I am Israel's Lady in Red and this is how I survived Nova festival massacre

She became known as the lady in red and was one of the most hauntingly iconic images from the October 7 massacre.
A young woman, running for her life, fear etched on her face as twisted Hamas gunmen targeted the Nova rave festival in the early hours slaughtering at least 340 and taking 40 people hostage.
The last time she was seen, she wore a red shawl over her shoulders, and was surrounded by dozens of other terrified festival goers frantically running across a desert for safety, before climbing into the back of a car.
For weeks the world has wondered if she made it, whether she was alive or dead.
Now MailOnline has found her and, for the first time, Vlada Patapov - a 25-year-old Ukrainian-born mother of one - tells her story.
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[@Natalie09800]

I am glad she made it out, I stand with Israel with all my heart ❤️.

[@generaljg4373]

Do you condemn the 75 years of occupation and oppression that palestine been going thru?

[@Joy_boy_Gomu]

@@generaljg4373no they wont cos they are born on oct 7th

[@imanety2247]

Evil stands with evil

[@call_meishmael]

​@@generaljg4373nope, you liar, from '48 to' 67 Gaza was administered by Egyptian, and the West Bank by Giordania שלום❤🇮🇱

[@erikkison]

There was no oppression stop spreading propaganda. It's full of BS.@@generaljg4373

[@hexxibunny]

It's crazy how every single interview I watched with survivors from October 7th have all said the same thing - it didn't feel right. They weren't having fun like they normally were and the day felt unsettling. Trust your gut. Always.

[@MicheleMcAdoo]

🎯💯🎯🎯🎯 ALWAYS TRUST YOUR INTUITION!!

[@Hailey_13931]

Yep

[@michellestr8998]

Really smart point.

[@rahbeat9785]

do they all say something felt wrong * Before * the rockets began on 6:30am?

[@floralrime2851]

I agree with you .... like its a movie playing with actors acting and reading a script -_-

[@jadevinceul3433]

Horrendous… I’m glad the lady in red survived and that she and her husband could go back safe to their daughter. I was touched by her testimony.

[@andrew_owens7680]

I'm always heartened to hear whenever anyone survives the madness of Likud.

[@jadevinceul3433]

@@andrew_owens7680 No, not Likud’s. Hamas’

[@N3gr0bitch]

It's not a testimony, she is clearly an actress.

[@marianna346]

@@N3gr0bitch are you crazy ?it is filmed on cameras of that day.

[@ayeletn.5107]

@@N3gr0bitch N3grO really earned the second part of that name. Clearly a bot.

[@ShredderTainment]

Wow! So glad Mattan survived too. In a time like that who cares who cries or who is scared or not! They are all vulnerable humans caught off guard. Much love to this family.

[@jag1890]

Who is Matan??

[@ShredderTainment]

@@jag1890 her boyfriend.

[@user-yt7hq5jg1j]

She literally batrayed him.

[@ayeletn.5107]

@@user-yt7hq5jg1j how on earth can any sane person ever come to that conclusion?!

[@noreenalbright2245]

@@user-yt7hq5jg1j hello? it's survival mode and lots of factors that are in play. He survived and luckily so did she. not her issue

[@sharonreichter2537]

I stand with Israel. What happened on the 7th October was despicable beyond words.

[@chinysukainepyobytt4506]

I stand for Israel too but is Palestine is being attacked and invaded right now by two evil Israel’s leaders and Hamas groups two intrusive killing one child every single minute

[@aimbold]

People wake up. Is not this OR that. And yes it was horrible and still is horrible. On both "sides" or as an darkness in the world.

[@pinkdiamonds9137]

But stealing land and ethnic cleansing is 100% great, right Sharon? Despicable beyond words just like those nasty people fighting back in the Warsaw uprising, right? You are delusional

[@ziyadaleid9304]

Do you really hear yourself? It’s not a game to take a side. Thousands of innocent people are dead, and many children know things about life are dead.

[@davidbloom5460]

yes it happens in all wars.@@ziyadaleid9304

[@fuwto]

You're a beautiful and brave woman. We all hope you will heal from this trauma. You have a child who needs you and may she give you the strength you need to overcome this.

[@ayoolukoga9829]

‭‭And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee. And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him. And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window. Joshua‬ ‭2:17‭-‬21‬

[@Theonetruegod-hw2ei]

Stop, he has no emotions or feelings.

[@lighthousegirlschoir]

Moral people stand with Israel!!🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

[@zulygirl4412]

Keep telling yourself that. Bibi let his country down, giving Hamas an opening. The Israeli government had knowledge of an impending attack, a year before it took place. All of those dead Palestinians. Is anybody standing with them? The world is turning their backs on Israel.@@lighthousegirlschoir

[@ladykathrynperry9094]

Amen❤️

[@LaPinturaBella]

What a horrifying experience. I'm so glad this young woman and Mattan survived and she was reunited with her daughter. I can't imagine the pain of having experienced this while so many others didn't survive. She is so strong to recount the story. We must never forget.

[@samiaadam1523]

Hmm what abou5 the Palestinians for the past 75 years? And shame was her own forces that did that

[@ayeteen7397]

@@samiaadam1523 bro can u sthu? 💀

[@girlsville]

ukrainian women dancing on the other side of a concentration camp fence in occupied palestine calling people terrorists lol

[@andrew_owens7680]

It must be horrifying indeed to know that the fortunes and actions of a nation are bound to a religion. If that nation does something immoral, it reflects directly on the religion which makes adherents of that religion hated in a way they don't deserve. Kind of like Emperor worship.

[@einavassido875]

@@samiaadam1523 Can you clarify the 75 year response? Because the West Bank and Gaza have been under Israeli control only since 1967, that is, 56 years. And if you really want to look back 75 years, then what happened in Hebron in 1929?

[@f.iph7291]

She is Ukrainian also. Mind boggling how she feels and how she sees the world we live in

[@cindiheaton1048]

I saw where an Israeli man offered to take in a Ukrainian woman with a child and then took advantage of the situation. An aid agency helped her to get out of that situation.

[@Aaahjohneetoch]

Most inappropriate comment ever ​@cindiheaton1048

[@cmcc3721]

@@cindiheaton1048 Making up lies of that magnitude says far more about you than you ever wanted to reveal. Evil.

[@cindiheaton1048]

@@cmcc3721 I don't think it's a lie because it was before the Israeli war and it was posted by a lady who said she was helping the woman but it could be a lie but it's probably the truth.

