Hamas attack on Nova Festival: Only now can their commemoration slowly take shape

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Three years after the Hamas massacre, steles remember the dead at the Nova Festival. But no one here has any confidence that the relative calm will last long.

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A field of steles makes the Nova massacre tangible. On the third anniversary, Bar's parents and her sister lead her to her memorial stone in Re'im, where the 23-year-old was killed by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023. The family describes how Bar ran back injured after the attack and how her warning saved many people's lives. At the same time, the new memorial that her father helped push through shows that grief is only now finding space, while trust in the army and authorities remains shaken. Before the election, the security failure continues to shape the debate, but many people in the south do not expect a lasting solution despite the ceasefire.

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The sun shines brightly over the huge field of steles, each with a photo, a name, a short text. A life story. Bar Zohar, 23 years old, the photo is a vacation picture, the young woman cheeky in front of a roaring waterfall. Bar's mother Kati Zohar led us visitors to the stele, she wipes some sweat from her forehead with the palm of her hand and then wipes some dust from her daughter's picture, a small tattoo becomes visible on her wrist, engraved across her wrists, just two numbers: 7/10.

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How does the Zohar family remember Bar Zohar and her final hours at the Nova Memorial?

Why does October 7th continue to shape Israel's mourning, its sense of security and the election campaign to this day?