Oriya Littman Ricardo, 26, was murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Supernova music festival on October 7. Friends and family said they heard from her early in the morning after Hamas terrorists stormed the festival, as she was running and trying to escape in a car. She told them that she had watched her friend shot and then die in her arms. That was the last they heard from her. The family searched for any news for four days before her boyfriend traced her phone and located her body. She was buried on October 15 in Caesarea
Her friends and family remember her for her long colorful nails — her best advertisement as a manicurist — her love of parties and travel as well as her close relationship with her sisters. In a post on social media, her mother, Hannie, described Oriya as “my beautiful smart and amazing daughter. Her name is Oriya, which in Hebrew means the light of God. She was the definition of light. Huge beautiful smile, joyful, kind, and happy young woman.”
Her father, Eran Littman, rejected calls for those seeking revenge in the name of his daughter, saying: “Revenge will not bring anyone back to life, and definitely not my daughter.”
Oriya is survived by her mother Hannie, father, Eran, and her two older sisters, Lia and Yahali, as well as her boyfriend, Yishai.
