Candles, prayers and music in Tel Aviv to commemorate the victims of October 7
With candles, prayers and music, hundreds of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv this Sunday to commemorate the first anniversary of the bloody attack by the Palestinian movement Hamas on Israeli soil.
The ceremony was held in a concert hall to honor the victims of the Nova music festival, where nearly 3,000 people gathered a few kilometers from the Gaza Strip when Hamas fighters attacked the site on October 7, 2023. killing a total of at least 370 people, according to official Israeli data.
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Photos of the victims appeared on a screen, while participants lit candles, wrote messages or hugged each other in silence.
“Coming here, a year after this atrocious massacre, is deeply moving”says Solly Laniado, one of the organizers. “We don’t know how to find the words. We are afraid to burst into tears. » “Three days ago we were not even thinking about organizing the event”he confided to Agence France-Presse, referring to the tension felt after the recent rocket alerts and a missile attack against Tel Aviv.
“It’s a difficult day”says Omri Sasi, 35, one of the producers of last year’s festival, who survived the attack but says she lost about 50 friends that day, including an uncle, a pregnant cousin and her husband. The two-day festival was held in the fields around Kibbutz Reim in southern Israel.
On October 7, 2023, Hamas commandos infiltrated from Gaza entered southern Israel, using explosives and bulldozers to breach the barrier separating the Palestinian territory from Israel, killing indiscriminately in kibbutzim, military bases, and at the site of the festival. Nova music.
