Dad of Israeli-American woman, 24, murdered by Hamas at music festival used ‘find my iPhone’ to track down her remains in bullet-strewn car

The father of an Israeli-American festival-goer tracked down his daughter’s iPhone to discover how and where she met her gruesome death at the hands of Hamas gunmen.

Danielle Waldman, 24, and her boyfriend Noam Shai, who had met in the army and planned to marry, disappeared in the days after the horrific attacks at Israel’s Supernova music festival.

Her distraught father, Eyal Waldman, had held out hope that his young daughter had only been held captive by the terror group and not killed. On Wednesday he received the shocking news that she and her boyfriend were among 260 other innocent festival-goers who were killed by terrorists.

Danielle’s father, who is the founder of Mellanox – an Israeli-American supplier of computer networking products, used ‘find iPhone’ to track his daughter’s devices after learning of her death.

He discovered her wrecked car where she was trapped after Danielle and her boyfriend along with several other festival goers had tried to escape the brutal attacks by Hamas.

Danielle Waldman, 24, and her boyfriend Noam Shai went missing in the days following the horrific attacks at Israel’s Supernova music festival and were tragically confirmed dead on Wednesday.

Eyal Waldman. who is the founder of Mellanox – an Israeli-American supplier of computer networking products, used ‘find my iPhone’ to track his daughter’s devices after learning of her death

Danielle’s father Eyal Waldman discovered her wrecked car in which she was trapped after Danielle and her boyfriend along with several other festival goers had tried to escape the brutal attacks by Hamas.

Danielle and her boyfriend were among 260 other innocent festival goers who were killed by the terrorists

As devastating attacks by Hamas continue, an Israeli soldier walks past a house destroyed by Hamas in Kibbutz Be’eri on Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Eyal Waldman spoke to him CNN for the death of his 24-year-old daughter, who was killed along with her boyfriend of six years at the Nova Festival during Hamas attacks.

After tracking down his daughter’s iPhone and Apple Watch, he drove down south with his friend, where they found the car his daughter was in as she tried to get him to run away from the terrorist group.

They discovered that his daughter and her boyfriend along with several others tried to flee the attacks in a white Toyota car, but that they were allegedly cornered by the terrorists and executed with assault rifles. AK.

Waldman said: “I saw exactly how she was killed from two directions by at least three to five people who had attacked her.

“From the shells we found, there were at least three guns that fired at the car.

Waldman spoke to him i24NEWS – an Israeli news station – about his daughter: ‘Danielle was born in California, in the United States. She was the happiest baby ever and everyone really loved her.’

“She loved everybody.”

Noam grew up here in Israel and is a real man. They met in the army and planned to spend the rest of their lives together.’

He said: ‘Daniela and went to the festival of peace and love in the southern region of Israel. They went with thousands of children to celebrate life, to celebrate love.’

On Saturday morning they were attacked, killed, massacred and raped and burned by Islamic Jihad, Hamas and Gazan civilians after entering Israel and penetrating more than 24 villages and towns in the southern district of Israel. ‘

Waldman said his daughter had told him she planned to marry her long-term boyfriend and that the couple had just moved into an apartment together.

The number of Americans killed by Hamas terrorists in Israel has now reached at least 27, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby revealed Thursday.

Oriya Ricardo, 26, was killed on Saturday at the Supernova festival along with more than 250 others.

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The death toll of Israelis, Palestinians and Americans continues to rise five days after Hamas attacked the Jewish state.

But Kirby said there are currently only a “handful” of Americans believed to be being held hostage in Gaza.

Arriving in Tel Aviv, Israel on Thursday morning, Secretary of State Antony Blinken revealed that at least 25 Americans were killed in the Hamas attacks.

Later in the day, two more were confirmed dead by Kirby during the White House press conference.

Among the Americans killed was Oriya Ricardo, 26, who was shot on Saturday at the Supernova festival along with more than 250 others. Her body was identified yesterday, after an agonizing three-day wait for her family.

Her mother, New York resident Hannie, appeared on MSNBC last night to pay her respects.

“It’s very difficult to talk about it. She was like her name, light, she brought light wherever she went.

“A very happy girl who loved to party, was always at the center of everything. She was the source of my life’s strength.

Daniel Ben Senior (left), 34, was working at the Nova festival on Saturday when Hamas militants attacked. Natalie Ranaan (right) was visiting family for the High Holidays with her mother, Judith, when the attack began on Saturday. Since then, relatives have not heard from either woman

Also missing is Adrienne Neta (right), 66. She is a nurse and midwife who moved to Israel from California in 1981. Judith Raanan (left) was also taken hostage along with her daughter. Their family in Illinois has not heard from them since Saturday

Among those Americans who remain missing are 18-year-old Chicago High School graduate Natalie Raanan and her mother, and 34-year-old Daniel Ben Senior, whose father says she was working at the Nova music festival when Hamas terrorists struck.

Hersh Polin-Goldberg, 23, is another American now being held captive by Hamas. His mother says his arm was amputated from the elbow down.

The State Department has not yet confirmed the number of Americans missing in the conflict.