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'We won't let the truth be buried': October 7 survivors demand Netanyahu release records

A Yedioth Ahronoth investigation reveals contradictions and omissions in Netanyahu's account to the state comptroller, amid claims of altered transcripts; October 7 victims demand records be released

Roy Rubinstein | 10.13.26

‘Is he alive?’: Bereaved families recall the moment they learned their sons were gone

Yoav and Hallel were killed fighting on Oct. 7; Idan and Maksim fell years later in Lebanon, while Avihai and fellow Givati soldier S. survived severe wounds; in three encounters, their families return to the moments that changed everything

Yoav Keren | 10.07.26

Bereaved families demand national Oct. 7 inquiry, reject Supreme Court-led commission

Families accuse the Supreme Court of years of interference in security policy and say it cannot be trusted to oversee an October 7 inquiry, urging Israelis to support candidates who back an equitable national commission not overseen by the judiciary

Liran Tamari | 10.06.26

‘We don’t care’: Dutch audience heckles Oct. 7 bereaved mother at NAZA screening

Sabine Tassa, whose husband and son were murdered in the Oct. 7 massacre, confronted the film’s portrayal of the war in Delft; audience members shouted ‘Shame on you’ and ‘We don’t care’

Itamar Eichner | 10.01.26

טקס פרידה והריסה שמסמל את תחילת ההקמה מחדש של קיבוץ ניר עוז

'We don’t want to live in Auschwitz': Nir Oz wrestles with scars of Oct. 7

As Nir Oz rebuilds, residents face a painful choice: preserve homes where families were killed and abducted as testimony to Oct. 7 or clear the ruins to make way for life anew

Roni Green Shaulov | 09.10.26

יהודה, בנו של שאול ז"ל מקריא קדיש לזכר אביו במקום בו נפל בלבנון

IDF soldier recites Kaddish where his father was killed in Lebanon

Nearly two years after Shaul Moyal, a father of 10, was killed in southern Lebanon, his son Yehuda returned in uniform to the site and recited the Jewish mourner’s prayer

Yair Kraus | 08.30.26

Nirel was beheaded on Oct. 7 and his head was never found; his mother pleads: 'Netanyahu, help us'

Nirel Zini was murdered in Kfar Aza; after his funeral, his parents learned he had been beheaded and his head was never found; left to search alone, they urge Netanyahu to intervene: 'Nirel’s head will not be abandoned'

Sharon Kidon | 06.23.26

נורית לאון והסיכה שעוצבה עם הציור שצייר בנה, עדי ז"ל

Maccabiah to honor 18 fallen soldiers with special pins

At next month’s Maccabiah, special memorial pins for fallen soldiers, designed with bereaved families, will be unveiled; one honoring Staff Sgt. Adi Leon features a drawing from a letter he wrote before entering Gaza

Gal Ganot | 06.20.26

Hazel Brief and her son, Yona Bezalel Brief, who was injured on October 7 defending Kibbut Kfar Aza and died 417 days later in Sheba Hospital

Who has the rights to a soldier's soul: bereaved mother's open letter to Betzalel Smotrich

Opinion: Before you use a fallen soldier’s picture, ask the family; Ask if they can bear it. Ask if the timing won’t crush them. Ask if their child’s face is yours to share

Hazel Brief | 06.11.26

Away from grief, bereaved IDF parents find room to breathe — and each other

Thirty-six bereaved families traveled to Milan with Or L’Mishpachot, finding rare moments of friendship, remembrance and quiet relief as they carry their children’s memory into life beyond loss

Dennis Bihler | 05.30.26

‘My partner’s son was killed in the war; I’m not his mother, but I lost a child too’

She never saw herself as a 'stepmother'; she built a blended family with her partner, raising both her children and his, and then his son was killed in the war; since then, she has felt her grief carries no social legitimacy; in an anonymous monologue, she writes of a loss that still has no name or recognition

ynet | 04.21.26

תמונה 2: אריאל לובלינר ז"ל וברברה לובלינר

They made aliyah, found love in Israel — and became war widows

They came to build new lives in Israel and found love, but after losing partners in war, now face life alone, sharing stories of loss, strength and resilience while remembering those killed and navigating life after tragedy

Hagai Ayad | 04.20.26

'Their resting place is not a political stage': Bereaved families ask politicians to stay away on Memorial Day

More than 150 bereaved families signed a letter calling on coalition lawmakers to refrain from speeches at cemeteries on Memorial Day; 'You talk about heroism, we live with the consequences'

Lihi Gordon | 04.15.26

Bereaved families protest: ‘Hosted senior Hamas figures in Gaza – now to build a Jerusalem hotel?’

The fathers of Itay Chen, Yaron Shay and Daniel Waldman, killed on Oct. 7, urged officials to block land allocation to Palestinian businessman Bashar Masri, facing a massive US lawsuit; Jerusalem municipality says the plan was removed

Gilad Cohen | 02.05.26

מימין לשמאל: מאיר זריהן, דודי ששון, שי טסטה, דוד גל, אריאל וולוך, פבל לויט - בחלקה 18א בהר הרצל

'Now all of us have tattoos on our bodies': bereaved fathers find brotherhood at Mount Herzl

Six Jerusalem fathers, brought together by the deaths of their sons in the war, meet every Friday at Mount Herzl military cemetery to grieve, talk, laugh and survive together, finding strength in a bond no one else can truly understand

Gilad Cohen | 01.18.26

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