Nova music festival

The Nova music festival was a trance music festival that took place on October 6 and 7, 2023, in Re'im in southern Israel, and was the site of a brutal Hamas massacre as part of the October 7 massacre. 

The festival saw around 3,500 people attend, but in the end, 364 people were murdered by Hamas terrorists, and dozens of others captured and taken back to Gaza as hostages.

The incident was one of the worst massacres of civilians in Israeli history, and was among the most brutal incidents to occur on October 7.

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 Photos of more than a thousand people taken hostages, missing or killed on October 7, 2023

Let them go home, now!

Over a year on, these are the names, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, of those still languishing in the hands of Hamas. Each name is a heart still waiting to come home.

Mother's musical tribute brings Holocaust and October 7 together

On October 7 anniversary, Tel Aviv Opera House hosts world premiere of 'Kaddish,' a composition combining Theresienstadt's musical legacy and personal loss from Hamas attack.

By NERIA BARR
07/10/2024
 Shlomi Ziv, one of four hostages who has been rescued by the IDF alive, seen on June 25, 2024

Rescued hostage Shlomi Ziv reveals he heard beatings in Gaza while in captivity

Ziv spent eight months in Hamas captivity, and was rescued in Operation Arnon.

The site of the Nova music festival massacre, in Re'im, southern Israel, June 9, 2024

A retreat brought 180 survivors of the Nova massacre together to observe Shabbat

Survivors of Israel's deadliest terror attack attended a Shabbat retreat, sharing stories of resilience and fostering connections between secular and Orthodox Jews.

By DEBORAH DANAN/JTA
02/10/2024

October 7 through the eyes of a French olah

A French immigrant in Tel Aviv shares her personal account of Hamas's attack on October 7.

By KAREN AMOUYAL
01/10/2024

Scooter Braun meets Noa Argamani: 'I found myself in tears at the sight of her'

The American music producer met with Argamani, along with Ed Sheeran and Post Malone, and called to bring the hostages home.

Traumatized in Israel, healing in Thailand

David’s Circle in Thailand offers a refuge for Israeli survivors of the Nova Festival tragedy. Born from love and loss, it helps those grappling with trauma heal in a supportive, distant environment.

By SHIMON APISDORF
29/09/2024
  An SUV with a photo of Ben Binyamin Shimoni.

Seeing is believing: The truth of the IDF's conduct in Gaza, Hamas's brutality on Oct. 7

A British general witnessed the truth of the IDF's conduct in Gaza, and Anglo Israelis saw the realities of the horror of October 7.

Documentary on the Nova festival massacre wins German TV Award

Those who had seen the film include survivors of the festival attack as well as US congresspeople from both major parties.

 Left to right: Eitan Neishlos (Dubai-based philanthropist and partner of exhibition), Benzi Brofman

"When we look into their eyes, we see their stories": New exhibition honors October 7 victims

Graffiti artist Benzi Brofman honors those killed and kidnapped in the Hamas massacre with a moving multimedia exhibition blending art and storytelling.

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