Parents of October 7 Victim Nadav Bartal Share Devastating Account
Translated & summarized from i24NEWS French by baba
Natalie and Didi Bartal, parents of Nadav Bartal, who was killed on October 7, visited the Nova festival site to commemorate their son. Nadav, 23, was murdered on Route 232 while trying to return home from the festival. His father described finding his son's body "riddled with bullets" after witnessing the massacre. Nadav was buried with the two friends who accompanied him to the festival.
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- Parents of October 7 victim Nadav Bartal visited the Nova festival site to commemorate him.
- Nadav Bartal, 23, was killed on Route 232 while attempting to return home from the festival.
- His father, Didi Bartal, found his son's body "riddled with bullets" after witnessing the massacre.
- Nadav was buried alongside two childhood friends who were also murdered at the festival.
- The family described the day as "very difficult" and marked by an "immense void."
Natalie and Didi Bartal, parents of Nadav Bartal who was killed on October 7, returned to the Nova festival site near the Gaza Strip to mark what they described as a "very difficult day" and "immense void." Nadav, 23, had gone to the festival with two childhood friends. He informed his parents he was heading home when rocket fire began on October 7, 2023, but was ultimately murdered on Route 232 near Mefalsim, a stretch of road now known as the "Death Turn." His father, Didi, went to the area searching for his son and witnessed the "atrocities" firsthand. He recounted finding Nadav "on the ground, body broken and riddled with bullets." Nadav Bartal is survived by his three younger sisters and parents. He was buried in Beit Aryeh cemetery alongside the two friends who were also killed at the festival.
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