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Israelis remember victims of Hamas terror attack 2 months on

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Beenish Javed
December 7, 2023

Israel is grieving the loss of some 1,200 people killed in a Hamas terrorist attack on October 7. Organizers of a music festival where at least 364 people died have recreated the scene of the massacre as an exhibition in Tel Aviv for the world to see.

Hand bags, shoes and toys — many of the people who owned these belongings were killed.

An early morning of trance music turned into nightmare.

Hamas fighters stormed the festival just kilometers away from the Gaza border and gunned down as many people as they could.

The organizers of the festival have recreated the venue in Tel Aviv.

For them, each item displayed here is a reminder of the terrorists' brutality.

(Ophir Amir, Nova Festival Producer) 
"We built this exhibition in memory for all our friends we lost, all the people from the community that have died on the 7th (of October). Our purpose with this exhibition is not only for our country to see it, (but) for the whole world to see it."    

In Israel, a strong sense of sorrow is visible everywhere.

More than 130 hostages are still in Gaza.

And Israelis want all of them back.

(Noa Mondshein, Israeli citizen) 
"The feeling is the hostages must be released. That's the number one cause for the whole situation. There shouldn't be one more day of hostages being held there. Not women, not elderly, not children, no men. They all have to come back, all of them, one by one."

(Ilan Rosen, engineer) 
"I'm feeling frightened, scared, aggravated, angry, angry with my government, useless government, and I'm hoping that this situation will be resolved quickly and peacefully, as much as possible."

As the fighting continues, Israel has also been losing troops.

This family is mourning the loss of a young soldier killed in Gaza.

(David Solomon, old-time friend of Master Sgt. Gil Daniels)
"I hope that this is my last friend and the last soldier (to die). But I know it’s not gonna happen. We have to, and we are going to pay a (high) price with soldiers. These soldiers, first of all, they are sons of someone, they are friends of someone, they are human beings. The price of this war is really, really high, for everyone. It’s really high."

Many families in Israel as well as Gaza are overwhelmed by grief.

And with no signs of peace, the war is likely to bring more suffering to both sides.