[@8309barbie]

Her experience and story reminded me of my own, fleeing the Las Vegas shooting in 2017. I will never ever forget the girl next to me screaming “everyone is dead”. 6 years later and I’m still dealing with the PTSD and nightmares. I will pray for her and everyone else who was affected. 🙏🏻

[@cjnav7832]

Curious if u Are you Born Again?

[@shirleyperry3170]

Wishing you peace ☮️. I’m so sorry you had to experience that.

[@brobinson8614]

Theres a silver lining to having PTSD to that Las Vagus shooting, it helped those who were there to stop playing country music because is so triggering

[@sallyc3]

​@@cjnav7832I AM....I DON'T KNOW ABOUT Those HOW ARE FALSE CHRISTIANS? ☘️☠️☘️

[@bryant475]

I will keep you in prayer, please continue to reach out to the Lord, He will guide you and help you heal!

[@lisalilu5275]

How lovely and strong young woman. She doesn't want to feel or be seen as a victim but as a survivor of this horrific attack. It's a very therapeutic way of healing.

[@chrismccray361]

I pray for Hashem to reveal Messiah to her from Isaiah 53 😢🕎

[@geraldmarfoe348]

Healing

[@FrankBailey-gw6bw]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🦜🦜🦜🦜💫💫💫💫💫💫💫🏳️‍🌈🇱🇷🇺🇸not 🇮🇱 it ain't you 😭😭

[@SusieQ1971]

​@@geraldmarfoe348😂

[@fredgarv79]

unlike people on the left that are all about being a victim, oppressed, etc. I like it that she said I just don't want them to win

[@eyesight8716]

College students, today, in the US, are supporting these predators...evil.

[@kiuk_kiks]

Yes, we do. We won’t pity them just because they’re white and have more value in your eyes than the brown Palestinians.

[@user-fs8tl7ni1w]

The Left is a dangerous farce! Facts don’t matter to indoctrinated ideologues.

[@crystalm8791]

It’s insane.

[@isabellac1117]

Ooo dear heart, I am so glad you physically survived to come home to your precious baby girl. And, knowing her Father found the same way home. I hope each day, you and he can take each step needed for recovery… ❤️‍🩹 from the US

[@expatmoose]

There are 3 people that stick in my mind from this day, the lady in red, lady on a motorcycle and the lady having her hair pulled dragging her back to the car, I’m not sure I’m right but I believe this lady is the only one to survive, all very brave woman I guess. May she (as well as others) be able at some point live her life as normal as possible, I pray for that🙏🏻

[@Karina-gj3dj]

🙏❤️

[@jassi2906]

The young lady on the back of the motorcycle that was crying; "Don't kill me" is called Noa Argamani - she is still a hostage. Her mother is dying of brain cancer and her last wish is to see her daughter before she dies . The other girl is Naama Levy 19 years old - still being held hostage. 💔🙏

[@eduardostvideos]

naama levy is the girl being pulled from the back of the jeep to the rear seats. she as far as we know is alive, she is a soldier so the terrorist wont release her easily

[@osric1730]

@@jassi2906 How many of the hundreds of Palestinians killed in the year before Hamas' attack do you know? How curious were you about the fate of Palestinians injured in pogroms by Jewish settlers?

[@expatmoose]

@@eduardostvideos thanx for updating me👍🏻

[@Harveybeau]

My heart goes out to you. Stay strong. ❤ from ireland 🇮🇪

[@Anastasiya_Metzger]

Nice to read there are people like you in Ireland. A lot of Irish defend Palestinians(

[@richarddawkins4607]

mcgregor for ireland !

[@Gotham424]

Ireland support Palestine

[@richarddawkins4607]

@@Gotham424 this is part of the pro. blem, so many naive westerners. -exmslim

[@generaljg4373]

​@@Anastasiya_Metzgerwe support palestine always

[@calvinhobbes6118]

Just FYI. Red is the most easily recognizable color for the human eye, meaning our eyes are drawn to red. In a situation like this, if you are wearing a red jacket or shawl, get rid of it. She is very fortunate, and not because of the color necessarily, but because she got out safely while 340 innocents were slaughtered.

[@jojobradzi]

October 7th terrified me. I wont ever forget . Just seeing all clips of videos was too much.. your so brave , im trully sorry for your loss of family n friends. I hope that you will heal and strengthen. X

[@purplesquirrel8828]

“The only lives that truly matter are those who respect the lives of others”.

[@markmarsh27]

you should cite Roy T. Bennett for saying that.

[@expatmoose]

My saying is never hate, it maybe someone you love……

[@diego61422]

The truly strong position would be that EVEN the the lives of those, who do not care about others lives, matter.

[@GilbertdeClare0704]

@@diego61422 Would you include Josef Mengele in that ?

[@richarddawkins4607]

what do u expect from religi0n of peace

[@barneyronnie]

This young lady is amazingly brave and strong; her entire demeanor suggests an unbreakable spirit. I stand with her and Israel!

[@generaljg4373]

I stand with palestine against the illegal occupation and their atrocities against civilians

[@spadelives2]

What you actually mean is that you stand with terrorists who rape and murder innocent civilians. Shame on you. @@generaljg4373

[@funvid9136]

I wish her in red bikini

[@ivandgr8224]

​@@generaljg4373it's your imagination only....not going to happen.

[@stephenholland4057]

​@@generaljg4373 Don't wear out your keyboard.

[@stevnreed7763]

Makes me so angry how many people forget about this massacre and they victimize HAMAS.

[@andrealeria2279]

No one victimizes Hamas! But you don’t fight terrorists (fanatics) behaving like them. Crimes can’t be punished with a 100 other crimes. The west should oblige both sides to abide under international laws, this problem didn’t start the 7th of October.

[@rosariolerma-ch9br]

Our prayers for this young lady and the rest of those that went through a horrible thing. May you overcome mentally

[@BarbarraBay]

your prayers won't save you from hell

[@HuzaifaKhan-iy5qj]

And what about those, who are suffering in gaza from IDF terror attacks🙄

[@jadebeaut4463]

She is all dressed up for this interview and doesn’t really care if she can do that

[@TonyEnglandUK]

@@HuzaifaKhan-iy5qj Most Americans think Israel is an innocent victim in a world full of terrorists. If only they knew what Israel is really doing.

[@froozen]

0:25 run run ahahaha

[@luelsarowles1055]

Stay Strong. We (the whole world as I am from South Africa) support you and stand behind you and think of everyone in Israel.

[@anchoragealaska3104]

Unfortunately, the ANC, EFF and Muslims - esp in the Western Cape - are hoping for a Hamas repeat...

[@joramraaijmakers5311]

a white south african that support apartheid, why am i not suprised.

