The state expects survivors of the Nova festival to recover, but with hostages still in Gaza and the war dragging on, the personal tragedy persists. 'I knew we had an army, we hade a police force; I believed in them, and this is the main thing that has been screwed up with me. We're living it now'
Despite security concerns that led to all events near the Gaza border being banned, the local police station approved the Nova festival after it received permission to go ahead from the IDF. A total of 378 people were murdered in the Hamas attack on October 7, and 44 were taken hostage
A Haaretz investigation reveals that Col. Haim Cohen arrived at the Nova site about an hour before the Hamas attack, saw thousands of party-goers with minimal police presence, but did not consider dispersing the festival. Most IDF forces were unaware it was even taking place
Sivan watched her partner die before her eyes, Daniel returned without his friend who was kidnapped by Hamas, Shlomi learned his friends had been killed and Neta lost her cousin. Survivors of the October 7 Nova festival massacre speak about the guilt and the struggle to move on
The memorial exhibit of the Nova music festival in New York opened Saturday night to the general public. It includes testimonies and original items from the massacre that will be presented to the international community. This is the first exhibit to cross Israel's borders. The name chosen for the exhibit is "6:29" as a […]
Supernova music festival massacre survivors Astar Moshe, 35, and Shlomi Tobi, 37, just welcomed a healthy baby to the world, almost six months to the day following Hamas's Oct. 7 invasion of southern Israel. "The moment came when the delivery-room ID was placed on my hand, right next to my Nova admittance band. Seeing […]
The mourning families who lost their loved ones in the Nova music festival on Oct. 7 returned to the site this week to plant trees in the memory of the 364 victims who were murdered during the event. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Among the participating families were: Ricarda Luk, the […]
Top defense officials held urgent consultations the night before October 7 about a possible Hamas attack. But no one in the IDF notified the the Nova festival organizers or the party-goers, hundreds of whom were mown down – and for nine hours, no one came to save them
Senior Israeli security officials estimate that Hamas found out about the Nova music festival through drones or from those flying in parachutes, and directed the terrorists to the location using their comms system