“What took place here in Israel on October 7th was a total return to the savage behavior of the Nazis and, in some instances, even worse!”

“People are asking me If I will ever go back to Be’eri. Be’eri is my home, I don’t have any other place to go to. You can destroy houses, destroy infrastructure, but you cannot kill our spirit…”

“At 10 O’clock in the morning, my younger brother Alon texted me that terrorists were inside his house. I texted him that I loved him and that he had to be strong no matter what. Two minutes later, at 10:02 he sent me an heart emoji and that was the last time I heard from him…”

“I couldn’t simply walk away. It was my duty to take care of them.”

“I am here to help the farmers in the Gaza border area to pick their vegetables. They urgently need this help to survive… It is a case of action that speaks louder than words. So here I am.”

Kidnapped by Hamas terrorists on Saturday, October 7.

“How can I be a mother? While there are mothers and children’s abducted?

From visionary to reality

“As a Holocaust survivor, I know how to deal with pain but this time I don’t know how to cope with it…”

“I never thought that as a Holocaust survivor, I would need to hide for my life again…”

“While I was driving to his location I saw in the distance a swarm of people running for their lives. it was like the Exodus. They were running but they didn’t know where to run…”

Kidnapped at the Supernova music festival, October 7

“It was Russian roulette. The fact that me and my husband survived the massacre was pure luck…”

I can’t bear the fact she’s being held hostage, probably inside a dark and suffocating tunnel in Gaza. What keeps me going is my belief in her strength… there is still hope to bring her back home.”

kibbutz Be’eri massacre

kibbutz Be’eri massacre

kibbutz Be’eri massacre

kibbutz Be’eri massacre

“As a mother of six, I’ve consistently assured my children that I’ll always stand by them, ready to rescue them from any corner of the globe if necessary. Little did I anticipate that I’d find myself rescuing one of them from a battleground so close to our house.”

“On the 7th of October ‘L’Chaim’ got a whole new different meaning to me. It will always be a reminder, that no matter what the future will hold I have to celebrate life. every single day of it. You all should.”

“I told myself: ‘Hamid, you have to make a snap decision’. I grabbed my baby, opened the electric cabinet doors, and ran toward the soldiers. I alarmed the soldiers that they were walking straight into an ambush!”

“There is nothing I am prouder of than being Sagi’s partner. I know that his light, that the pursuit of justice and equality will continue to illuminate the world. We are now recognized in death.  Now we must continue the fight to be recognized in life too.”

“Empty Beds,” an installation which symbolizes the Israeli hostages held in Gaza.

“We have a secret weapon:
We have no place else to go”

“He was just a citizen who could have stayed home and protected his family but he decided to go out and save as many people as he could. That’s incredible…”

Seen at Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square

#letmypeoplego

“As someone who spent 129 days in captivity, I know exactly what they are going through and it it breaks my heart. We must do everything we can to set them free and bring them back home safe and sound. 
They don’t have any time left.”

#LetThemGoNow

“The thing my son loved the most was DANCING. so I’m dancing for him and bringing other people to dance as well.”
#We_will_dance _again

“The next October will always be better. This is our mission, this is our commitment. In the name of Noni, our beloved, and in memory of all those we lost in that October. The next October will be better.’

“We wait, we hope, we pray. The true healing of Israeli society will only begin when all the hostages will come home.”

“I was torn between hope and despair. My heart ached seeing my beautiful hometown turn into a ghost town. And yet, I never lost hope. I counted down the days until I could return home.”

“Now, I, too, am returning to Metula with my wife Gal, and my little son Yuval to restore this place I am so deeply connected to…”

“Despite everything that has happened, I continue to strive for coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians…”

“They have stolen our innocence, the beauty of life, and our belief in peace.
As I hold my granddaughter in my arms, I carry all this weight. She is about the same age as baby Kfir Bibas, two months younger than him…”

“When I reopened it, I had no idea how many people would show up. One? Ten? Or maybe no one at all? But I didn’t care. Above all, I opened it for myself – a place to go when I was feeling down.”

“if you spend your entire life as a pessimist and then, on your last day, realize you were wrong – you have essentially wasted your whole life. But if you were an optimist and only realized you were wrong on your last day – you only wasted one day.”

“I want to believe that we can come together again… The energy we saw in Hostage Square – the people, the unity, the hope – that is the energy we need to rebuild this country.”

“For me, Cafe Otef-Re’im represents more than just a coffee shop; it is a symbol of resilience and the rebirth of Kibbutz Re’im…”

“It’s not the same home, it’s not the same valley, but the wheat will grow again…”
We need to rebuild our community. It will take time, but this place will be rebuilt and restored. It won’t happen tomorrow – but it will happen.”

“When I saw the hostages forced to ‘sign’ their ‘release documents’, I simply broke down in tears. It was so humiliating. It took me back 80 years to my own liberation from the Theresienstadt concentration camp.”

“Since moving here, I have met new friends who have truly touched my heart. The stories and events of October 7th suddenly have faces and souls…”

“Oded quickly grasped the gravity of the situation. Thinking not of himself but of others, he helped save some of his close friends, guiding them over the phone to abandon their car and escape through the fields.”