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Vehicle damaged at Nova festival
IDF nowhere to be found

"Where were you?" Families furious over Nova Festival report  

IDF presents findings on the response to the Nova festival massacre, but bereaved families reject the conclusions, demanding accountability for the failures.

Avi Nachmani
APR 2, 2025
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While you were sleeping

WATCH: Overnight Israel – Bibi Interviews New Shin Bet Prospects, Nova Investigation, Argentina To Open Nazi Files

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Nova memorial site

7,000 Visitors a Day: A Grieving Community Turned Tragedy into a National Symbol

From celebration to tragedy: The heart-breaking transformation of the Nova memorial site

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Palestinians storm Israeli territory, east of the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, October 7, 2023.

A series of shocking failures

The IDF had a plan to counter Hamas infiltration. A year before October 7th, they axed it.

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Former hostage Mia Schem

Nova Festival Survivors Invite the World to Join Their Healing Dance

Former hostage Mia Schem invites Trump to dance at Nova memorial festival

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Yuval Raphael.

A New Hope, For Real

WATCH: Israel's October 7-themed Eurovision song released

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View of the Re'im music festival massacre, in southern Israel, January 16, 2025.

The day the music died

A family’s unbearable loss: 16 months after he lost his daughter at Nova, her father ends his life

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Released hostages Omer Wenkert arrives at the Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva, February 22, 2025

 After 505 Days in Captivity

Freed hostage Omer Wenkert bids final farewell to slain girlfriend Kim Damti

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Israeli visit the site of the Nova music festival massacre in southern Israel. January 29, 2025.

We will dance again

LISTEN: "Dance in Heaven": The song that captured a nation’s tears and triumph

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Israeli visit the site of the Nova music festival massacre in southern Israel. January 29, 2025

Beyond heartbroken 

Why I couldn't care less about the IDF's inquiry into October 7th

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The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7 massacre, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel

Despite endless red flags

Revealed: What really happened in the hours before the October 7 Massacre?

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IDF female reservist

Heartwarming

Forged in fire: How 3 IDF heroines found an unlikely sisterhood on the battlefield

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Demonstrators protest for the release of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip, outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, February 22, 2025

We Just Want to Go Home

The shocking story of Eviatar David and Guy Gilboa-Dalal- forced to watch fellow hostages go free

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Aner Shapira HY'D

New Details of Nova Festival Shelter Siege

Fallen IDF hero's father reveals : "My son Aner Shapira saved lives twice in the death shelter on October 7th" [GRAPHIC VIDEO]

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Ziv Abud, the girlfriend of Eliya Cohen whose held hostage in the Gaza Strip attends a special committee for public inquiries at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on December 3, 2024.

Bring them all home!

Hostage Eliya Cohen's girlfriend Ziv confirms: Eliya is coming home on Shabbat!

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Nova festival memorial site.

Talk About An Awful Detour

Nukhba Terrorists who massacred Nova festival-goers planned to attack Netivot

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Or Levy is back at last

Welcome Home Or!

WATCH: Hostage Or Levy is back home in Israel – and his 3 year old son's agonizing wait for his dad is finally over

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Romi Gonen is back in Israel

A long road ahead

Freed hostage Romi Gonen's mother reveals: Her right hand doesn't work anymore

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Segev Kalfon

Firsthand testimony

Nova survivor Asaf Harush: "I watched Hamas kidnap my friend – and they still have him"

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Horrific

Israeli officials detail 'systematic torture' of Hamas hostages in UN report

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