‘I was captured by Hamas and watched them kill my friend – the UK needs to hear my story’

May Hayat was seconds from being killed in a ‘death trap ambulance’ (Picture: Kevin Moran / Luke Alsford / Metro) ‘When I opened my eyes, I found myself surrounded by eight terrorists in civilian clothes, with knives, hammers and wooden bats.’ May Hayat had run for her life, hidden in a pit and escaped an ambulance moments before it was blown up, but Hamas still caught her. The bartender’s dream night at a music festival in the Israeli desert with her best friend had descended into chaos, horror and death, before her captors let her go. May is one of several survivors who came to London to share their stories as part of an immersive exhibition about the atrocities that took place at the Nova Festival in southern Israel, on October 7, 2023. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and c