Hi,
Our company visited the Nova music festival memorial site near Re’im, where the massacre of 364 civilians took place on the morning of October 7th.
Where the main stage used to stand there are poles for each one of the massacre victims, and the place is fenced with a police tape.
On one side a small grove of trees was planted. In front of each one of the trees stands a metal plate with the name on of the victims.
Around the main stage location, private memorial corners are placed – some with sitting benches, some with large canvas telling the story of the person, others with some flowers (and a request to water them as the family lives far away).
It seems I do not know anyone in person from the names I have seen. I am still avoiding going over the endless list of this Black Sabbath victim.
Leaving the place, one said ” I feel as going out of Ponary massacre memorial site”. This is not the first time October 7th Hamas terror attack was compared to the Holocaust. But this is for another post.
Take Care
Gad
The Nova Festival party complex
A general view of the site
The main stage memorial site, each pole is dedicated to one of the victims
The area is fenced with a yellow tape
The grove planted in memory of the massacre victims
One of the plantes in memory of David Meiri zl
In the middle of the grove stands a sign with the pictures of the victims
Personal memorial corners are scattered in the forest around the main site
Ella Hamaoui zl
Lin Dafni zl, Ziv Frankel zl, Lior Sasson zl – Nova
We will remember and will not forget and not forgive. Only together we will win – The navy missile boat training Flotilla
Shani Gabai zl, DJ Matan Almalm (Kido) zl
Sigal Etach zl
Linor Keinan zl
David Avitan zl
Captaion Avi Chovelashvili zl
Daniel Meir Vadi zl – Nova
Amit Magnazi zl
Idan Edri zl, Dean Bar zl, Shoam Bar zl
Shir Hana Jorgei zl, First sergent Nadav Biton zl
In their memory – Intelligence corps
Or Haim Ben Hemo zl – Nova
Idan Dor zl
Waiting for Omer Shem Tov, Who was kidnapped to Gaza strip and held hostage
Aviv Eliyahu zl
Ariel Biton zl, Eden Ben Robi zl, Shlomi Ziv who held hostage in Gaza strip
A fenced area used for research by the Hebrew University
Maia Biton zl, Eliran Mizrahi zl, Amit Levi zl, Inbar Shem Tov zl,
Dor Malka zl
The little Bar in the Nova Music Festival
Nissim Mayan zl
Ilan Moshe Yakov zl, Genie zl
A siren system and a protected area, while we were there we could hear the bombing from Gaza strip