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.
Eliya Cohen was shot in the leg by invading terrorists on October 7 then dragged to Gaza. He is expected to be released in the first phase of the ceasefire deal.
Romi Gonen was abducted as she tried to flee the Nova Music Festival. Terrorists shot her in her hand before dragging her to Gaza.
Or Levy's wife Eynav was murdered before he was abducted to Gaza. Now, he may finally be returning from captivity to his three-year-old son Almog.
Omer suffers from an autoimmune disease and his family said on his website they fear his terrorist captors are not providing him the medication he needs.
"I loved traveling the world, celebrating life, and going to parties — and then I was kidnapped from a party," the 27-year-old released hostage told crowds at a Nova Music Festival Exhibition event.
A year after the Nova massacre, the global electronic music scene oscillates between silence and celebration
It is time to feel the spark of hope that must be coursing through the hostage families at being reunited with their loved ones once more.
We have the power to continue their legacy by remembering every name, by dancing for them, and by sharing their light. Because if we don’t – who else will?
This was a trip to October 7, 2023 - when the world and Israel changed forever.
The documentary retells the murder, abduction and violence inflicted by Hamas as they invaded southern Israel on October 7, 2023.
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