They had gathered in the desert, not far from the Gaza Strip, with thousands of other young people eager to party. But as the sun rose on Oct. 7, Daniel and Neria Sharabi found themselves under fire and thrust into battle.
The Israeli brothers are survivors of an attack by Palestinian terrorists at a music festival, the deadliest site of the militants’ incursion into Israel on the morning of Oct. 7. For hours, they treated the wounded and fought off their attackers with weapons found in an Israeli tank, holding out until help arrived.
