The party, which was going from October 6 to 7, was the greatest that had made the Nova community throughout its history. This time it was done in a place surrounded by trees, cultivation fields and a highway. There was nothing closer.
When the massacreon the site there were 3,500 people, mainly young. In addition to hundreds working for the organization in the bar, in security, such as paramedics, etc.
In the place where Hamas perpetrated the massacre at the Nova Festival, the photos of the victims have been placed and is open to visitors from all over the world. (Roger Zuzunaga / El Comercio).
Commerce He was in him memorialwhich is free of admission and where you can see photographs of the victims, accompanied by brief reviews and Israeli flags. This consists of three parts: the bar, the garbage containers and the party place.
The bar where 17 people were killed
The nova festival bar where 17 people were killed. (Roger Zuzunaga / El Comercio).
The photos of those who were killed there have been placed at the Nova Festival Bar. (Roger Zuzunaga / El Comercio).
The bar has been rebuilt for visitors. Now on its interior and exterior walls there are photographs of those who died in the place and how it was after the attack.
It was the first place to which the military forces of Israel and paramedics arrived after the Massacre in Nova.
They found no survivor at the bar. On the ground there were 17 bodies of People who sought hide between refrigerators but who were found and killed by Hamas.
The image of the DJ Noam Efraim in the bar area of the Nova Festival where he was killed by Hamas. (Roger Zuzunaga / El Comercio).
Two of the victims were Noam Efraima 24 -year -old DJ who was killed with his girlfriend Noa englandeR, 24. “They died hugged,” according to the young man’s family.
Another image that is in the bar is that of Jenny Nisimboim32, a gym instructor who had arrived at the festival on October 6 and spent the night with his cousin, Ilan Moshe Yakov, and her friend, Mai Itzhaki, who also died in the attack of Hamas.
Jenny Nisimboim, 32, was killed by Hamas at the Nova festival bar. (Roger Zuzunaga / El Comercio).
Nisimboim called his ex -husband shortly after the terrorists infiltrated the festival. She was close to her car preparing to leave the place, but fled and hid at the bar.
Shortly after 9 in the morning, she wrote to say that they had “blocked the bar with refrigerators” in an attempt to prevent terrorists who wandered around the site. The last time it was known about Nisimboim was around 9:45 am.
His body was identified five days after the massacre.
Garbage containers where people hid
One of the two garbage containers where people hid during Hamas’s attack to the Nova Festival. (Roger Zuzunaga / El Comercio).
Young people who hid in a garbage container during Hamas’s attack and asked for help through social networks. (Roger Zuzunaga / El Comercio).
The second part of the memorial They are the giant garbage containersthat measure about 10 meters long by 3 wide, where many young people hid during the attack. There were two at the festival.
These also contain the stories and photos of those who died and survived hidden.
The terrorists attacked containers in two waves. The first group shot from outside, but did not look inside. The people who were inside thought that perhaps they had already saved themselves. But in the second wave the militants entered the containers and murdered Mansalva.
In the container we visited Hamas killed 9 people. On their walls are the photos of the victims. There are also Images of the messages and video broadcasts that they made to their families asking for help.
The young Amit Levy was killed by Hamas in the garbage container where she hid. (Roger Zuzunaga / El Comercio).
One of the stories told in the container is Amit Levy22 years old and who went to the party with his twin sister Shani and with two friends. When the terrorists arrived, the four hid in the container.
During the attack, Amit and Shani talked to their dad for the family WhatsApp group.
At 8:28 in the morning they wrote to tell him that there are snipers.
At 8:33 the father replied: “Just let me know that everything is fine.”
They replied: “We are taking care of each other.” They said nothing more for almost 40 minutes.
At 9:03 the dad wrote to them “What’s wrong?”
At 9:14 they replied: “Dad, we are here in shooting, they are shooting, they will soon get to us, talk to the army.”
At 9:15 the dad told them: “Stay to the shelter.”
At 10:18 the dad wrote to them “girls.” They did not answer.
At 11:28 the dad wrote to them again “girls.”
At 11:39 they replied: “Dad, in a second they kill us.”
Then, A shot killed Amit Levy. His sister, Shani, saw that the terrorist was still closely looking for who to kill, and made the decision to hide under her sister’s body, and thus saved her life.
The party site
The Nova festival memorial is open to the entire public. (Roger Zuzunaga / El Comercio).
The third place of the memorial is the main area of the partywhere are the photos of all the people who were killed or kidnapped that October 7.
Elyakim Libman, killed by Hamas on October 7, 2023 at the Nova party. (Roger Zuzunaga / El Comercio).
One of the photos is that of Elyakim Libman23 years. He was working as a party security guard. According to witnesses, when the terrorists began to arrive he He decided to stay To help. He beat injured people and took them to an ambulance that was in the back. In a moment he no longer returned.
Initially the authorities concluded that he had been kidnapped and taken to Gaza
For seven months it was thought that this was his situation, until the mother of Elyakim He wrote a letter where he said: “Where are you? What are you? Are you complete and live or are you bones and ashes? Strange, survive or do you see us from above? Are you afraid? Do we send you energies or do we pray for the elevation of your soul? I do not know if imagining your return or pray so that at least we have a proof that there is something of you to bury and that you are not there (referring to Gaza).
Hours after the letter, the Institute of Forensic Medicine of Israel Le He informed the family that Elyakim had been killed on October 7. His body was so affected by the way he was killed that they had buried him with another person and had not realized that they were two individuals.
In the memorial of Elyakim The family wrote: “After 210 days of hope, prayers and expectation, we received the news that you were killed and that you were buried with Totras people. Elyakim, you did not escape to protect yourself, but deliver your soul to help others.”
Eynab Elkayam Levy was killed by Hamas at the Nova party on October 7, 2023. (Roger Zuzunaga / El Comercio).
Eynab Elkayam Levy32, went to the party with her husband or Levy. They left their son with his grandfather. They were arriving at Nova When the attack of Hamasso they decided to hide in one of the shelters on the highway.
In that shelter Hamas He threw a total of 8 grenades, seven were returned by a young man, while the last one exploded inside and caused the death of Eynab and other people.
Her husband survived, but was taken hostage Hamas and taken to Gaza. He was released on February 8, 2025, after 491 days of captivity.
Our guide Gabriel Chocron, co -founder of Israel connection and who was a spokesman for Israel’s defense forces, says that who led the attack on the shelter where he died Eynab He is a worker at the United Nations Agency for the Refugee Population of Palestine in the Middle East (UNRWA). “We have photos of him leading the attack, we know his name. In addition, he appears in the videos that the terrorists themselves recorded and disseminated.”
The memorial is one of the most visited sites in Israel. (Roger Zuzunaga / El Comercio).
He memorial It has become one of the most visited sites of Israel. Daily, thousands of people, including relatives, survivors, school delegations, international visitors and authorities, arrive to pay tribute. In addition, commemorative acts, religious ceremonies and also community meetings are organized in which testimonies are shared and trees are planted.
