Israeli Mom Reveals Daughter's Last Words Before Hamas Massacred Music Festival: ‘Mummy, What Should I Do?' - The Messenger
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Israeli Mom Reveals Daughter’s Last Words Before Hamas Massacred Music Festival: ‘Mummy, What Should I Do?’

'All I can think about is where she is. If she’s suffering, if she’s still alive. I just want her back'

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The family of a woman who was at a music festival where more than 250 people were killed when Hamas fighters poured into Israel over the weekend is desperate to find out information about her.

Kim Damti, 22, was part of the large crowd at the desert event when Hamas militants descended, gunning down and kidnapping partiers.

Jennifer Damti says she last heard from her youngest daughter in a phone call Saturday morning.

Her daughter asked, “Mummy, what should I do?” ABC News reported.

Damti said her son took the phone and told his sister to find shelter. Since then, they haven't heard from her.

They believe she was taken hostage; but they also don't whether she is even alive.

Kim Damti is seen in a photo the family provided ABC News.
Kim Damti is seen in a photo the family provided ABC News.Courtesy of the Damti Family

"They just shot everywhere. They slaughtered them like ducks,” Damti said. “This behavior is barbaric. I didn’t bring my children up to hate anybody. I’m asking the world to condemn this."

The Supernova Sukkot Festival had been held on a patch of rented farmland not far from Israel’s border wall with Hamas-ruled Gaza.

Around 6:30 a.m. Saturday rockets started falling, followed by waves of Hamas gunmen in paragliders and in cars, firing in every direction.

Ravers bolted in terror for the Negev desert, the militants close behind. 

Videos from Gaza showed festival-goers being dragged away by Hamas fighters

Damti said her daughter's father and brother are going to hospitals with a hairbrush containing Kim's hair, hoping for a DNA match in case she is among the dead.

"All I can think about is where she is. If she’s suffering, if she’s still alive. I just want her back," Damti told ABC.

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