JERUSALEM (VINnews) — At 6:29 a.m. on Monday, October 7, at the site and at the exact time when the Hamas offensive started a year ago at the Nova music festival, Israeli President Isaac Herzog kicked off his memorial journey across the border communities, marking one year since the October 7 massacre.
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Upon arriving at the site at 6:29 a.m., the President observed a moment of silence in memory of the men and women murdered by terrorists during the festival massacre.
Afterward, he laid a wreath and lit memorial candles in honor of the victims, accompanied by their bereaved families.
A year on from the massacre, Israel remembers those we have lost, and the 101 hostages still held in brutal captivity in Gaza.
As part of a tour of the Gaza border communities, President @Isaac_Herzog visited the site of the massacre at the Nova Festival: “October 7, 2023, is a… pic.twitter.com/Ln49nQK8uL
— Office of the President of Israel (@IsraelPresident) October 7, 2024
At the ceremony, the Yizkor prayer was recited.
The president later visited some of the stricken communities near the Gaza border, including the kibbutzim Nirim, Ein Hashlosha, and Magen.
At the same time, Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and the Knesset’s security chief stood for a moment of silence before the Israeli flags at the Knesset were pulled down to half-mast.
As darkness falls on the evening of October 7, the Knesset will be lit in blue and white, with a beam of yellow representing the hostages lit over it. There will be calls for the 101 hostages still in Gaza to return home, as well as prayers for their return.