On October 7, two terrorist squads broke into the home of the Avital family. They smashed and looted the house, prepared it for arson, and left only at noon. When the cell service returned, Beni sent his wife, Yamit, a message: “We survived. The children were heroes.”
In a poignant moment of remembrance and solidarity, participants at the Burning Man festival in Nevada stood in silence to honor the victims of the Nova music festival massacre in Israel.
As part of Israel’s global public diplomacy campaign, a joint statement from Netanyahu and Sabine Taasa, who lost her husband and son in the October 7 Hamas massacre, included segments of the atrocity footage captured by security cameras at the family’s home in Moshav Netiv Haasara, described as extremely difficult to watch.
Communities unite to strengthen grieving families as Israel remembers victims of October 7 kidnapping horror.
The documentary bearing the shocking title "Bibas: Murdered for Being Jewish" represents the product of over a year of research and testimony collection, aimed at serving as a tool for documenting the truth and commemorating the memory of the Bibas family members.
Ariel’s life was cut short by brutal Hamas terrorists. The Instagram page commemorating the Bibas family invited the public to light a candle, or release an orange balloon in his honor.
Nearly two years after the October 7 massacre, Leon and Ina, the parents of 24-year-old Sapir Bilmes, opened up in a wrenching interview about the final moments of their daughter’s life. “She appeared on every list, here, there. And I told myself: until she calls me, I don’t know where she is,” Ina recalls. Looking back, they are still trying to reconstruct every detail from conversations with police investigators. “I wanted to know if the end was quick.”
The Knesset Subcommittee on Foreign Policy and Public Diplomacy held a session to address the publication of the report on sexual crimes committed by Hamas. Ilana Gritzewsky, a former hostage and the partner of kidnapped soldier Matan Zangauker, gave harrowing testimony about her time in captivity.
Each of the drones represented a life lost in the attack as part of the Nova exhibit that has traveled to major cities worldwide including New York, Los Angeles, and Tel Aviv.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to comments made by Donald Trump in a video, stating: "We know for certain there are 21 hostages alive. There are three more whose condition is, unfortunately, uncertain." A total of 59 hostages remain in Hamas captivity, 35 of whom have been officially classified by Israel as dead in captivity.