[@AntoinettePalermo-xs6it]

Welcome to the Is Real Worldwide World of Hollywood, with Silicone disguises, and millions of aliases, and voice synthesizers.

[@mightyhabib1182]

​@@AntoinettePalermo-xs6ityou sound like you have brain damage.

[@IslamicSchool-at-Al-HudaMosque]

*Istighfar opens the door of sustenance. Saying “Astaghfirullah” (I seek forgiveness of Allah). Prophet Muhammad (SallAllahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) recited this at least 100 times a day.*

[@olasylvia1]

Bless you, what a horror to live with. It's traumatising to listen, but to have that horror directly in your heart is so , so horrifying.

[@charmaineelizabeth8723]

Directly in your path 💫💫💕

[@abbygale4913]

Spoil brat. Didnt the gov tell u? They already give warning. Why u still there?

[@generaljg4373]

I can't imagine what Palestine been going thru for 75 years of occupation 😢

[@spadelives2]

Your ignorance is breathtaking. @@generaljg4373

[@user-ov6xp8uc9v]

​​​@@generaljg4373Why do you not like Jews? What did the Palestinian's go through in the last 75 years?kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3naiZdsmK9pl5ofeature=shared

[@judithjamuy2723]

Countless heartbreaking stories of innocent people who suffered unimaginable trauma on October 7, 2023. The pain they endured and continue to bear is a burden that weighs heavily on our hearts and minds. 🎗️ #letmypeoplego

[@Linoy-tm8no]

💔💔💔

[@melaniecampbell7055]

I'm glad she made it. This is horrifying. Peace and blessings to her.

[@pluto9000]

Same here.🥂

[@briancockerham4731]

so horrifying she smiles when recalling the event... FxCKxFF

[@abbyhoneywaffles]

​@briancockerham4731 You see what you want to see due to your own preconceived notions you already had before clicking on the video. Ignore her tears & look of despair to fit your narrative.

[@kathleenharris3403]

Her facial expression alone to me, showed a steel like inner strength and determined effort despite immense immediate danger. Brave young lady. No young, old, child or any people should face a terror attack. Thank you for sharing her story.

[@morechickentacos]

This is gonna sound silly but after watching a lot of news this past 2 years i believe all ukranians have that certain... something, they all seem tough as nails and willing to do anything to survive, its admiring.

[@lisalilu5275]

​@@morechickentacos Absolutely! I live in Isreal and have quite a few Ukrainian friends. Tough cookies!

[@tantebaguette]

Exactly. The brutality of Hamas just after Israel accepted 15K Gazan workers is horrible.

[@generaljg4373]

I can't imagine what palestine been going thru for 75 years of occupation and oppression 😢

[@ivandgr8224]

​@@generaljg4373they are paying for the wrong choice they made, 15 years back?

[@Mike-kj8qg]

What a lovely strong girl she is... an absolute credit to her parents and upbringing!

[@abbygale4913]

Nope js spoil brat

[@generaljg4373]

Do you condemn the 75 years of occupation and oppression that palestine been going thru?

[@peppywood01]

⁠@@generaljg4373 you’re condoning the brutal behavior of Hamas over the ‘idea’ that this is about the land? They want Jews dead. Get educated.

[@spadelives2]

Firstly, 75 years of occupation and oppression is a lie. Secondly, there is not excuse for terrorism. @@generaljg4373

[@ayoolukoga9829]

‭‭And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee. And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him. And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window. Joshua‬ ‭2:17‭-‬21‬

[@sydneyNemesis101]

what an amazingly strong woman, I really hope she gets all the support she needs after this trauma, finally a media that interviews and tells the truth on what happened on the day

[@marciadecco6888]

I just want to cry, two women from my daughter' work, didn't have the same luck. They two were murdered there, one of them with her husband. They were mothers too, they left 2 orphans each!😢

[@charsobishi]

Why were they dancing next to an open air prison??. Imagine a Palestinian child looking over the wall looking at land his parents have been kicked out of and murdered on. Lets not lie that this was a party for love and peace

[@marciadecco6888]

@charsobishi my friend, you don't even know what you are talking about. You all people that are defending Hamas and Palestinian must learn a little more about history and look for more true information. If they were suffering there, that was not because Israel, but because themselves, and because all the Muslim countries that have voted against the creation of a Palestinian State. Hamas received unincredible amount of dollars to make Gaza a wonderful place, but instead, they used the money on tunnels, weapons and death education to their children. If you aren't a Muslim, be careful. What they did to Israel they will do to everyone who is not a Muslim!

[@charsobishi]

@@marciadecco6888 We no longer will let you gaslight us. We have allowed you to deceive us as you murdered and massacred Palestinians for 75 years. No more. You told us to research and we did, your lies about Palestinian not accepting a 2 state is a lie. Even Hamas charter accepts a 2 state solution. Meanwhile Netanyahu celebrated that he prevented a Palestinian state.

[@kalicat9492]

​@@charsobishi so one sided and ignorant.

[@JD-uk3sp]

@@charsobishi THOUSE CHILDS PARANTS WOULD NEED TO HAVE SOME AMAZING GENETICS TO BE ABLE TO BE THE PARENTS OF THEM KIDS IF THEY ARE THE PALESTINIANS THAT WHERE "KICKED OUT ". APART FROM THAT PARTY, THE DAY BEFORE THE PALASTINIENS CELEBRATED DANCING WITH MUSIC ON THE STREET THE DEATH AND RAPE OF WOMAN, BEHEADING OF MAN ANF BABY JEWS THAT WHERE PAILED UP AND LID ON FIRE. DO YOU STILL HAVE SOME OF THAT CANDY IN YOUR POCKETS? EVERY ACTION HAS A REACTION, JUST BECAUSE YOU START A WAR AND LOSE DOES NOT MAKE YOU THE VICTIM. IF YOUR WITH THE TERRORIST GROUP HAMAS THAN YOU ARE HAMAS.

[@Hibiscus123]

I’m relieved that she is safe. Stay strong.

[@fabergeegg1722]

Me too!

[@crazydave6787]

@@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings Mind it begs the question. Why would you question the motives of an organization whose sole purpose to eradicate the people they attacked? Are you dumb or just stupid?

[@65cj55]

@@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings Don't be ridiculous, the Arab countries have never abandoned the dream of destroying Israel; they still cherish it today. Having time and again failed to achieve their evil goal with military means, they decided to fight Israel by proxy. For that purpose, they created a terrorist organization, cynically called it "the Palestinian people" and installed it in Gaza, Judea, and Samaria.

