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  • October 7 survivor testimony

October 7 survivor testimony

On October 7th, 2023, Hamas launched a brutal, premeditated assault on Israel. Without mercy or remorse, they murdered and kidnapped hundreds of innocent civilians, including the elderly, women, and children. They infiltrated peaceful towns, setting homes ablaze and subjecting families to the horrors of abduction, annihilation, and unfathomable variations of torture and cruelty. They continued their massacre to a vibrant music festival, claiming the lives of hundreds of individuals.
People gather at Habima square in Tel Aviv, on Nov. 15, 2025, to take part in a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and call for a state commission of inquiry to investigate the events of Hamas attack of October 7

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Israel-Hamas war

State inquiry or resign: Over 200 captivity survivors, families demand action from Netanyahu

Survivors and relatives of fallen hostages urge the immediate formation of an independent commission to investigate October 7 failures

Read time: 3 min.


Palestinian terrorists kidnapping an Israeli woman from her kibbutz on October 7, 2023

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Survivor Testimonies

Dinah Project publishes 'most comprehensive' Oct 7 sexual violence report

Report seeks to be used as 'central tool for prosecutorial authorities in Israel in evaluating the case files,' as well as pushing the UN to list Hamas as perpetrator of sexual violence

Read time: 2 min.


The site of the Nova music festival where revelers were killed and kidnapped on October 7 during the cross-border attack by Hamas militants is seen near Kibbitz Reim, southern Israel, October 12, 2023

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Survivor Testimonies

Witnesses detail 'widespread and systematic' sexual assault on October 7

'Sexual violence continued in captivity, with many returnees reporting forced nudity, physical and verbal sexual harassment, sexual assaults and threats of forced marriage'

Read time: 4 min.


Caitlyn Jenner visite le complexe de Nuba, le kibboutz Be'eri et le mémorial des véhicules calcinés à Tkuma, jeudi 12 juin 2025

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Culture

Caitlyn Jenner visits October 7 massacre sites ahead of TLV Pride Parade

The celebrity visited the Nova compound, the Be'eri kibbutz and the memorial of burnt vehicles in Tkuma, accompanied by Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel.

Read time: 3 min.


Les photos des participants au festival Nova qui ont été assassinés et enlevés par l'organisation terroriste Hamas le 7 octobre 2023 sont exposées sur le site du massacre du festival de musique Nova, à Re'im

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Israel-Hamas war

Music mogul Scooter Braun brings Nova Festival Exhibit to NYC

In an exclusive interview, the media mogul talks about his efforts to break the industry's silence in the aftermath of the biggest attack on a live music event in history

Read time: 7 min.


Des personnes visitent le site du massacre du festival de musique Nova, à Re'im, près de la frontière entre Israël et la bande de Gaza

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Survivor Testimonies

Did 50 Nova festival survivors commit suicide? The shocking testimonial heard at the Knesset

'This number, which was true two months ago, may have increased since' says Guy Ben Shimon, a survivor from the Nova Music Festival, during a parliamentary hearing in Israel

Read time: 3 min.


Released hostage Mia Regev Cunio speaks during a status of Women and Gender Equality committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem.

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Survivor Testimonies

Former hostage Mia Regev says 'every woman' sexually harassed in Hamas captivity

'To be a woman in captivity is to be in constant fear, but the men there also undergo abuse' says Sharon Aloni-Cunio, a mother who was abducted along with her family during the Hamas October 7 attack

Read time: 4 min.


Amit Soussana, 40, right, is embraced by a friend after speaking to journalists in front of her destroyed house in the kibbutz Kfar Azza, near the Gaza Strip, Israel.

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Survivor Testimonies

Amit Soussana tells all about abduction on October 7, sexual assault and torture

The returned hostage, abducted during the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel, provides The New York Times an in-depth look into the atrocities following UN report on the widespread sexual violence

Read time: 4 min.


In this photo provided by the Government of Israel, Judith Raanan, right, and her 17-year-old daughter Natalie are escorted by Israeli soldiers and Gal Hirsch (C), as they return to Israel from captivity in the Gaza Strip.

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Survivor Testimonies

American mother recalls Oct 7 abduction, Gaza hospital staff 'cheering' at 'Jewish prey'

Judith Raanan describes in her first interview the fear she and her teenage Natalie would be raped or killed, possibly both, a thought her daughter repeatedly verbalized

Read time: 3 min.


Former hostage Mia Schem arrives on Capitol Hill to attend President Biden's State of the Union address.

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Israel-Hamas war

Mia Schem fights for remaining Hamas hostages during trip to Washington

Released after 54 days in captivity, Schem was invited to attend President Biden's State of the Union address, and spent the day meeting U.S. lawmakers

Read time: 2 min.


Yoseph Haddad and Major General Ramo Alhuzeil, near the Gaza border in southern Israel.

