October 7th survivor recounts HARROWING escape

EXCITED FOR THE NEXT 30? "FAULKNER FOCUS" IS NEXT. >> Bill: BYE-BYE. >> Harris: BREAKING NEWS ON THIS. OCTOBER 7TH. ISRAEL WATCHING THE SKIES FOR. ANY INCOMING MISSILES. PARTICULARLY WATCHFUL ON THIS. DAY AS THE WORLD REMEMBERS. EXACTLY THREE YEARS AGO. HAMAS TERRORISTS LAUNCHED A. MASSIVE DAY OF MURDER, TORTURE. AND KIDNAPPING KILLING MORE THAN. 1200 ISRAELIS AND TAKING MORE.

THAN 250 HOSTAGES. I'M HARRIS FAULKNER AND YOU ARE. IN "THE FAULKNER FOCUS.". NEWLY-RELEASED VIDEO GIVING US. INSIGHT INTO THOSE CHILLING. SCENES OF THAT DEADLY DAY AT AN. ISRAELI HOSPITAL. HUNDREDS OF TRAUMATIZED AND. BLOODIED VICTIMS FLOWED INTO. THAT FACILITY IN THE AFTERMATH. OF THE HAMAS ATTACK. ALL THESE YEARS LATER WE ARE. STILL LEARNING SO MUCH MORE. THE HOSPITAL SAYS IT TREATED. MORE THAN 670 PEOPLE WITHIN THE.

FIRST 24 HOURS. IN ISRAEL TODAY, A MOMENT OF. SILENCE MARKED THE EXACT TIME. THE ATTACK BEGAN. MORE CEREMONIES ARE SCHEDULED. THROUGHOUT THE DAY TO REMEMBER. THE VICTIMS OF OCTOBER 7TH. U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED. NATIONS MIKE WALTZ OFFERED A. MESSAGE OF SOLIDARITY. >> OCTOBER 7TH CAN NEVER, EVER. HAPPEN AGAIN AND IT WILL NOT. EVER HAPPEN AGAIN. CERTAINLY NOT UNDER THIS. PRESIDENT'S WATCH. MY BOTTOM LINE IS -- I KNOW IT. WENT LONG BUT SO IMPORTANT FOR.

EVERYONE TO HEAR. HAVE HOPE. PEACE IS POSSIBLE. AMERICA WILL STAND WITH THE. JEWISH PEOPLE. THE TERRORISTS ARE ON THEIR BACK. FOOT. BE STRONG, BE RESILIENT, BE. WISE, AND KNOW THAT WHAT YOU ARE. DOING IS RIGHT. STAND WITH YOUR MORAL COMPASS. AND KNOW THAT THIS. ADMINISTRATION IN THE UNITED. STATES OF AMERICA STANDS WITH.

YOU. >> Harris: COMMUNITIES ALL OVER. ARE COMMEMORATING THE DAY WHILE. ANTI-ISRAEL AND JEWISH HATE. GROUPS ARE USING IT TO PROTEST. SEVERAL EVENTS ARE SET TO HAPPEN. AROUND THE GLOBE WITH THE MOST. ACTIVITY PLANNED RIGHT HERE IN. THE UNITED STATES. THIS IS STATISTICS FROM THE. ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE SHOW A. DISTURBING DEVELOPMENT. 202025 SAW AN WHIP CREASE IN 70. IN JEWISH HATE ATTACKS IN THE. U.S. FOLLOWING THE TRAGEDY IN. ISRAEL.

THIS IS THE WORST YEAR ON RECORD. IN THREE DAYS -- IN THREE. DECADES. CHIEF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT TREY. YINGST REPORTS FROM ISRAEL. >> GOOD MORNING. THIS MORNING AT 6:29 A.M. ISRAEL. MARKED THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY. SINCE THE OCTOBER 7TH MASSACRE. ISRAELI PRESIDENT HERZOG LIT. MEMORIAL CANDLES TO REMEMBER THE. NEARLY 1200 VICTIMS OF THIS. BRUTAL TERRORIST ATTACK. THE MOST DEADLY DAY FOR JEWS. SINCE THE HOLOCAUST.

