Loyal friend leaves Australia to fight Hamas and find her missing mate in Israel

A woman living in Australia will return to Israel in order to fight and find her friend who disappeared after Hamas attacked the festival she was attending.

Gal, a 25-year-old Israeli reservist, was working as a barista on Queensland’s Magnetic Island when she left the country on Thursday.

She has vowed to find her friend Tiferet Lapidot, 23, who has been missing since Saturday’s deadly Nova music festival, which was attacked by Hamas gunmen.

Israel declared war on Hamas shortly after the weekend attack and has since called on every reservist to return to duty.

Hamas militants killed more than 1,200 people and wounded more than 2,700 on Saturday alone.

Gal, 25, (pictured) has been living on Queensland’s magnet island and working as a barista, but will now return to her homeland of Israel to fight against Hamas in the war.

Her friend Tiferet Lapidot, 23, (pictured) has been missing since Saturday and was last seen at the Nova music festival which Hamas massacred – leaving 260 innocent people dead.

Gal almost returned to her homeland once earlier this year, but now it is not an option for her.

‘It is not a choice. It’s the obvious thing to do for me. I grew up in Israel. I was born in Israel It is my country. It is my people. It’s the right thing to do,” she said 7 News.

She described the Queensland island as her ‘second home’ but knows the fight against Hamas and the search for her friend is ‘200 per cent’ what she needs to do.

Gal met Ms Lapidot while at a music festival in Australia and is now praying for her safety.

“She is the biggest light in this world and left the biggest mark on my heart,” Gal said.

“People were killed, girls were raped, girls were taken hostage, stripped naked and raped again. People were beheaded. I hope she is safe and alive.’

The text Gal received said that her unit was being called up to begin work, which she immediately realized was going back to Israel.

It is not yet known what happened to Ms. Lapidot after the music festival where 260 innocent people were killed by militias.

The music in the deadly blast, which survivors said initially had ‘good vibes’, played throughout the night until around 6.30am, when a siren began blaring rocket warnings.

Aerial footage of the festival site revealed a scorched earth surface, apparently made by Hamas terrorists.

Attendees fled as Hamas militants invaded from the ground and from the air on October 7 when the fighting began

Those who tried to flee the area crashed their cars, but it soon became clear that the only road to safety was closed on both sides by the terrorist blockade.

A bouncer from the festival said the terrorists who set up the blockades were disguised as police officers and soldiers.

“People ran into them hoping to be saved and then they were executed,” they said.

Israel’s new unity government has since massed 300,000 troops on its southern border against Gaza and vowed to ‘crush’ Hamas.