re living it now’

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05:54 PM • October 05 2025 IDT

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Arad Katz has been out of Israel for eight months now; his mother says he’s abroad after spending a year in bed. “He didn’t leave the house or the room; no treatment worked. They didn’t know how to deal with such a condition.”

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