On Saturday, Hamas militants attacked Israel using motorcycles, pickup trucks, boats, paragliders, and mid-range rockets and launched a highly coordinated attack, sneaking into Israeli cities, hitting military bases, and killing and taking hostage soldiers and civilians. Reports claim that at least 200 people were killed and hundreds of others injured. Several people were rescued and taken to safer places. Actress Nushrratt Bharuccha is among them.

Nushrratt flew to Israel to attend the Haifa International Film Festival 2023. Her film, Akelli, was screened there. According to a statement from her team to India Today, the actress has been stranded in Israel and she cannot be contacted.