A 26-year-old Israeli woman named Shani Gabay has been found dead weeks after she went missing from the music festival in Kibbutz Re'im on October 7.
Her body was discovered on Wednesday (November 22), with authorities saying she was one of the staffers behind the Supernova music festival on the eve of Hamas's attack in southern Israel.
"Our Shani is gone. Our hearts are broken into pieces," Yokneam Mayor Simon Alfasi said, as per The Jerusalem Post. "We are all crying and refuse to believe how much we waited for a different ending."
Alfasi also confirmed that Gabay was killed in the October 7 attack.
Presumed Hostage Before Discovery of Body
The Times of Israel reported that the woman was initially presumed to be a hostage prior to the announcement.
However, it was revealed that she fled to a field shelter near Kibbutz Alumim before Hamas terrorists threw grenades inside.
Gabay eventually went out of the shelter and back to her car, where she was shot. She made her way to a paramedic, who took her to the police command post, which was later attacked by Hamas fighters.
She has not been heard from since then.
"My heart goes out to my dear parents Jacob and Michal, her brother Aviel and her sister Nitzan - who for seven weeks turned every stone and went everywhere in Israel and the world to find Shani, and fought and cried out to bring her home," Alfasi added. "We all hug the family and stand by their side. May her memory be a blessing."
Over 300 Israeli and foreign civilians were killed in the Supernova music festival massacre.
Gabay's funeral was scheduled for Thursday (November 23) in her hometown of Yokneam. The family has requested privacy during their period of mourning.