[@simaturna9765]

Dont you wish this safety to all human beings all mothers all babies including the unborn all everybody

[@jennifertaylor2593]

@@simaturna9765oh stop, those wishes are just pertaining to the video we’re all watching. It doesn’t mean there are no wishes for other people too..

[@Noco1089]

Stay strong ❤️🙏🏻 from switzerland

[@user-ep5nl2yo8t]

I hope you say the same to the 12 thousands Palestinians kids who is real slaughtered

[@shuligamzoo4728]

​@@user-ep5nl2yo8tblame 😮

[@rinmartell2678]

@@user-ep5nl2yo8tI hope you also pray for the Israeli hostages

[@kalicat9492]

​@@user-ep5nl2yo8t do you pray for all the children killed by Hamas?

[@PB-dr4cq]

So she’s doing very well describing her experience- this is not to be taken likely- doing this is severely distressing to someone suffering from post traumatic stress, she is reliving that day again FOR YOU- to bear witness to the frightening horror of death and mass killing.. very brave and courageous. She will never be the same person again prior to that day. Hundreds of survivors are now scarred for the rest of their lives. They live with this everyday now.

[@florencecotty8003]

What a blessing for you to have survived this, for your sake and your daughter's, too. Stay strong, and know that your healing from this is in my prayers!

[@tipsforraisingkids5531]

It’s a reminder for her. Although I feel sorry for her as a brain washed person, but this was a wake up call “this what they have been doing to those people for 75 years and she is paying for it happily. May everyone be safe soon equally

[@Spanish_Patriot]

A hug to her and Israelis from Spain. Stay strong!

[@MsElke11]

Gracias! Viva Santiago Abascal!!

[@Spanish_Patriot]

@@MsElke11 ¡Viva!

[@upturnedblousecollar5811]

@@Spanish_PatriotPalestine, stay strong, the world is with you. We're not buying this Israeli propaganda.

[@bellyfiore1]

She survived. ,!!! Thank you. Now for Noa, and her parent’s. ( she is the girl on the motorbike.) my heart breaks for all those we don’t know who did not survive.

[@leilavanbeers8109]

Noa her dead is already official.😢

[@chrismcdowell7138]

@@leilavanbeers8109- Unless you can supply your source, there isn’t any proof that Ms. Argamani is not a hostage. Not saying you’re wrong, just that you need to specify your source. You could be right, but I’m not going to rely only on your intuition. The initial reports, of her being executed on day 1, was disproved. Sadly, I was hoping that she would be included the batches of hostages, did not come to fruition. I personally do not believe she is still with us, but I’m not going to pass on any unproved rumors.

[@natashawengraf-h7150]

@@leilavanbeers8109no that is a different Noa who has been confirmed dead Noa Argamani the girl on the motor cycle is still held hostage Maybe still alive who knows with those vile monsters

[@BeverleyMcCaffrey-rb4zb]

​@@natashawengraf-h7150there was a girl being forced into a black jeep. The back of her shorts showed that she had been attacked sexually

[@misterknee]

@@natashawengraf-h7150 I suspect there is a reason they did not proceed with an extra day of releasing hostages once there were only ~20 women and children "left". No one knows for sure, but there are probably horrendous and sad reasons why.

[@CalebKlinge]

Thank you Bari, and thank you to your team for capturing these stories. 💔😭 #neveragain

[@MARTINLOUISR]

So happy she survived and some people have the nerve to call them freedom fighters.

[@mariedelights6132]

she becomes the iconic woman in red scarf, looks so modest and strong as well. yes we all have wondered whether she survived or not and glad that she's safe and alive :)

[@user-pd7il3xz5j]

Modest?

[@BibleBelieversUSA]

Definitely not modest. She looked like a harlot. This was an awful horrific tragedy at this decadent drug festival.

[@augusthome9860]

@@BibleBelieversUSA No empathy, only judgement from you and the arrogance to believe you’re superior.

[@roddo1955]

Stop with the romanticizing! You are reducing her to an 'iconic' meme that you can share and like and post comments how very worried you are on the Internet. Because she's the 'iconic woman in red'. Makes me sick. Humans have a sick fascination with the aesthetics of horror and suffering.

[@jorgetrujillo2201]

​@@roddo19559

[@Kaang_Plays]

Finally, I've been looking for an update on her status for weeks. Glad to see she is safe.

[@generaljg4373]

Do you condemn the apartheid state and their atrocities against civilians in Gaza?

[@barryhay8935]

@@generaljg4373can you believe the daily cancer and their pro genocide position? Unreal

[@danakaleb4882]

@@barryhay8935 If you have nothing nice to say, stay silent. Be a man not a ………

[@spadelives2]

Israel is not an apartheid state, as many Israeli arabs have been saying on social media ever since Oct. 7th and before. Hamas is entirely responsible for what is happening to the civilians in Gaza, the majority of whom support Hamas, as the latest polls have shown. @@generaljg4373

[@youmad3269]

​​@@danakaleb4882What were you saying about if you don't have something nice to say? Just had to add that last little bit huh?

[@Juiceworld21]

I dont know this woman,but i love her,her bravery,all the victims that day are in my heart .

[@elizabethrotter4285]

My prayers go out for you, your loved ones, those suffering, those whose hearts are hurting, & my heart breaks learning more & more about these horrific events

[@jadebeaut4463]

She is all dressed up for this interview and doesn’t really care if she can do that

[@faingat]

@@AminaAbs stop lying to yourself🤣🤣

[@whatienjoydoing.3330]

Israel has been killing Palestinians and controlling their lives for decades, Jewish people arrived as refugees the became colonisers , I have not compassion for any of those people who have been living there in stolen land and getting by like nothing was happening even though the all know the abuse against the natives Palestinians the apartheid imposed to them , the abuse against Palestinians children , so no I have not sympathy for any of those Israelis living in stolen land.

[@zarni000]

What about the horrific events tgat don't ever get aired? The genocide of palestinians.

[@Kdg1150]

With u my dear sister❤ Indian with Israel❤

[@richarddawkins4607]

i just watched Hotel Mumbai movie. very sad and no surprise. stay safe there. -indonesian exmslim

[@Kdg1150]

@@richarddawkins4607 🙏

[@user-er8lk3xd8m]

Free palestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@f.a9376]

WHAT kind of Indian sides with a brutal coloniser?

[@dorothykelley1881]

There are no excuses. No one should have to go through such horror...No excuses for what was done.

