Thousands arrive at Nova Music Festival site to commemorate year since massacre

On October 7, approximately 1,200 were murdered, and 250 were taken captive by Hamas terrorists. 40 of those innocent people were abducted at the Nova Music Festival.

OCTOBER 7, 2024 06:43

Updated: OCTOBER 7, 2024 09:12

People attend a gathering to mark one year since partygoers were killed and kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack by Hamas, at the site of the Nova festival in Reim, southern Israel, October 7, 2024. (photo credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN) — People attend a gathering to mark one year since partygoers were killed and kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack by Hamas, at the site of the Nova festival in Reim, southern Israel, October 7, 2024.

(photo credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN)

Thousands of people arrived at the location of the Nova Music Festival early Monday morning to commemorate a year since the October 7 Massacre, KAN News posted on X, formerly Twitter.

אלפים הגיעו למתחם הנובה, לציון שנה לטבח 7 באוקטובר@pozailov1 pic.twitter.com/DE0hwExvFh
— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) October 7, 2024

People visit the site of the Nova Music Festival massacre on the one-year anniversary of Hamas's cross-border attacks in southern Israel. October 7, 2024. (Credit: Seth J. Frantzman)

On October 7, approximately 1,200 were murdered, and 250 were taken captive by Hamas terrorists. Some 40 of those innocent people were abducted at the Nova Music Festival.

People visit the site of the Nova Music Festival massacre on the one-year anniversary of Hamas's cross-border attacks in southern Israel. October 7, 2024. (Credit: Seth J. Frantzman)

Over a hundred hostages still in Gaza

One year later, 101 hostages remain in Hamas captivity.

Over the weekend, hostage families and protesters held demonstrations nationwide, calling to bring the hostages home, just ahead of the one-year mark of the Hamas October 7 attack.

A woman reacts at a gathering to mark one year since partygoers were killed and kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack by Hamas, at the site of the Nova festival in Reim, soutern Israel, October 7, 2024. (credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN)

"We are standing today after a whole year has passed, and they are still there. A whole year has passed, and it seems like the situation has only escalated," Naama Weinberg, whose cousin Itay Svirsky was killed in Hamas captivity, said at Tel Aviv's Begin-Kaplan intersection.