Footage taken on October 7 has revealed the moments leading up to hostage Or Levy’s abduction, indicating that Levy had been kidnapped alive, N12 reported on Wednesday.
In the footage, Levy can be seen hiding in a shelter from invading Hamas terrorists. Grenade explosions can be heard in the surrounding area. Another video revealed that Levy was taken into a van traveling to Gaza alongside Hersh Goldberg-Polin and Elia Cohen. These are reportedly the first signs that Levy was taken hostage alive and may still be so.
The 33-year-old Levy and his wife, Eynav Elkayam Levy, 32, were attending the Supernova music festival, arriving only moments before Hamas terrorists launched the deadliest civilian massacre in Israeli history, the Media Line reported. Eynav Elkayam was killed. The couple ran to a bomb shelter as missiles began to attack southern Israel, but terrorists surrounded the shelter.
Or Levy's family
Michael, Levy’s brother, described the scene in the video as “very difficult.”
Michael further said, “You can see Or surrounded by bodies, one of which is Eynav. You hear the terrorists talking to each other in Arabic, saying that there is someone alive here, asking if he is a soldier. You hear Or begging not to be taken or shot.”
Almog, Or and Eynav Elkayam’s 3-year-old son, is now being raised by his grandparents. “First of all, we are a family waiting for our son,” shared Geula Levy, Or Levy’s mother.
Speaking about the difficulties she now faces – raising her grandson while waiting for her son’s return – she said, “With a child, we must behave as if everything is normal – laugh with him and be with him. On the other hand, there is such a great dissonance. We laugh and cry at night, and he makes everything easier for us.”
“I don’t have the privilege to crash – I have my grandson, and I have Or to come back,” Geula added. “It’s hard. No one prepares you for this. Let him come home already.”