Hamas Attack Survivor Yuval Raphael to Represent Israel at Eurovision 2025

The 24-year-old singer, who endured the Nova Festival attack, won Israel's Eurovision selection show and will perform in Basel this May.

Yuval Raphael survived the 2023 Hamas attack on the Nova Music Festival, where she hid under bodies for eight hours to avoid detection.
She was chosen to represent Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 after winning the Israeli talent show 'HaKokhav HaBa.'
Raphael's performance of ABBA's 'Dancing Queen' during the competition was dedicated to the victims of the Nova Festival attack.
The Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Basel, Switzerland, with semifinals on May 13 and 15 and the final on May 17.
Her Eurovision song is yet to be finalized, but Raphael has expressed her intent to share her story and represent Israel's resilience on the global stage.