(AFP) Ruth Eglash - Yuval Raphael, 24, shows little sign that just a year and a half ago she was hiding beneath dead bodies, pretending to be dead herself, as Hamas gunmen attacked a music festival near Gaza, killing hundreds. Now she will represent Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest on May 13 in Basel, Switzerland. When Hamas attacked, Raphael took cover in a roadside shelter for eight hours, watching as Hamas gunmen killed the young people around her. She hid under the bodies, covering her face with the hair of a young woman killed next to her.
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