"A dead body fell on top of me... I couldn't move..." | An October 7th Survivor Story

Sheerel Gabay attended the Nova Music Festival on October 7th to enjoy her favorite music with her friends.
After some time, rocket fire was visible, and chaos ensued... not knowing what to do or where to go, she did the only thing she knew to do, call Dad. Her dad stayed on the phone with her throughout this entire process, where she eventually found a bomb shelter.
Bear witness to her story in the bomb shelter, which was attacked repeatedly over the course of 8 hours. Throughout this period, Sheerel was shot, covered by a dead body, and forced to keep silent and not move while enduring the pain of a bullet wound.
We must not lose sight. These are real people with real friends and family who are subject to terror beyond belief on a daily basis. Our support is vital.
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00:00 Introduction
03:21 Sheerel's Story
05:16 The Moment She Knew Something Was Wrong
09:25 In the Bomb Shelter
11:41 "The terrorists threw a grenade inside..."
12:28 "They shot us from point zero."
14:15 Survival Instincts
15:34 Underneath A Dead Body
18:00 "We pretended to be dead"
19:44 A Hero
22:33 A Long Road to Recovery
23:42 Final Takeaways
28:32 How Can YOU Make A Difference?
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[@rhonda8231]

I am a Canadian Christian, with roots in Judaism. We love you, and support you all. G-d bless you all

[@Cornita-gf2wj]

God not G-d

[@schott43]

KZbin 1948 creation and catastrophe and listen to.holocaust refugees talk about mass executions, burning people alive, rape.. All of it done to Palestinian christians...the 800 left are now being spit on in Jerusalem. This slaughter by the Zionazis has been going on for 75 yrs. They were Israeli policeman, apache helicopters blew up concert goers and IDF tanks blew up Israeli homes, its all.on video. The concept was moved closer to Gaza last copulation of days. The Zionists knew hamas was getting prepared to attack.

[@shannonhawkins3296]

As for me and my house, we shall serve the Lord. We stand with Israel and our Jewish Brothers and Sisters in Israel and around the world 🇮🇱

[@JeanWalker-dt1wz]

God bless sherel the lord loves you so much we will continue to pray for you and the peace of Jerusalem

[@GamerGodPlayz-vx6im]

Amen and me as well

[@nancyjanepeverill3780]

Amen 🙏 ❤

[@michellecloete5442]

Amen 🙏

[@glendacisneros982]

I stand with Israel 🇮🇱 NEVER AGAIN!! SHALOM SHALOM ❤❤❤ From a Christian in the USA 🇺🇸

[@eirugsiongriffiths8563]

As a Christian in Wales I support Israel. Never again.

[@Tali5899]

​@@eirugsiongriffiths8563I ❤ Wales.We try to visit most summers❤

[@colinm1325]

Shareel, Thank You for surviving to tell us your 1st hand story. The rescuers, the care that you got and may still be getting. Thank you all. Long Live Israel. 🙏✡️🕎🇮🇱✝️💞🌞🫂🌈☕️🍪👏👍🍻

[@gillianspronk]

Thank you Sheerel for sharing with us your story. It must have been a terrible experience, but God saved your life! And that must make you very thankful. We rejoice with you that you are alive and still have your both legs!

[@amethyst4990]

I am ethnically Jewish on my mom side but she converted to christianity after seeing Billy Graham and me and my brother raised Christian. I cannot tell you how much I love and appreciate the Christian community caring about us during these hard times.

[@janicebrown4055]

All the survivors need to write a book❤️ their stories need to go into History 🙏🏽

[@bonbon730]

Dear Sheerel, Your voice is so very important. Your bravery is incredible. I wish you a full physical and emotional recovery from the horrors that you experienced. Though we will never meet, I am sending you all my love and support from Austin Texas.

[@nancy-margaretheyes2445]

We stand with Israel - praying for safety for your lovely nation, for the IDF and for the peace of Jerusalem. 🇳🇿🇮🇱💕💕🙏🙏

[@eddiewood7573]

God Bless Israel and all her people ❤🇮🇱

[@MadeleineJohnston-yr9yy]

PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM, IN THE PRECIOUS NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR, AMEN

[@rossevans1774]

Every time I hear an individual that survived October-7 talking of their own horrifying memories of that day I try to imagine myself in their situation. But I know my imagination pales into insignificance when compared to what these young people actually experienced on that day.

[@nancikuba42]

I’ve heard about this story from 8 of them plus the father & son who rescued them. 10 all together.

