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When Yuval Raphael takes the Eurovision stage in Basel, Switzerland, the world will see a young Israeli woman standing tall, singing for her country. But as the music swells and her voice fills the arena, every listener should remember exactly where she was on October 7: trapped inside a tiny roadside bomb shelter, buried under the bodies of her murdered friends, pretending to be dead as Hamas terrorists stormed in, sprayed bullets, and threw grenades at the dozens of festivalgoers hiding inside.
