Karina Davidov, 30: Manicurist who did 'everything from the heart'

Murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Supernova music festival on October 7

Karina Ella Davidov, 30, of Kiryat Gat, was murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Supernova music festival on October 7.

She attended the rave with her boyfriend, Daniel Braslavsky, who was also slain that day.

Shortly before 9 a.m., she messaged her mother to say they were trying to leave but their car was stuck behind a tank. “Mom I love you, I hope we get out of here,” she texted. “You’re the most important person to me in the world and I’m sorry for everything.”

She was considered missing for close to a week until her body was located and her death confirmed.

Karina was buried on October 14 in Kiryat Gat. She is survived by her parents, Marina and Eduard, and her sisters Kamila and Shanel.

The family moved from Russia and settled in Israel in 1994 when Karina was a baby. In recent years, Karina ran her own business doing manicures and pedicures in Kiryat Gat.

Her friend Lena Rehanian wrote on Instagram the night of her funeral about “how many people came to accompany you, how many people love you and remember you smiling and laughing endlessly.” She recalled how they spent “every weekend together, you got to know all my friends and everyone loved you and your laughter, what didn’t we experience together? Remember when we drove to Eilat — five hours of endless laughing, you’re the only one with whom I’d spend such a drive without air conditioning. I love you.”

Her sister Shanel wrote a tribute on Instagram to “my queen.”

“You have the biggest and widest smile I’ve ever seen in my life,” she wrote. “You’re such a happy person, with so much joy for life, and you’re my best friend… you’re the only person who keeps me sane and always calms me down and helps me no matter what. You always lead me on the best paths and stop me from going in a bad direction, because that’s you — the most perfect person.”

Her sister Kamila wrote on Facebook to “my big sister, my friend, my partner, my queen.”

Without Karina, she wrote, “Who will laugh at my nonsense before bed? Who will I drive crazy if not you? How can I accept that I will never see you again? Who can I seek advice from and get a blessing that is from your whole heart? With you, everything was from the heart.”

Kamila wrote that Karina was her role model, and “everything you did I would follow in your path, with music, speech, your approach, your gentleness, I just admired everything you did, and I will always admire you my big sister… thank you for giving me inspiration for life, thank you for always being there for me, thank you for always knowing the right words to say.”

“Thank you for 26 years of endless, boundless friendship, I miss you and I will always miss you, your rolling laughter is still playing in my head. I want you to know that I will remember you and memorialize you forever.”