[@karinpalaneck6060]

God protect all the hostages and bring them home.

[@tamaramansanti9192]

Prayers for Omer, his mama , you, and all hostages..

[@kimloflin8794]

Please know not everyone in the USA supports the savage attack that transpired and our hearts and prayers go out to you. We are astounded by those that believe the enemy and not the truth of what occurred in Israel. We stand with you. We are praying for Israel, the IDF, and a safe return of all the hostages. We are so incredibly sorry for the losses you have suffered. God bless you for your strength and courage. May HE continue to watch over you all and heal the hurting and the lost. Protection, favor, and blessings to you all. We stand in honor and solidarity with you and pray for the healing of your nation.

[@elizabethtaylor8416]

God bless you Shirel and all Israel 🙏🇮🇱 From Canada 🍁

[@mariyaoffengeym6045]

God bless Israel

[@Jukilady]

God bless you all. God bless Israel and her people. Amen.

[@debra6741]

Shareel I believe you and am so sorry for the trauma so many have experienced. Praying for Israel. With love from USA ❤

[@user-eo8px9zv6m]

God bless and the survivors we pray 🙏 for u and IDF. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@user-iq7th6rd7s]

My heart is broken but there's so much hope when people Can live through hell😢

[@vivianaravot5483]

🙏 Praying for healing and restoration of Israel in all aspects. Praying for all our enemies too, that the light of Truth open their hearts and minds and reject hate and death and Choose life.

[@user-ss4jd4is6e]

Thank you for sharing your story and your experience. We are behind you and praying for you all and the State of israel. Am Israel Chai 🩵💙🩵🇮🇱🤍

[@jennoryan6838]

Bless you! And yes rehab is painful I’ve had years of rehab and many surgeries so I can relate to that part of it. And you had to deal with the trauma too! Best of luck to you getting better to the best you can !

[@kittygamlin2669]

Brave girl ! Get better and enjoy life again!! 😇♥️

[@terridinatale8188]

Nobody could possibly believe all the horrendous terrible things that were happening and this by Hamas and I'm thankful that we know the truth and can continue to pray without ceasing

[@eddiewood7573]

There are many people including Doctors who are blaming Israel for the ethic atrocities that hamas committed on 7th of October but, the truth will prevail and the truth is Jesus Christ ❤

[@jeanabercrombie5065]

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[@joanharper7769]

Horrifying experience! What a brave girl!

[@garyanthony4854]

Wow. Thank you for these survivor videos. Very good work sir.

[@garyanthony4854]

Wow. Lady you’re blessed by God.

[@corneliameyer4047]

thank God, because HE is in control

[@michelehansen1653]

I Thank God you are here too,all the very best for you and all the others that got saved 🙏 🙌 ❤️, God wanted you to be there to tell the truth about what had happened,best wishes ❤

[@leehongchoo8798]

Our Lord, have mercy on all. We need your salvation.

[@kimmies4582]

Praise God for the brave and heroic Motti and Amit Ezra, they saved many lives! God bless you, Sheerel ❤

[@familiedevries659]

Saw you today., June 22nd. We are in the Netherlands. Thank you for sharing. May we be faithfull to the Lord and to His people Israel, like the Ten Booms where. God bless you all.

[@Kim-dk9nk]

What I have noticed is all the people at the Nova festival called their parents ❤

[@rossevans1774]

That's understandable, they believed their lives were about to end. We all want to be close to our family when our life is ending.

[@Kim-dk9nk]

@@rossevans1774 absolutely but they didn’t phone friends or their partners , was their parents. At least first phone calls were if they did phone others 😢

[@brynawaldman5790]

If you're thinking of romantic partners, lots of couples went; if a partner is at your side you don't phone them.

[@juliastreltsovski7429]

We are crying for peace and return of our hostages. Please believe us that our children grow under the permanent rockets from 2006. We have to survive and to respond to the thread's to our people.

[@tamararutland-mills9530]

Baruch Hashem! I am so happy you survived. Sending ❤ and prayers for your healing & and every broken heart in Israel ❤️‍🩹 If you are supporting the truth as an Israeli Jew, I would have really liked to have heard you to give thanks to God for saving you.

[@LindaDixon-zg4sc]

Thank you for your bravery. I am honoured by your humility. May God Bless you as you have blessed us. ❤

[@dollahmusa6705]

Shalom to Isarel ,powerful teztimony.