SMALLER CEREMONIES WERE HELD. ACROSS SOUTHERN ISRAEL. THE SMALL NEIGHBORHOODS TARGETED. WHEN THOUSANDS OF HAMAS. TERRORISTS CROSSED THE BORDER IF. GAZA. >> IT'S A VERY EMOTIONAL DAY. IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT DAY FOR. OUR COMMUNITY THREE YEARS AFTER. OCTOBER 7TH. ACTUALLY THREE YEARS WE ARE KIND. OF REFUGEES IN ISRAEL AND THIS. IS THE FIRST TIME WE ARE DOING. ALL THE THINGS HERE IN THE. KIBBUTZ. >> IT WASN'T JUST THE INITIAL. ATTACK THAT SHOCKED THE JEWISH. STATE PLUNGING IT TO WAR, IT WAS.

THE HOSTAGE TAKING OF MORE THAN. 250 PEOPLE. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR 20 LIVING. HOSTAGES WERE STILL IN GAZA. LATER RETURNED UNDER A DEAL. BROKERED BY THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION. THE COUNTRY OF ISRAEL GRIEVES. AND MILITARY REMAINS ON HIGH. ALERT. ISRAELI OFFICIALS WARN HAMAS OR. OTHER ADVERSARIES COULD TRY TO. ATTACK AROUND THIS SENSITIVE. TIME. >> BECAUSE HAMAS IS SO WEAK IT. WILL TRY TO CHANGE US WITH. WHATEVER STRENGTH IT HAS UP IN. THE RUN-UP TO THE ELECTIONS TO. INFLUENCE THEM. WE ARE PREPARED FOR THAT AND.

WE'LL RESPOND FIRST OF ALL WE'LL. THWART ANY ATTEMPTS, ANY CASE WE. WILL RESPOND IN TREMENDOUS FORCE. IF THEY MAKE THAT MISTAKE. I SAY TO ALL OF OUR ENEMIES, LOOK WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO YOU ON. SEVEN FRONTS IN THE WAR OF. REVIVAL. >> WITH THE ATTEMPTED PLANE. HIJACKING AGAINST A FLIGHT WITH. MORE THAN 100 ISRAELIS ON BOARD. TO RISING ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKS. ACROSS THE WORLD THERE IS. GROWING CONCERN ABOUT TARGETED. HATE CRIMES AND TERROR ATTACKS. IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE. UNITED STATES 70% OF JEWISH I.

HAD INDICATORS FEAR SPEAKING OUT. AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM ACCORDING. TO THE ADL. A REALITY JEWS IN ISRAEL. UNDERSTAND CLOSELY. TONIGHT THOUSANDS WILL GATHER IN. NORTHERN TEL AVIV TO MARK THIS. HORRIFIC ANNIVERSARY. >> Harris: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE NOVA MUSIC FESTIVAL WAS A. PLACE HIT FROM THE AIR AND ON. THE GROUND DURING THE HAMAS. MASSACRE. TERRORISTS SLAUGHTERED MORE THAN. 360 PEOPLE THERE ALONE. IT'S BECOME A SIMM -- SYMBOL OF.

THAT DAYS' TORTURE AND. KIDNAPPING. A FOX NEWS EXCLULUSIVE ON "THE. FAULKNER FOCUS" AS A MAN TELLS. ME EVERYTHING IN A LENGTHY. INTERVIEW CONDUCTED AT THE. NATIONAL PRESS CLUB IN. WASHINGTON, D.C. ALL THE DETAILS. HERE IS HIS STORY. >> SO MY WIFE STARTED TO --. FIANCE AT THAT TIME STARTED TO. SEND ME VIDEOS AND PHOTOS AND WE.