[@MY-zx6lz]

YET - THERE ARE EXCUSES FOR 75 YEARS FOR THESE PEOPLE TO TREAT PALESTINIAN WITH SUCH HATRED! PLEASE

[@joman388]

Yes there is excuses and that excuse is the wickedness of Islam,inspired by Muhammad who did all of this for more money ,women and power,likely making Muhammad the worst human being who ever walked the face of the earth. thanks

[@zainaaladwan5888]

What about what happened to plastine

[@cdeb5898]

Lets not forget about 70 years of living in a open jail with oppression on a daily basis ;)

[@user-kp9py1ge7k]

Никаких оправданий сионистам -евреям ! Полное уничтожение на корню ! За убийство невинных детей, женщин и стариков и безоружных ,за похищенную молодежь ,за все что случилось до 7го октября! Как насчёт этого!?

[@catherinecarson5415]

Praying for Isreal from California 🇮🇱

[@Kam-King213]

Ah yes California. A liberal shithole

[@DCastleberry66]

On the day of the attack, I saw this girl running, and I screenshotted her image and prayed for her many times. I prayed for all.

[@kathir71]

Prayer is powerful keep praying for Israel and the leadership 🙏

[@petefed7462]

I am so relieved that Vlada survived Nobody should experience what she went through 😢

[@sanatariq4071]

Yes nobody should experience but they did since 76+ years !!!!!! All the kids ….children….pregnant woman….elderlies all the Palestinian civilians did face this since 76+ years !!!!!!!!! Abused attacked imprisoned !!!!!!!

[@juliemckenzie5960]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@sanatariq4071TAQQIYA/LIES!! There are Muslims who live, work, worship in peace, in Mosques in ISRAEL! They even serve in the IDF and are fighting AGAINST Hamas!! The difference between the Arab Muslims living in Israel in peace and the Arab Muslims living in Gaza and calling themselves Palestinians, is the desire to live in PEACE with their neighbors regardless of their faith! THAT’S IT!! “Free Palestine” is a call to genocide of the Jewish people! Jews are an ethno-religious group. They are bonded by DNA and or religion. Archaeology has PROVEN that the Jews have been in the land of Israel for many millennia. The Torah says they arrived around 1270 CE and The Quran affirms the Torah. That is over 14 and a half MILLENNIA before Islam ever existed! There has been a continuous Jewish presence in Israel, Judea and Samaria. Not all Jews were sent into the diaspora. So this claim of Jews occupying Palestinian land is absurd!!! Furthermore, in the 2nd century CE. the occupying force of Rome renamed Judea and part of Samaria to “Syria Palestina” after the Jew’s enemies, extinct Phillistines. The location name stuck. Up until 1948, everyone residig in that area which was not a state or country, were called Palestinian. The current “Palestinians” have no ancient connection to the land or the people. They are Arab Muslims. There is NO Palestinian: *people (genetically) alive today *language (Gazans speak Arabic) *distinct culture (Gazans are Arab Muslims There has never been a country called Palestine. There has never been an official document written in Palestinian. Palestine has REJECTED PEACE AND A TWO STATE SOLUTION: * The Jerusalem Mufti Hajj Amin Husseini, the leader of the Palestinian Arabs from the early 1920s to the late 1940s, said in his testimony to the British Peel Commission, established in January 1937, every last Jew would be expelled from a Palestinian Arab state. * The UN partition plan In November 1947, the same Mufti refused to adopt the UN partition plan that offered to establish two states, one Jewish, the other Arab. The Mufti rejected a two-state solution until the day he died, * The successor to the Mufti, Yasser Arafat, continued to reject any legitimacy for the State of Israel, refusing even to acknowledge its existence. For many years, he raised the PLO banner of a military and terrorist struggle against Israel. In addition to masterminding decades of bloody terror in the streets of Israel, Arafat was responsible for devastation across the Middle East, including a civil war in Lebanon (1975-1991) and Jordan’s Black September (1970). He also threw the PLO’s support behind Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait in 1991. * When Anwar Sadat signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979, Arafat’s PLO called for Egypt to be boycotted. The Arab states adopted that boycott and prevented Cairo from participating in the Arab League from 1977 until 1989. Most Arab ambassadors in Egypt were recalled and Arabs visiting Egypt were considered either traitors or spies. The Oslo “Peace Process” The Palestinians responded to Israel’s attempts to implement the Oslo Accords by sending waves of suicide bombers to the streets and buses of the cities of Israel, a blatant violation of their commitment to the agreements and a clear statement of their rejection of the idea of peace with Israel. At the July 2000 at Camp David summit, Israel PM Ehud Barak offered Arafat a series of far-reaching concessions as part of a comprehensive peace arrangement. In return, Arafat was asked to end the conflict. The PLO summarily rejected the Israeli proposals and never offered a counterproposal. Instead, the PLO-dominated Palestinian Authority (PA) initiated a massive premeditated wave of violence. Arafat’s war of terror (the so called “al-Aqsa Intifada”) was unparalleled in the scale and relentlessness of its terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians. A total of 1,184 Israelis were murdered. Disengagement In August 2005, the government of Israel, headed by PM Ariel Sharon, carried out the unilateral evacuation of all Israeli villages from the Gaza Strip and the northern West Bank. In response, the Palestinians have been launching missiles and rockets on Israeli towns and villages from the Gaza Strip for years, some of which reaching as far as Tel Aviv. Instead of using the enormous Israeli concession as an opportunity to achieve peace, the Palestinians used it to empower Iranian-backed terrorist organizations. In June 2007, Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip in a violent coup. Ever since the Hamas takeover, the villages of southern Israel have been subjected to a more-or-less nonstop downpour of rockets and missiles fired from Gaza. The number of rockets/missiles and mortar shells fired into Israel from Gaza since 2007 is in the tens of thousands. Mahmoud Abbas In 2008, Israeli PM Ehud Olmert offered Arafat’s successor as PLO Chairman and PA president Mahmoud Abbas a sweeping peace proposal. Abbas rejected it outright. He claimed that “the gaps are too wide,” meaning there was too great a distance between what the Palestinians demanded and what the Israelis were offering. “I will wait until all the Israeli settlements have been frozen,” he said. According to Saeb Erekat, chief negotiator for the Palestinians, “We are not in a market or a bazaar. I came here to determine the boundaries of Palestine from 1967 without budging an inch, without removing one stone from Jerusalem or any of the holy places to Islam or Christianity in Jerusalem.” The Palestinians refused Olmert’s offer because they found his unprecedented territorial concessions insufficient and because they insisted on the right to manage the holy sites in Jerusalem in place of the Jordanians. Deal of the Century The Palestinian leadership rejected the current US proposal a year ago, before they had seen it. They also refused to participate in the economic conference held in Bahrain at the end of June 2019 and prevented other Palestinians from participating. As soon as the plan was published, it was a given that Abbas would oppose it strongly. “We say a thousand times no, no, no to the Deal of the Century,” he said. “We refused this deal from the beginning and we were right. Two days ago, they said to listen. Listen to what? Shall we get a country without Jerusalem for every Palestinian, Muslim, or Christian child?” he asked. Mahmoud Abbas is now calling the deal a conspiracy that “will never pass… Our strategy focuses on the struggle to end the occupation. The plans to eliminate the Palestinian agenda will fail and fall away.” As has been said many times, the Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. Their leadership claims that every suggestion is a conspiracy and every initiative a trap. Making peace takes courage. Will a Palestinian Sadat ever arrive?