[@janicebrown4055]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽💔

[@Grace-vk3jd]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@Tali5899]

I think the father and son who came to rescue them had a daughter/sister called Nitzan?? It's a most heart stopping tale💔

[@vivimoheno2796]

God bless Israel❤

[@patriciastclair765]

God Bless Israel 👌🏻🙏🏻❤️

[@CZ1245]

Am Yisrael Chai! ❤

[@bailatwerski2951]

AM YISROEL CHAI 🇮🇱❤

[@agusiaa591]

✝️❤️🙏🏼

[@albanyreadshalleluyahscrip9946]

May Abba bless you Shirell thank you for your testimony 🙏⛺🙌💙🤍💙🇮🇱 thats just too scary to imagine, its amazing any of you are alive 😍 praise Abba for protecting you 🙏🙏🙏 these terrorists are pure evil my prayers are with you all every day, you are my brothers and sisters, my love is with you 💙🤍💙. This is so horrific i pray the IDF deals with them all 🙏🙏🙏

[@tinaari88]

May God grant peace comfort and protection to all Jewish peoples and Isreal MARANATHA ✝️🙏🏼🕊️🙏🏼✝️🕊️from England God blesses those who bless Isreal and curses those who don’t its biblical fact !

[@AestheticBebeTiktok]

❤

[@michellelarden5281]

Not good to give that to the world, because you have now given the enemy a heads-up

[@2910ct]

❤🙏🕊🇮🇱

[@jaynetui8817]

What a trauma! I have something I don’t understand though. The mum is fighting for Omer. How does that work? I can understand fighting Hamas to get him back. A mum can’t do that. Definitely prayer. Perhaps helping with meals etc. How do you fight for Omer?

[@l-annfvrsa]

The word "fight" is misunderstood (often purposely) these days. It can be done by not letting people forget the names and talking to government to rescue or negotiate for their release ect.

[@jaynetui8817]

@@l-annfvrsa I have held up the photos of hostages in my city and spoken to demonstrators who have opposing views. I’m on the other side of the planet. I doubt anyone in Israel needs reminding though.

[@jaynetui8817]

@@l-annfvrsa My medical friends tell me that occasionally patients’ relatives come in to ICU with the concept of ‘fighting’ the staff on behalf of their sick or injured family member. Whilst they try to be patient and explain reasons for different procedures, it can slow down patient care. On the other hand we have seen the medical system make some bad mistakes in recent years so a watchful eye is important. I think of Netanyahu watching hostage families calling for his downfall while he knows teams are in Gaza risking their lives to get Noa and the men out, yet he must say nothing that might jeopardise the operation. I’m thinking the PM of Israel job must be the most stressful on the planet.

[@PennySmart]

😢 Am Israel Hai

[@sjam1159]

Imagine if every Israel home had a gun and every Israeli would be trained in defense starting at age seven or eight. There is one story about Oct 7 where the family lived because they had a gun in their home.

[@CVB-ho9ki]

NEVER AGAIN 🙏🇮🇱🙏🇮🇱🙏

[@codybrooks9477]

Native Texans stands with Israel but I don’t think all of the illegals do and it feels like there are more illegals than Texans left in Texas.

[@ahavam]

🇮🇱🙏🇮🇱🦁💙

[@cynthiawoods883]

I have a hard time listening to these testimonies from Jewish people! They talk so flippantly! Maybe it’s bc they are young but I notice they all talk so fast and don’t show fear or upset! They have a lot of ‘ands’ and don’t separate sentences!

[@eddiewood7573]

I have noticed that the survivors have made it out of the most barbaric, evil situations. I wonder how you would cope?

[@merltope76]

They haven’t grown up in cottonwool like other young people in other western countries. They have been exposed to violence many times. They are not victims but survivors.

[@ariellaabrahams]

They're not here to put on a performance for you. She is not a professional speaker. She is a traumatized young woman telling her experience. Israeli's are tough with years of war experience, and it's not your place to dictate how she expresses herself. If it's not for you, move on and find something that is.

[@jeanabercrombie5065]

I have and will always stand with the Israeli people and all the Jewish people throughout the world. May God bless you all and keep you safe. ❤❤🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱❤❤❤

[@MsMiklosa]

That’s not holocaust girl. In Holocaust they knew nobody would come to save them. Don’t u have history in 🇮🇱🙄

[@dolsiebotha9702]

May God bless and keep Israel and all her people and may the hostages all come hime. I stand with Israel from South Africa 🙌🏻🙏🇮🇱🙌🏻🙏🇮🇱🙌🏻🇮🇱