Nova music festival

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.

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The first branch opened as a pop-up in Tel Aviv’s glitzy Sarona complex, staffed by residents of Netiv Haasara, one of the communities targeted in the massacre.

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Viral statistics about Nova survivors’ suicides are unsubstantiated, but survivors face a crisis

“It’s in the government’s interest to keep the number of suicides quiet, they don’t want it to spread,” said Daniel Sharabi, a Nova survivor who saved dozens of lives.

By DEBORAH DANAN/JTA
03/12/2024

Sobbing and bleeding: Mia Schem recounts sexual harassment, trauma of Gaza captivity

Schem described the sexual harassment she experienced from her captor, who "kept reminding me that he had seen me without underwear."

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27/11/2024

Victims of Oct. 7 attack file multi-billion-dollar lawsuit against crypto billionaire

The lawsuit accuses Changpeng Zhao of aiding Hamas through cryptocurrency financing.

'I was not afraid to die, I was afraid to be raped' - Nova survivor on Oct. 7 sex offenses

Biner hid in a caravan at the Nova festival for 7 hours on October 7, hearing the sounds of what she said was unmistakably rape.

26/11/2024

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Bereaved families gather to create a mosaic to honor October 7 victims and share a message of hope and national unity.

25/11/2024

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