Jenny Nisimboim, 32: Fitness instructor who was eager to help others

Jenny Nisimboim, 32, from Bat Yam, was murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Supernova music festival on October 7.

Nisimboim had traveled to the music festival on October 6, spending the night there with her cousin, Ilan Moshe Yaakov, and her friend, Mai Itzhaki, both of whom were also killed in the deadly Hamas assault.

Omer Carmeli, who had been married to Nisimboim before the two separated several years ago on good terms, told Mako that she had phoned him shortly after terrorists infiltrated the music festival, at about 6:30 a.m.

She was near her car at the time, preparing to leave the festival, but fled the scene once she realized what was happening, and hid in a bar with several other people.

Shortly after 9 a.m., she wrote to him that they had “blocked the bar with fridges” in an attempt to prevent the terrorists roaming the grounds from finding them.

The last time anyone heard from Nisimboim was at around 9:45 a.m.

It would be another five days before her body was identified, and she was buried in Holon Cemetery on October 15.

Nisimboim worked as a fitness trainer, and was described by Carmeli as a “strong woman” and a “real fighter.”

Following her funeral, her uncle, Yura, set up an online donation page, hoping to write a Sefer Torah in her memory.

“Jenny worked in fitness and health, and believed in living a healthy life,” he wrote. “She was eager to help anyone in need. Wherever Jenny would go, she would leave a trail of good deeds and kindness.”

“She was a whole world,” he added. “She was a beautiful flower who loved life.”

In a post shared on Facebook, Jenny’s parents-in-law, Hagit and Meir Carmeli, wrote, “It’s hard to talk about you in the past tense, it’s unfathomable… You were a girl with a vivacious, hot demeanor, you never rested for a moment, you never gave up, you were always fighting.”

“Our hearts are torn and bleeding, our souls are wounded and they refuse to believe this,” they added. “We know you are watching over us from above. We will remember you forever.”