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Testimonies From a Never-ending Nightmare
A year since Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel
The memory of the horror of October 7, 2023, is not fading. It may never fade. On the first anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel, the events of that day are too alive, too palpable. The cost of the subsequent war in Gaza is still being exacted, at a slow and excruciating pace.
Video portraits of survivors who shared their stories with Ha'aretz Newspaper, October 7, 2024.
Shlomo and Hannah Margalit, 86 and 80 years old.
Founders of Kibbutz Nir Oz. Survived the massacre.
Gili Yoskovich, 41, from Savion.
Survived the massacre at the Nova Music Festival in Camp Re'im.
Chen Chakmi, 26, Company Commander in the Armored Corps.
Led the first tanks to arrive and fight in the Gaza Envelope area.
Tami Metzger, 79, from Kibbutz Nir Oz.
Was abducted from her home by Hamas, and released after 53 days in a hostage deal.
Her husband, Yoram, was killed in captivity.
Harel Ammar, 35, from Ashkelon.
Severely wounded and one of the few survivors from the battle over the Sderot Police Station.
Rotem Holin, 45, from Kibbutz Kfar Azza.
Survived the massacre with her two children.
Lior Almi, 43, from Mishor Hageffen neighborhood in Ofakim.
Went out of his home during the massacre in an attempt to fight the terrorists.
Yael Rephaeli, 61, from Lehavim.
Director of the surgical array at Soroka Hospital, which treated the wounded from the attacks.
Amos Alon, 28, from Kibbutz Be'eri. Survived the massacre.
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