Young woman with Romanian origins died in Israel. Bruna Văleanu was killed by Hamas terrorists at the “Festival of Horror”

A young woman with Romanian origins is among the more than 260 people killed by the “Festival of Horror” by Hamas terrorists. Only 24 years old, Bruna Văleanu was born in Brazil and lived with her family in Israel. 10,000 people led her on her last journey on Thursday.

Initially, the girl was reported missing, but her family confirmed her death. “It is with deep pain that we say goodbye. Our child has become a little star in the Universe. We will always love you!“, announced the young woman’s family in a post on Facebook.

Bruna Văleanu was a student at a university in Tel Aviv and had done a military internship in the Israeli army. He had moved with his mother and sister to Israel from Brazil a few years ago.

Because the family did not have much knowledge in Israel, they made a public appeal for at least ten people to come to Bruna’s funeral. It was the number needed to comply with Jewish religious requirements. In the end, 10,000 people led the young woman down the last road. Images of the crowd and tribute to the young woman killed by Hamas went viral after being posted on Twitter by the Israeli embassy in Brazil.

So far, more than 260 bodies have been recovered from the area where the music festival took place, a party interrupted by Hamas militants in the morning of October 7.

The Nova festival was held outdoors in a rural area near the Gaza-Israel border and was supposed to be an all-night dance party to honor the holiday of Sukkot. But at sunrise the area was attacked by Hamas and the festival participants tried to escape into the forest while they were being fired upon.Some participants were brutally killed by Hamas Palestinians, others were kidnapped and others were not nothing else is known.

So far, one Romanian citizen has died in the war between Israel and Hamas. The man was a soldier in the Israeli army and had dual Romanian and Israeli citizenship, the Foreign Ministry announced on Monday. Also, the MAE confirmed on Thursday that a person with dual citizenship, Romanian-Israeli, is declared missing, after the outbreak of the war in Israel.