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Survivor Testimonies

Heroic police commander relives the hardest day of his life

Major General Ramo Alhuzeil, who is Bedouin, managed to save hundreds of people from the massacre at the Nova music festival

Read time: 4 min.


Police officer Shalev Best (center) with the two men who saved him during a gun battle with terrorists on October 7, meeting them for the first time at Soroka Hospital, in Beer Sheba, Israel.

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Survivor Testimonies

Last October 7 victim discharged from hospital, reunites with soldiers who saved him

In a surprise emotional reunion, Shalev Best was able to thank the citizen soldiers who rescued him during a gunfight with terrorists in Ofakim

Read time: 2 min.


La famille de Margalit Moses, 78 ans, libérée le 24 novembre par le Hamas

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Survivor Testimonies

'He asked if I recognized him': Hostage who met Sinwar gives first interview

The three-time cancer survivor, a Kibbutz member for over 49 years, Margalit Mozes decided she would 'show no fear' keeping it through a sleepless 50 days

Read time: 5 min.


Millet Ben Haim at the Nova festival massacre scene.

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Israel-Hamas war

'It's hard not to feel guilty surviving this': Millet Ben Haim shares story from Nova festival

The "Survived to Tell" project organizes survivors of the massacre to share their testimonies with the world

Read time: 6 min.


Israelis attend a protest outside the PM's official residence in Jerusalem, calling for the release of Israelis held kidnapped by Hamas terrorists in Gaza.

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Survivor Testimonies

'Pray the girls won't get pregnant from rape': Returned hostage testifies on sexual violence

'The boys are also abused, same as what the girls are going through. Maybe they don't get pregnant, but they are also a puppet on a string' says Aviva Siegel

Read time: 4 min.


Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Sergeant Adir Tahar, killed during the Hamas-led October 7 attack.

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Survivor Testimonies

Bereaved father: Terrorists tried to sell the head of my son, later found in a freezer in Gaza

David turned the world over to provide his son, IDF fallen soldier Sergeant Adir Tahar, 19, a burial with 'peace of mind and body'

Read time: 4 min.


Irit Lahav poses in front of a neighbor's home that was destroyed by Hamas on Oct. 7 as they killed or captured a quarter of the residents of Kibbutz Nir Oz, near the Israel-Gaza border, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023.

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Israel-Hamas war

'Hard to even fathom': Full interview with Kibbutz Nir Oz survivor

Irit Lahav shares community messages on October 7: ‘They’re attacking our house;’ ‘They’re burning our house;’ ‘I’m injured;’ ‘I’m going to die;’ ‘Please help'

Read time: 4 min.


Therapeutical sessions at the Ronits Farm, for the survivors of the October 7 massacre at the Nova music festival.

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Israel-Hamas war

UN special rep. on sexual violence to visit Israel, West Bank

Spokesperson for the Secretary-General also answered i24NEWS question on growing number of UN staffers exposed for antisemitic posts

Read time: 5 min.


Danielle Aloni hugs a family member upon returning from captivity in Gaza.

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Survivor Testimonies

'I told my daughter we were going to die,' recounts former Hamas hostage

Danielle Aloni shares how she survived 49 days in captivity with her 6-year-old daughter Emilia: 'It was the test of my life'

Read time: 7 min.


Chen Goldstein-Almog (L) and her daughter Agam lighting Hanukkah candles together with members of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Israel.

7 min

Survivor Testimonies

'I heard on the radio my father was murdered': Agam Goldstein-Almog recounts captivity in Gaza

The 17-year-old abducted by Hamas says 'I just told my mother they are going to torture me, they are going to rape me, but I didn't really understand it'

Read time: 7 min.


Dan and his friends at the Nova music festival before the October 7 massacre began.

15 min

Survivor Testimonies

'I looked up and saw above me two terrorists with black helmets' — Nova festival survivor

Ron recounts his hours-long escape from the Nova nature party, and the desperate search for his friends which took him back toward the danger

Read time: 15 min.


Ella, her husband Udi, and their three children Noam, Liri and Yali.

22 min

Survivor Testimonies

'He told me all the things a man says to his wife when he doesn’t think he'll ever see her again' — October 7 survivor

On what was supposed to be their last family weekend on the base, Ella and her children survived the Hamas invasion as her husband fought the terrorists outside

Read time: 22 min.


Eden, an IDF officer who was wounded on the Urim base on October 7.

5 min

Survivor Testimonies

'I waited for the final bullet that would hit me and kill me' - Oct. 7 survivor

Eden, an officer on one of the army bases that was invaded by Hamas terrorists, was shot a dozen times but miraculously survived the ordeal

Read time: 5 min.


Aftermath of terrorists looting a home in Kibbutz Nirim on October 7

4 min

Survivor Testimonies

'I gave the terrorist all the money I had to save myself and my patient' - Oct. 7 survivor

Camille, a Filipino caregiver who lived with her patient Nitza in Kibbutz Nirim, says it's a miracle the terrorists were only interested in looting the house

Read time: 4 min.


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