Nova Party Hostage Survivor Recounts Abduction Horrors on Reality Show

Itay Regev, a survivor of the Nova music festival massacre and subsequent captivity, has shared harrowing details of his abduction on the reality television show "Goulstar." Regev, who was kidnapped on October 7 along with his sister Mia and friend Omer Shacham Tov, described the terrifying moments leading up to their capture.

During filming for the HOT network's "Goulstar," Regev recounted seeing a pickup truck waiting for vehicles as they tried to flee. He told his fellow cast members that he instructed his sister to answer their father's call, fearing they might not survive. "Dad, we love you," and "Dad, we're dying," they said to their father over the phone as gunfire erupted around them, with both Itay and Mia sustaining gunshot wounds.

Regev described the chilling realization that they were facing an execution. "To come to terms with the fact that you know you are going to die is crazy," he stated. He then detailed how a Hamas militant opened his car door, pulled him out, and then his sister and Omer Shacham Tov. They were forced onto the road, and Regev recounted a militant standing on his back with the barrel of a gun pressed to his head.

In that moment of extreme peril, Regev began reciting Psalm 15, "Shir La'Ma'alot." After two minutes, the gun was removed from his head. Regev described this as his first encounter with God, feeling heard and experiencing a strengthening of faith. Itay and Mia Regev were released after 54 days in captivity as part of a hostage exchange deal, while Omer Shacham Tov returned after 505 days.