Inbar Hayman was just 27 when she was abducted from the Nova music festival in Re'im and murdered by Hamas terrorists. For a period, she was the only woman hostage still held by Hamas (a deceased captive). The sad announcement of her death arrived on December 16, 2023. Inbar was a visual communications student and an artist, a resident of Haifa. She worked providing emotional support to attendees at the Nova festival and left behind two parents and a brother.
On October 7, the terrorist attack on the Nova festival site in Re'im began, and the terrorists started to overrun the area and massacre the partygoers. Inbar and her friends hid beneath the stage at the festival. During the assault, in an attempt to save themselves, they ran toward the fields, with terrorists pursuing them, and they were forced to separate from one another. Inbar was captured by two terrorists who placed her on a motorcycle and abducted her to Gaza. A video of her being transported to Gaza while unconscious was even circulated on that Saturday.
"Talented creator"
Inbar's nickname as a graffiti artist was 'Pink,' and her abduction and murder prompted many artists in Israel and across the world to hold protests calling for her release. The nickname "Pink," according to her friends, symbolizes her favorite color, pink. Her friends and relatives spoke consistently about a talented creator, a painter, and an artist.
Since her abduction, her family waged a campaign for the return of her body for burial in Israel. The phrase that guided the fight was "I am also a woman, bring me back too," stemming from the policy to return women and children first in previous hostage exchange deals.
Yifat Hayman, Inbar's mother, previously stated in the Knesset, "All I ask is to kiss her. Every possible effort must be made to bring them. Because what could happen, God forbid, is that they will disappear in the streets of Gaza. All the deceased, God forbid, could vanish. And I will not even speak, God forbid, about the living, who could be murdered. After they abandoned my daughter, I expect the Government of Israel to do everything to bring her back by any available means."
