October 7 survivors recall heart-wrenching pain of attacks

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Tania Krämer in Tel Aviv

DW went along with survivors of the Hamas attacks to Kibbutz Nir Oz, a collective settlement and one of the Israeli territories most ravaged by Hamas, the Iranian-backed militant group that attacked Israel on October 7, 2023.

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