Supernova festival survivors harassed by Manchester Airport staff identified as brothers Daniel and Neria Sharabi

The two Israeli survivors of the Supernova music festival who were harassed by UK Border Force staff at Manchester airport yesterday are identified by the Daily Mail as brothers Daniel and Neria Sharabi.

The two saved dozens of lives during the Hamas music festival massacre on October 7 by providing fire cover for escapees with weapons they found in a tank, while receiving instructions over the phone from an IDF officer.

When they arrived in England to raise awareness for a nonprofit established to help survivors of the October 7 massacre, the two were stopped at the airport and told they would be questioned further about the purpose of their visit.

A short video clip of the incident shared on social media showed one of the guards upbraiding the Israelis, who cannot be seen onscreen, after one appears to say they are not being allowed to enter.

“Nobody has said that once, so knock the attitude off,” the guard is heard saying. “We’ve made the decision, and you’re coming in. Just let us do the checks we need to go and keep quiet.”

The two were then detained for two hours and upon being released, the same guard told them, “They had to make sure that you are not going to do what you are doing in Gaza over here,” according to a copy of a complaint filed over the incident by the Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester and Region.

Speaking to the Daily Mail, Daniel Sharabi says he has “no doubt at all” that he was detained for being Israeli.

“We kept asking the officials why they had stopped us – was it because we are Israeli or because we are Jewish,” he adds. “Of course they never admitted it, but it was obvious to us it was the only reason.”

He tells the news outlet that he doesn’t feel safe in the UK after the incident and that he’ll be leaving later today.

“This is my first time in the country and my last time in the country. I don’t want to feel what I felt again,” he adds.