SAW THE TERRORIST WITH AN RPG BY. THE HOUSE AND TERROR GLIDERS THE. HOUSE AND THE WHITE PICKUP. TRUCKS AROUND. WE THOUGHT IT WAS TEN OR 15. TERRORISTS. WE NEVER THOUGHT THAT THERE ARE. THOUSANDS POURING IN. ONLY AROUND 8:15, WHICH IS. ALMOST TWO HOURS WE UNDERSTOOD. IT IS COMING TOWARDS OUR WAY AND. IT IS MASSIVE. >> Harris: WHAT DID YOU SEE AT. FIRST? >> SO WE WERE IN THE CAR.

WE WERE TRYING TO DRIVE OUT AND. WE DIDN'T SEE, WE JUST HEARD. WE HEARD MACHINE GUNFIRE TOWARDS. OUR WAY. WE WERE SHOUTING IN THE CAR, GET. OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT. AND WE RAN FOR OUR LIFE. >> YOU LEFT YOUR VEHICLE. >> YES. >> Harris: WHAT MADE YOU DO. THAT. >> IT WAS A TRAFFIC JAM. IS WHAT I SAY INSTINCT WE. UNDERSTOOD SITTING IN THE CAR. AND WAITING THE TRY TO MOVE. WOULD BE THE WRONG DECISION.

SO WE DECIDED TO LEAVE THE CAR, GET OUT AND START RUNNING. >> Harris: WERE ANY OF YOU. INJURED. >> WE FELL BUT THE BULLETS DID. NOT HIT US, THEY HIT THE PEOPLE. AROUND US. >> Harris: TALK TO ME ABOUT. THAT. >> SO WHILE YOU RUN, YOU OPEN. THE DOOR OF THE E CAR AND YOU T. TO RUN THE OTHER WAY WHERE THE. BULLETS AREN'T COMING AND WE. WERE KIND OF RUNNING DUCKS, WHAT. I SAY.

THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PARTY. GOERS RUNNING THROUGH THE FIELDS. AND AGAIN FROM THE AFTERMATH WE. KNOW THAT THERE WAS PICKUP. TRUCKS WITH MACHINE GUNS ON THEM. JUST FIRING TO WHOEVER THEY SEE. RUNNING AND YOU SEE PEOPLE FALL. AROUND YOU. MY BROTHER-IN-LAW WAS THE. PRODUCER OF THE NOVA. WHILE I WAS RUNNING I UNDERSTOOD. THAT WHOEVER IS LEFT BEHIND IS. IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION. AND MY BROTHER-IN-LAW BEFORE MY. PHONE DIED FROM BATTERY, HE.

TEXTED ME THAT HE IS IN THE BAR. CLOSING THE -- PICKING UP THE. MONEY AND BOTTLES AND CLOSING. THE PARTY WITH THE POLICE AND HE. TOLD ME HE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF. THE FESTIVAL. I WAS RUNNING FROM THE. TERRORISTS, I KNEW THAT THE. TERRORISTS ARE GOING TO COME. INTO THE FESTIVAL AND IN MY MIND. WHILE I WAS RUNNING I WAS ONLY. THINKING ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN. TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE LEFT. THERE. >> Harris: DID YOU TURN AROUND? >> NO. NO. IT WAS -- YOU RUN FOR YOUR LIFE.

WE RAN ABOUT 6 1/2, SEVEN MILES. TO ANOTHER --. >> Harris: YOU ARE RUNNING. >> IT IS RUNNING AND THEN YOU. ARE WALKING BECAUSE YOU CAN'T. RUN ALL THE WAY AND THEN YOU. HEAR A MISSILE JUST FALL HALALF. MILE FROM YOU AND YOU DUCK AND. THEN YOU RUN AND THEN YOU SEE A. WHITE PICKUP TRUCK THAT YOU HAVE. HEARD OR SEEN THAT THIS IS THE. TERRORISTS AND YOU ARE STILL IN. THAT SURVIVAL MODE. YOU CAN'T THINK ABOUT ANYTHING. ELSE. YOU NEED TO GET OUT OF THE.

