‘A circle of death’: Nova festival survivor recalls 25km barefoot escape from Hamas

Nadav Hanan describes encountering multiple Hamas squads on 7 October when 360 young Israelis were murdered

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Nadav Hanan was at the smaller of the dance stages at the Nova dance festival in southern Israel when Hamas attacked.

It was the beginning of an extended nightmare for the 27-year-old that saw him zigzag more than 25km of rough ground barefoot, surviving seven ambushes by Hamas attackers along the route to safety.