[@arktana]

"Palestinians" faced no such thing. You are either brainwashed and ignorant or simply a Hamas bot.

[@Cate7451]

@@sanatariq4071nawww

[@petefed7462]

@@sanatariq4071 Really? When? Where? Who?

[@klintonspuyt434]

So happy for you my dear and sorry you had to witness horrific scenes ❤

[@grumylynn]

Very brave young woman to share her trauma. The suffering of everyone is heartbreaking.

[@David-fj5lz]

Yet there are those who do not believe this happened!’

[@shuligamzoo4728]

They believe just prefer to deny bcs they are pro hamas

[@danakaleb4882]

They don’t want to believe! it’s easier to look away than admit that we were wrong.

[@hbk3119]

@@danakaleb4882do you support Israel continuing to bomb Gaza? Or are you looking away?

[@user-uy5de1lk7s]

Does the IDF TAKE FOREIGN VOLUNTEERS ??🙏🙏🙏

[@lelerlt8209]

@@user-uy5de1lk7s yes it does go ahead moron

[@Nicole-cf3kj]

I thought about that girl, thank you for sharing 🙏

[@rainerkopp353]

Who organized a Hippie event near Gaza border? They never heard about Hamas shooting rockets from Gaza?

[@user-cc1ii8kx2o]

AND on Palestinian occupied land lol

[@drs2994]

My heart & my soul hurts & aches for every innocent human being that has suffered or has been affected in anyway from all of this horror, regardless of ethnicity, religion, beliefs, or what side of the fence they are from. And I Pray for the healing of those who have survived. 🙏

[@diarecurhat]

Thank you for sharing your experience..Brave woman!

[@jenniferadinahmahfouda4112]

So happy for your beautiful daughter that you and your husband survived! Be strong! Very scary. I can’t get over this. I pray all the rest of the hostages return safely and quickly home.

[@veronicafoley7492]

Thank G- she survived to tell her story…so many lives lost and continue to be…may their memory be for a blessing 💜💜💜

[@bigpauliep6992]

Garfield? What's an obese ginger cat have to do with any of this?

[@Rakel6784]

I'm happy she was able to return to her child...What a horrific ordeal to go through

[@RaphaelChan888]

I think she is extremely brave to be able to relive the horror to tell her story and to move on in life. Unlike cowards who hide in tunnels and prey on the vulnerable.

[@zainaaladwan5888]

Like IDF cowards wearing dampers What about Palestinian people No one said anything about what I sreail did

[@RaphaelChan888]

@zainaaladwan5888 I am saddened and i agree that too many innocent civilians are suffering unnecessarily from the heavy-handed act of revenge. But this interview video is not about that, and my contempt for the perpetrators of violence in this story does not mean that I or anyone is condoning the suffering of any innocent civilians

[@olgay555]

​@@zainaaladwan5888ask hamas what about them

[@joman388]

@@zainaaladwan5888 What israel did was retaliate against the wickedness of Islam and its followers.The palestinian people voted Hamas in and most Palestinians want all Jews dead or out of there ,thus they are most to blame as well ,wouldnt you also say? thanks

[@PeterNgola]

​@@zainaaladwan5888Yaskut ya ibn shaytan!

[@lindacrist6736]

I am sorry you had to go through this I also have had PTSD. I know how hard you are having it. You are doing the best thing telling it

[@oybekodilov4608]

What about Palestinians? They are being occupied for 75 years.

[@Wyomingchief]

​​​@@oZARDOZoparasite country? How in the world did you get the idea that she was a Palestinian citizen? I mean Palestine is literally a made-up country, and has literally never been a country. It's a Roman slur, that for some reason people seem to think is a country

[@adamelghalmi9771]

@@Wyomingchief yeah you know what he means, star of david even though the religion isn't real, honestly israel will never expand, it only has time to decrease

[@seeker_1111]

@@Wyomingchief whether Palestine word existed or not, the natives in those lands have been there for thousands of years. My friends whose grandparents were displaced in 1948-1949 are still from those lands. They thought they could back because it was their only home for generations but İsrael doesn't allow it. Now, the people who remained in the lands, name it whatever you want, they learned from the first Nakba. You feel sorry for this girl in red. İf you have such humanity in you, you should also mourn for the 20,000 deaths in 66 days in Gaza. You should also mourn for the people who died because of the occupation from 1948.

[@davidmc8475]

@@oybekodilov4608 Gaza has not been occupied. Hamas has run the Strip since 2006. Israel reconquered their land in 1948 after 1,800 years. All you need to know is the mosque in Jerusalem was built *"on-top-of"* the ruins of a Jewish temple. You don't have to be an architect to know who was there first.

[@hesterdutoit326]

I am so sorry you had to go through this! You are so brave.

[@hecticway]

​@@GreenHills-rl8ir whatever boomer. Your religious sure makes you judgemental and pious. Such a poor example you are.

[@Anten872]

if this is not terrorism what is this?

[@len-1768]

I’m relieved you made it out alive. You’ll stay strong for the world. Take care for now, Vlada.

[@user-nf3zv6sp7k]

Vlada is ukranian

[@mickfeagan4658]

Thank you for sharing this. ❤

[@David-de8rt]

We know what your Talmud says

[@DD-rl4mj]

She said she sensed something was wrong hours before the attack, that is why she laid down in the tent. It saved her life. Listen to your instincts people it could be the difference between living or a horrible death.

[@ahmadshoaib843]

But many a times your instincts are hindering you without any reasons

[@alexloepp]

@@ahmadshoaib843 there is always a reason, the thing is-do you see/understand it.

[@hansiesma16]

Weren’t you listening? Instinct doesn’t come into it. She was alerted to a missile attack at 7.29: the first of numerous alerts from her missile app. Her app was pinging away for hours before the attack happened. Of course they were uneasy because they had had numerous warnings. Why is everyone ignoring this fact?

