Yaniv Riz and Awad Dravsha served as paramedics at the Nova Nature Party in Re’im on October 7. After evacuating the party when Hamas terrorists arrived, the decided to return to help, thinking that the IDF had already gained control. Awad, from the Galilean village of Iksal, was killed by Hamas. Yaniv, speaking to media for the first time, shares the terrible moment when he had to pronounce his partner and friend “irreversibly dead.” “The only thing that could make this terrible price be worth it,” Yaniv says, “is if this ends in internal peace.”