Yevgeni Postel, 25: Mobileye employee balanced ambition and leisure

Yevgeni Postel, 25, from Beersheba, was murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Supernova music festival on October 7.

He traveled to the rave together with his close friend, Lior Tkach. When the attack began, Yevgeni told his parents that they were trying to leave the site of the festival but there was a huge traffic jam at the exit from the parking lot. That was the last time anyone heard from them.

After three days, Yevgeni’s family was notified that he had been killed.

He was buried in Beersheba on October 10. He is survived by his parents, Yelena and Dmitri, and his girlfriend, Aviv.

Born in Bryansk, Russia, south of Moscow, Yevgeni moved to Israel with his family when he was a baby, according to a state eulogy. They settled in Beersheba, where he attended local schools and played for the Hapoel Beersheba youth basketball team.

He was regularly chosen to be the captain of the team due to his leadership skills, and he played with the team until he enlisted in the IDF. He was also a devoted fan of the Hapoel Beersheba soccer team.

A diligent student, Yevgeni even skipped a grade due to his success. During 11th and 12th grade he took part in the “Atidim” program to take more advanced classes in math and English.

After finishing high school, Yevgeni enlisted in the IDF and served in the military police at the Natan Camp near Beersheba, tasked with investigating accidents.

Following his release, he began a bachelor’s degree in computer science at Ben Gurion University, while working at Mobileye to fund his studies. He and his girlfriend, Aviv, met while they were both traveling in Sri Lanka and discovered that they were both students at BGU. He completed his degree just a few months before he was killed.

Yevgeni and Lior also attended the rave together with Noa Argamani, who was kidnapped to Gaza and rescued by IDF troops in June 2024. After her return, Noa eulogized her friends on social media, writing that they were “my friends, my partners in life and parties and jokes, for good and bad.”

She wrote that she only found out about their murders after her return to Israel – “and how can I return to a reality that you’re not part of? You were an inseparable part of my life, each of you in their own way… I’ll always remember you as the happy people you were, with a huge smile and wide heart. Thank you for all the shared moments you gave me, all the experiences, Friday night dinners, parties, life lessons and help in university studies.”

Yevgeni’s girlfriend, Aviv, wrote online that he was “my home, my best friend. The best friend anyone could ever ask for.”

“When we just met, I couldn’t believe that I found someone who has everything, who had the perfect balance between ambition and seriousness and the ability to enjoy life and take things easily,” Aviv added.

“Yevgeni was a person with a pure heart, a sensitive and caring guy who always thought about others,” she continued. “The first to offer help with all his heart, the friend who will stand by you no matter when and push you to be the best version of yourself. He was beloved, funny and engaging and got along with everyone, everywhere he went.”

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