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Yonatan Samerano

21 years old

Tel Aviv

Yonatan “Yonti” Samerano, 21, from Tel Aviv, loved concerts and live music and dreamed of becoming a successful DJ, producer and event presenter. Even at a young age he was entrepreneurial, running DJ nights and starting a sound-and-lighting rental business. His family remembered his energy, ambition and ability to turn an ordinary gathering into a party.

Yonatan Samerano, 21, of Tel Aviv – Fled from the Nova Music Festival and managed to reach Kibbutz Be’eri, from where he was abducted by Hamas terrorists to the Gaza Strip. He was subsequently murdered in captivity; His family was notified of his death on December 3, 2023.