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שורד השבי שגב כלפון ששוחר בעסקה משבי החמאס לאחר 738 ימים

'We ate rice with worms. I planned to escape, but my friends stopped me': the captivity of Segev Kalfon

In his first extensive interview since being freed from Hamas captivity, Segev Kalfon recounts the Nova music festival, the abduction, the houses, tunnels of abuse, and the moment he finally left Gaza: 'I told myself: who can stop me now?'

Hagar Kochavi | 11.01.25

'Who would want to date a ‘Nova survivor’?': Three women on trauma, love and learning to trust again

Months after surviving the Nova music festival massacre, three young women share their search for love amid trauma, the moment they choose to reveal their past, and what happens when a panic attack strikes on a first date

Galit Hareli | 10.31.25

Terrorists who took part in October 7 massacre eliminated by IDF

IDF says eliminated Hamas terrorists who kidnapped Nova hostages

Military and Shin Bet confirm deaths of eight terrorists involved in October 7 massacre and hostage-taking, including captors of Noa Argamani, Eitan Mor and Avinatan Or; families welcome strikes, urge continued pursuit of attackers still at large

Elisha Ben Kimon, Idan Bloemhof | 10.23.25

'Sorry I wasn’t there to save you': Thousands mourn slain hostage Inbar Hayman at final farewell

Hayman, 27, from Haifa, was killed during the Nova music festival in Re’im and taken into Gaza; for more than two months she was listed as alive until her family received the devastating news on December 16, 2023

Meir Turgeman | 10.17.25

הלווייתו של גיא אילוז ז"ל בבית העלמין ברעננה

Thousands mourn Nova festival hostage Guy Illouz, laid to rest two years after Hamas abduction

Respected sound engineer's father recalls identifying him by his smile, and thanks fellow hostage survivor Maya Regev for being by his side in his final moments

Raanan Ben-Zur | 10.15.25

נטע אביר לב, דניאל שרעבי, יוסף חיים אוחנה ונריה שרעבי

Yosef Chaim reunites with friends who survived Nova festival: 'He didn’t know what ChatGPT was'

After 738 days in Hamas captivity, Yosef Chaim Ohana reunited with friends who survived the Nova festival; Shocked by how much had changed, he asked: 'There’s an iPhone 17?'; His return is called 'a miracle'

Meir Turgeman | 10.15.25

From Nova, from kibbutzim, from tanks: The stories of the 20 hostages who were released alive

After 738 days of agony, families of 20 hostages who last saw them more than two years ago weree reunited today; 28 hostages, including at least 26 who are dead are still in Gaza; these are the stories of the hostages Hamas has confirmed it will release alive

Saar Haas, Ron Crissy | 10.13.25

Two years after her son was murdered at the Nova festival, Yelena ends her life

Yelena Giler, who struggled with mental health issues, took her own life two years after her son Slava was murdered on October 7; Her son Sasha said she never recovered from the trauma and 'lost touch with reality'

Nina Fox | 10.12.25

Israeli TV host mourns death of Nova survivor Roy Shalev, partner of her slain sister Mapal Adam

After losing her sister at the Nova music festival, TV host Maayan Adam now faces another tragedy: Roy Shalev, her late sister’s partner and a survivor of the Oct. 7 massacre, took his own life. “Roy was murdered on Oct. 7 and died yesterday,” she wrote

Raanan Ben-Zur | 10.11.25

Nova festival survivor Roi Shalev, partner of victim Mapal Adam, takes his own life

Roi Shalev, 30, from Nitzanei Oz, survived the Nova festival massacre, where Hamas gunmen killed over 360 people near Re’im; he was wounded in the attack, in which his partner, 27-year-old Mapal Adam, sister of TV host Maayan Adam, was murdered

Raanan Ben-Zur | 10.11.25

Two years later: Israelis return to sites of October 7 massacre to mourn, remember and reclaim

From bullet-riddled shelters along Route 232 to the Nova festival grounds and border kibbutzim, families of victims, survivors and visitors gather to honor the dead and confront the trauma of the worst terror attack in Israel’s history

Roni Green Shaulov | 10.07.25

Karin and Sapir’s final moments: the horror at Kibbutz Alumim on October 7

Karin Vernikov and Sapir Bilmes, two young Israeli women, were executed by Hamas terrorists near Kibbutz Alumim after fleeing the Nova festival on October 7; their final moments, captured on video, reveal the brutal reality of that dark day

Hanoch Daum | 10.07.25

Policewoman’s letter turned into chilling prophecy on October 7: 'Saved hundreds, they shot her first'

Dvorah 'Debbie' Abraham always dreamed of being a cop, but her family only realized how deeply when they found a letter she once sent to the public security minister; on Oct. 7, working at the Nova festival, she saved hundreds before falling in battle

Ilana Curiel | 10.07.25

Two years after Hamas massacre, Nova survivors gather in Tel Aviv to remember and heal

Hundreds of Nova festival survivors gathered in Tel Aviv to mark two years since the massacre that killed 411 and saw 44 kidnapped; survivor and former hostage Almog Meir Jan said, 'This could have been me'; mother of Shirel Golan, who took her own life, said, 'She chose to join the murdered'

Meir Turgeman | 10.06.25

He answered her sister’s phone: ‘The Jewish woman is dead’ — and since then the family has no answers

Liraz Assulin was murdered on Oct. 7, and a terrorist killed in Gaza last weekend used her phone to brag to his family about killing Israelis; her sister says his death 'gives closure' but no comfort; 'We still don’t know what happened'

Roni Green Shaulov | 09.08.25

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