Yuval Raphael, 24, took first place in a televised contest, singing Abba’s “Dancing Queen,” which she dedicated to those killed on Oct. 7, and Sam Smith’s “Writing's On The Wall.”

Israel has selected a survivor of the deadly October 7 Hamas attack to represent the nation at Eurovision this year. Yuval Raphael, who has spoken about how she hid under dead bodies inside a bomb shelter for eight hours at the Nova music festival on that fateful day,