SITUATION. THE IDF AND POLICE ARE NOT HERE. YOU KNOW THAT IT IS WILD. OUTSIDE. A COUPLE HOURS FROM BEING IN A. FESTIVAL WITH FRIENDS TO BEING. WITH HUNDREDS OF PARTY GOERS. WITH PEOPLE WITH BULLETS IN. THEIR LEGS AND INJURED AND THE. ONLY DISCUSSION THAT IS GOING ON. IS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PEOPLE. -- WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE. PEOPLE IN THE BACK? WHAT HAPPENS TO THE YOUNG WOMEN. STILL AT THE FESTIVAL? >> Harris: DID YOU KNOW THEY.

WERE BEING TAKEN HOSTAGE? >> I THINK PEOPLE E WOULD RATHE. HONESTLY DIE THAN BE TAKEN. HOSTAGE. EVERYBODY KNEW IF HAMAS TAKES. YOU AS A HOSTAGE AS THE RESULT. WAS YOU WOULD STAY FOR A COUPLE. OF YEARS IN CAPTIVITY. >> Harris: DO YOU OR YOUR. FRIENDS HAVE SURVIVOR'S GUILT? >> I THINK NOT. MY VIEW IS THE IDF WOULD HAVE. THE GUILT. I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE THE. SURVIVOR GUILT.

I DO LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, THE. COURAGE OF PEOPLE WHO DID GO. AROUND TO SAVE OTHERS, FOR ME. THESE ARE ANGELS. THE PEOPLE WHO TOOK THE. DECISION, DECIDED THAT EVEN. THOUGH THEY DIDN'T HAVE A RIFLE. EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW THERE ARE. HUNDREDS OF TERRORISTS, THEY. TURNED AROUND IN ORDER TO SAVE. EVEN ONE PERSON, THOSE ARE FOR. ME THE HEROES OF THE STORY. >> Harris: WHERE ARE YOU NOW IN. YOUR HEALING? WHERE DOES YOUR MIND GO? >> WE ARE STILL INTO THE STORY.

IT HASN'T CLOSED ALL THE WAY. THE HOSTAGES ARE BACK, WHICH IS. -- I'M SUPER HAPPY BUT STILL THE. STORY AROUND WHAT HAS HAPPENED. WITH GAZA AND ISRAEL AND IRAN. AND THE WHOLE STORY IS STILL. EVOLVING AND I THINK THE HEALING. PART ESPECIALLY FOR ME WOULD BE. WHEN EVERYTHING CLOSES DOWN, WE. SIT AROUND AND WE BREATHE. >> Harris: YOU HEARD HIM TALK.

JUST THEN ABOUT THE IDF, ISRAELI. DEFENSE FORCE. NO ONE WAS COMING TO SAVE THEM. HE SAID THIS WAS AN OFFENSIVE. THAT MOVED VERY QUICKLY. AND HE JUST HAD WISHED THAT THAT. HAD BEEN SOMETHING THAT THEY. COULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT. HE SAID HE WASN'T ARMED, BUT ALL. YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN SERVE IN THE. IDF IN THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCE. HE KNOWS NOW THAT THINGS WOULD. BE DIFFERENT, THAT EVEN HE WOULD. BE DIFFERENT ON THAT DAY. HE WOULD KNOW.

THEY ALL WOULD NOW. HE SAID HE HAD TO KEEP HIS MIND. FOCUSED ON LIVING TO TELL THE. STORY. NOW THERE IS MORE TO THIS. WE TOOK A BIG SECTION OF IT AND. WE'LL BE SCOOPING THROUGH IT TO. SHOW YOU AS WE CAN. ALL THOSE THAT DAY WHO SURVIVED, HE TOLD ME HE HAD A BIT OF. SURVIVOR.