[@BunnyInspireUnicorn]

that you know of tho@@ahmadshoaib843

[@rainman1242]

@@hansiesma16 because it is harder to scam people with 'fact', whereas religion and/or new-age bull is a time tested way to get idiots to stay in line and give you money

[@joseph78e4n6]

🎉💙 the World 🌎 is very fortunate that you are here . Thank you for your description of this awful Experience 👌 💛

[@user-ru7ep2jw6v]

Love and prayers for all of you in Israel from America

[@parevashmoosavi2363]

Sorry to see innocent people go through such a horrible , frightening and cruel experiences. Stay strong .

[@jessicaconeja5290]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/imnUeKiYg7SSmZIsi=Bagc_gDRYcQvmqF2

[@AminaAbs]

To think that close by are people whose land Palestine belongs to, are left in refugee camps and feeling the cold too. Their homes stolen, they ahoy for no reason, they scared to go out, the nightmares of the Naqbah, still fresh in their minds. So when they flee, they’re not allowed to return. To think Palestine invited the poor Jews in, when all other Europeans includin USA rejected these Jews, they stab the Palestinians in their backs

[@AminaAbs]

Tragic, not as tragic as the people who have been held hostage for 75 yrs. I witnessed some of the killing of these Palestinians hostages in the year 2000! Shh! No one is suppose to know. Never on mainstream media.

[@RisenFromtheDirt]

Innocent? They disobeyed Sabbath Day and boasted of their freedoms by dancing around and getting high on the border of the oppressed. Then, claimed it being a "peace party." Towards the end of the video she says she feels bad for the now orphans. But no one felt bad leaving their kid at the babysitters house to go party? Foolish

[@ayagobara3058]

Innocent? Innocent people occupy other countries ? And fortunately those who attacked them was idf 😂😂😂 Their media proved this after twoonths

[@mary-af.9181]

My heart goes out to you from Canada 🇨🇦 🥰

[@Revitalish]

they broke our hearts and souls. but they will never break our spirit and hope 🙏🏼🙌🏼 we fight for love and security and we will prevail ❤

[@mr.thrasher4029]

And Freedom. If we do not fight for Freedom then we are Socialists, which is security without happiness.

[@mirjahmlinen2698]

This is a great testimony of hope, as she said it! And yet some people still try do deny that this never happened! Thanks for making the interview.

[@Finnegan1018]

Imagine leaving one war torn country only to end up living in another 💔

[@aneliyageorgieva5352]

I think she moved to Israel when she was a child because she speaks English with an Israeli accent.

[@carmelmay4146]

Should have stayed in Ukraine then and not took a piece of Palestinian land

[@Finnegan1018]

@@carmelmay4146 read a book, it was never'Palestinian 'land'. Never.

[@bullshitdepartment]

@@Finnegan1018 it was tho, the borders from before the 1967 war of aggression were predominantly settled by palestinians, after the war Israel forceably expelled over 700,000 of them

[@chriskayakq-ster7264]

Ms Vlada Patapov the beautiful young lady in red survived the deadly music festival. She is gorgeous Ukranian-born living in Israel. So glad she is alive and ok!

[@jazura2]

Yes we just listened to the video

[@sallyc3]

​@@jazura2I'm just hearing this NOW!

[@jasonolinger7585]

why do you keep calling her beautiful and gorgeous as if it ads any value to her living? It's pretty sad and weird.

[@user-px6hc3xj4y]

Why people mention Ukraine? If she was born in Russia originally, what does it change?

[@armaanchowdhury1690]

​@@jasonolinger7585it's complimentive

[@dahlia5044]

You are beautiful inside and out. Thank you for telling your story. Continue to be strong. ❤

[@chrisseatea4146]

Very sad and I hate tragedy 💔😪😓😥😭 I am sorry for all the suffering.. on Oct 7, 2023

[@saroshvarghese362]

Israel 🇮🇱 should NEVER AGAIN allow these hamas terrorists to sneak into their country. NEVER AGAIN ☝🙏 It is my humble request. From India 🇮🇳

[@monroe6574]

Thier county is a stolen land frm palestinians.

[@ludwigvoncocksucker3275]

they let it happen. the 2nd most protected border in the world after the DMZ? LOL they let it happen like 9/11. Christ is KING btw

[@amireb9698]

You are right❤🎉

[@user-tz5nk6uh6n]

🙏🙏🙏

[@peeterslaurine609]

You’re still alive!!!! I am so happy to hear this!!!! You look so much like my niece and I was so worried 🙏🏽🙏🏾🙏🏽🙏🏻🙏🏽💖💖💖

[@jessicaconeja5290]

Interesting how she says they wear uniforms like our soldiers and an israely official today said the terrorists wear the same cloths as civillialns so they cant distinguish them sometimes. None of them seem to get their stories straight.

[@NidaSalam]

The israelis killed their own people, not the hammas

[@TheCatoblepass]

How much money did she get to not speak about the idf apaches and tanks shooting at them

[@jensh2815]

I wish you lots of strengh . my heart is with you and with all Israelis.be strong. greetings from Germany

[@javlonrazzakov7820]

Bro

[@javlonrazzakov7820]

Israel is bad

[@ThatDerpJerk]

Stay strong in germany too brudda

[@eusunt123]

It’s our duty ( the whole world ) to NEVER AGAIN …. ❤ Israel ❤ US ♥️ UE ♥️ UK ♥️ Australia ♥️ Canada ♥️

[@Saras.Creativity]

Free Palestine

[@amistrat1]

Amazing that you survived this to tell the story.

[@kamurandogar2885]

They were welcomed very well and returned. What aboud the thousands of innocent women and children Who died

[@amistrat1]

@@kamurandogar2885 It hurts to hear about innocents killed. But first and foremost I deeply care for my peoples in Israel. Am Israel Chai

[@verabolton]

month @@kamurandogar2885 What about 9 month old baby Kfir Bibas and his baby brother and his mother? You're a liar, shame no you.

[@christianlucas7050]

@@kamurandogar2885I’m sure you’re a bot. So the kidnapped journalist isis took they were also nice to them? You’re a vile human

[@mottom2657]

@@verabolton Israel killed all of those people.

[@erniekarkoukly]

Story with a happy ending. However it does not erase the horrifying tragedy that befell on others such as the dead, the kidnapped hostages, the injured and the traumetized Israeli population. May justice be served

[@RealTalkWithRickyPaquiot]

*😢 What an insanely terrifying moment she faced.*

[@coralvorster1173]

You are a brave young woman.

[@MY-zx6lz]

NO THE BRAVE PEOPLE ARE THE PALESTINIANS THAT HAD TO LIVE WITH 75 YEAR OF THESE TYRANT/THORNS IN THEIR SIDE!

