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UN ambassadors visit Gaza border communities: 'Only when you stand here do you understand'

Delegation of 26 ambassadors arrives on fact-finding tour that began at Auschwitz in Poland and ended at the massacre sites near the Gaza border, and watching aid trucks enter the enclave; 'We will never forget what happened here or who did it'

Itamar Eichner | 02.22.26

מיצג ענק בחוף הים בת"א: "טבח 7.10 - לא נשכח!"

'You cannot bury the truth in the sand': Families of Oct. 7 victims set up Tel Aviv beach exhibit

Amid demands for a state commission of inquiry and a dispute with the Prime Minister’s Office over removing the word 'massacre' from a law commemorating the terror attack, October Council members set up the exhibit, saying a massacre must not be swept aside or failures covered up

Roi Rubinstein | 02.20.26

נועה מזרחי מושבעת ללוחמת מג"ב, אחותה רז מזרחי ז"ל קצינה במגב שנרצחה בנובה

'Raz, I did it': Beret of officer killed on Oct 7. passed to sister at Border Police ceremony

Sub-Inspector Raz Mizrahi was hurt in a terror attack, recovered and became an officer before being murdered at the Nova festival; her sister Noa was sworn in and received her beret; 'She must be looking down from above and bursting with pride'

Meir Turgeman | 02.15.26

Shani Louk’s mother: ‘Sometimes I think she’s abroad, then I remember Oct. 7’

Recalling the moment her daughter was abducted, Shani Louk’s mother says the trauma has not faded even as public memory in Germany has dimmed and discussion of Oct. 7 has been overtaken by debates about the war in Gaza

Itamar Eichner | 02.08.26

סאני וולקוב, בת זוגו של אושר וקנין ז"ל ואלקנה בוחבוט, חברו

‘Staying alive is as hard as dying’: Widow of Nova festival producer on loss and survival

Sunny Volkov, 26, a young mother to a toddler with medical disabilities, lost her partner, Osher Vaknin, at the Nova festival and, in a searing interview, recounts the instinct that kept her home, the drive through killing fields and the moment her life shattered

Hagar Kochavi | 02.07.26

Netanyahu pick for national security adviser lied about role during Oct. 7, IDF official says

An internal IDF document alleges reserve Brig. Gen. Oren Solomon inflated his battlefield actions, overstated civilian rescues and misrepresented his command role during the Nova festival attack

Yoav Zitun | 02.02.26

From 2014 to 2026: the 255 hostages freed from Gaza through deals, rescues and diplomacy

With the recovery of Ran Gvili, the hostage era that began in 2014 has come to an end; military rescues, three hostage deals and diplomatic gestures led to the release of 255 men, women, children and soldiers held by by Hamas and other groups in Gaza

Nina Fox, Maya Bar | 01.27.26

'We are writing letters of eternity': a hostage family’s mission after the Nova festival attack

A Torah scroll is being written in memory of Yonatan Samerano and will later be placed in Tel Aviv’s Great Synagogue on Allenby Street as part of its renewal, with his father, Kobi, explaining why the writing began at the site of the Nova festival

Shilo Freid | 01.19.26

Prison terms for looters at the Nova massacre site: ‘Absolute betrayal of human dignity’

The court sentenced Liran Yaakovov, Netanel Aviv and Oz Rahum to 36 to 40 months in prison for arriving at the Nova festival site on Oct. 8 to loot victims’ belongings, including the laptop of the late Jenny Nissimboim and the credit card of the late Shay Mutzafi

Ilana Curiel | 01.12.26

Review: '12 Hours in October' shows the risks of turning Oct. 7 into cinema

Good intentions are no substitute for art or morality: Danny A.’s film on Apple TV Plus seeks to revisit national trauma but collapses into crude direction, propagandistic writing and hollow images that recycle pain rather than confront it

Erez Dvora | 01.09.26

She survived the Nova massacre, she did not survive the trauma

Shirel Golan survived the Nova music festival massacre but struggled to live with the traum; after hospitalizations, travels abroad and repeated cries for help, she died by suicide; her story exposes the deep crisis facing survivors long after October 7

Yael Shani, Shomrim | 01.02.26

'When I got out, I knew I wanted a family': Former hostage Omer Wenkert on life after 505 days in Gaza

Abducted from the Nova music festival and held for 505 days, Omer Wenkert reunites with Adi Taub, his closest friend and now partner, as they share how trauma brought them together and why building a family is their next goal

Dina Halutz | 12.31.25

'I found myself facing the greatest fear a mother can experience'

Even in the greatest darkness, one must not give up, because miracles happen every day writes Keren Schem, mother of former hostage Mia Schem, in a special column for the 'We Came to Embrace Darkness' project

Keren Schem | 12.17.25

עשרות חנוכיות דולקות במתחם ההנצחה של הנובה

Hanukkah at Nova memorial site: bereaved father builds dozens of menorahs

Since losing his sons Noam and Yuval in the Oct. 7 massacre, Juju Rabia has volunteered at the Nova memorial site; for Hanukkah, he built dozens of menorahs, placed them beside victims’ photos and lit the first candle in each

Roni Green Shaulov | 12.15.25

Hostage Square rally: Families, survivors call for return of remaining hostages still in Gaza

At the Hostage Square rally, survivor Maxim Herkin urged a final push to free the three slain hostages still in Gaza; Nova survivor Guy Gilboa Dalal spoke for the first time about learning his friends were killed; in Sha'ar HaNegev, families said returning revived painful memories

Meir Turgeman, Roni Green Shaulov | 11.15.25

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