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Israeli Eurovision Singer Says She Has Been Rehearsing With Booing Sounds In Anticipation Of Backlash
Israel Eurovision Singer Yuval Raphael has been rehearsing with booing sounds, she was a survivor of the October 7 Hamas attack.
Yuval RaphaelFABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images The Israeli Eurovision entrant, a survivor of the October 7 Hamas attack, has said she has been rehearsing her song with booing sounds in anticipation of backlash this weekend. Yuval Raphael, who last attended a major music event on that fateful day in October 2023, told the BBC she is “expecting” boos, with many nations having criticized the Eurovision organizers for allowing an Israeli entrant amid what is currently taking place in Gaza. She has spoken openly in past months about how she hid under dead bodies inside a bomb shelter for eight hours at the Nova music festival, and when she performs she will still have shrapnel in her leg from the attack.
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