[@roarax6757]

@@MY-zx6lz Evil

[@valizeth4073]

The palestinians started the conflict in 48, its their own greed that causes them to not have a land today.@@MY-zx6lz

[@armaanchowdhury1690]

​@@MY-zx6lzgoat herder says what?

[@anapnobre]

What a trauma this young woman is going trough! Bless you my Angel! I'm glad you survived all of this!

[@aidabavcic837]

Why is she an angel, because she is white cute blonde? Are dead children of Gaza angels too?

[@user-ck3pe2nq9e]

looooool true what a shame ..children of gaza killed every day but its ok cause there are arabs @@aidabavcic837

[@bigpauliep6992]

​@@aidabavcic837That's precisely what I'm getting from the majority of these commenters too. "She's attractive, I'm glad she made it out!" Being an absolute narcissist isn't heroic, and the fact she cosplays her own outfit is testament to this. I'm just surprised this article doesn't come with a link to her OF.

[@Urbank06]

@@bigpauliep6992 Holy hateful. Find something better to do with your time.

[@downtoearth5443]

​@@bigpauliep6992 Goodness me. What a vile, reprehensible, shameful, embarrassing, bigoted l000wlife you are. Beggars belief 😂😂😂 Get a life, PoS

[@RDd188]

Her running video was one of the first videos I watched of the horrific attack of 7th Oct. Glad she is safe.

[@bigpauliep6992]

Did it excite you? Did it make you want to save her..? Did you find it so "inspiring" that you had to pause it for a while..? Sorry, didn't mean to interrupt you searching for her socials.

[@TheTruthKiwi]

​@@bigpauliep6992Sounds like you're projecting your own sad perversions bruh

[@Jaaccoobbbb]

@@bigpauliep6992Dude ur so weird

[@catatankaki5646]

I stand with Israel, not with Terrorism

[@ashtami3]

Israel’s are very strong specially womens. They gave interviews to let world know what had happened. If UN one child was in this attack they could’ve reacted immediately. They waited for 51 days to condemn this attack. Our prayers and stay blessed Israel peoples. We are with you🙏🏻

[@sarfrazahmed8467]

ALL LIES AND ISRAELI PEOPAGANDA ...DO NOT BELIEVE THE TOTAL B.S

[@Karina-gj3dj]

🙏❤️

[@KmlightNigh5]

What about the genocide that's happening in Palestine??

[@heyamabaza6235]

🐷🤪

[@AlbertTheTiger]

@@KmlightNigh5Do you even know what genocide means? If Israel wanted to do that they could have done in 1 day from airstrikes alone

[@PeaceInChrist23]

I am so sorry for your horrific experience. I'm really glad you got to make it back to your daughter. Keep strong.

[@deccadent1]

It’s unbearable what this young people had to go through . There’s such a sea of difference with the people living in Gaza . Theirs is not just a suppressive religion but a horrendous governing body that has developed this population for the sole reason to destroy Israel .

[@andrewprovins1068]

My prayers go out for you, SHALOM

[@exincom4729]

Standing with israel is standing with humanity

[@user-tz5nk6uh6n]

❤❤❤

[@KE-xj9vm]

I think the gratitude for being back for her daughter, as well as her partner is enough to help her with the trauma. So happy for the little girl that she still has her parents, when so many don’t

[@jennifermcdaniel3910]

Please do NOT attempt to speak for Vlada!!! She I likely in severe Traumatic shock & hasn't even had a chance to fully process her terror!!! Saying now she's with her daughter she'll get over it, is SO callous, SO minimizing, SO demeaning of REAL Trauma & how the brain responds to Trauma, without permission!! You are very ignorant!!!

[@ronkostars4258]

@@jennifermcdaniel3910- So you don't think Vlada surviving and being back with her daughter will do anything "to help her with the trauma"? Of course that won't heal her severe trauma, but not sure why you're being so hard on the commenter's sincere compassion for this brave young lady.

[@anntaylor8065]

@@jennifermcdaniel3910 Actually you are the one being ignorant. The commenter is glad she survived. She will have unbelievable trauma...but, she is alive and able to be with her daughter.

[@KE-xj9vm]

@@jennifermcdaniel3910 I think you miss read my tone, and obviously feel attacked somehow and are attacking in return unnecessarily. My observation was that she seems to be dealing with it much better than some of the other young people I have seen in interviews, and I just think that it’s the gratitude of being alive for her daughter that is giving her this admirable strength. I’m not discounting her trauma. I’m traumatised from all of this and I’m on the other side of the world. The book “Man’s Search for Meaning” really highlights this, that the only way you can live through trauma is when you have a purpose a meaning that you are living for.

[@guerrero4451]

@@jennifermcdaniel3910 PLEASE DONT SPEAK for VALDA!! She is likely very happy and at ease to be with her family. implying she’s weak and HAS to live in terror for the rest of her LIFE is SO CALLOUS, SO DEMEANING of a STRONG women and how she deals with trauma. You are very ignorant!!!

[@tzm1843]

Thank you for sharing your story

[@DutchIsraeli]

We love you, Vlada 🧡

[@JuneRowe-ny2ze]

😢 Absolutely Heartbreaking

[@kari8187]

I’ve never been more relieved to find out the news on a total stranger. She is my daughters age, I cannot imagine the terror

[@user-ru6mq5sc5n]

They have to show the 47 min. IDF video in theaters all over the world with free admission. Not millions, but billions must see this.

[@hermiasvisser812]

Every time I see footage of all this, it is a new shock. I cannot believe or understand why this happened. How much evil is doing this.... Baruch HaShem that she is alive, with her husband and her beautiful child❤

[@bretpark4485]

This is the stuff of the worst nightmares imaginable. There should be no explanation needed as to why the IDF is there in Gaza.

[@libbybouvier6158]

I am so happy that darling Romy was not orphaned on that evil day. Sending love from Sydney Australia and standing with Israel forever ❤

[@life_freedom106]

Freedom for a world without war,im kurd

[@philipwilkes2780]

Excellent piece, thank you.

[@scarletsletter4466]

❤ What a story. This beautiful human leaves Ukraine therefore avoiding that war, & then has to escape Hamas at a rave. I’m glad she & her partner survived. I hope the others come back soon 😢

[@canaanite23]

She arrived to Israel as a baby, long ago

[@jandunn169]

Jews were killed by Hitler in Ukraine in 1940 as well.

[@dimaprimkulov4570]

That’s because she doesn’t belong in the Middle East. You said it yourself, she’s Ukrainian. She is SLAVIC, not Semitic.