Dor Nahum, 24: Partygoer ‘filled home with light and laughter’
Murdered by Hamas terrorists while fleeing the Supernova music festival on October 7
Dor Nahum, 24, from Mivtahim, was murdered by Hamas terrorists while trying to flee the Supernova music festival on October 7.
Dor attended the rave with a group of friends who all grew up in the same area near the southern border of Gaza — Shir Yaron, Chen Ben Avi, Dan Damri and Dudi Turgeman.
When the rocket fire began, the five friends fled the site of the festival in one car, and had almost made it to their home when they were ambushed by a cell of terrorists near the Mivtahim Junction. A day later, one of their family members set out looking for the group, and found their bodies all lying in the road, riddled with bullets.
Dor was buried on October 10 in Tzohar. He is survived by his parents, Aviva and Gideon, and his older siblings, Or and Ben. His cousin, Dan Asulin, the head of Mivtahim’s local security team, was also killed on October 7.
After finishing high school, Dor served as a combat soldier in the Givati Brigade during his mandatory service. After his release, he spent time traveling around South America before returning and beginning his studies in cybersecurity, according to a eulogy. His family said he loved to play soccer, cook and listen to music.
His sister, Or, wrote on Instagram a month after he was killed, that all the time they were looking for word of Dor, “I was already imagining the long hug I would give you when you were found.”
“I refused to believe that the ending would be so bitter,” she added. “It feels like you’re just away traveling, that you went to hang out with friends, that any moment you will walk through the door.”
“I wish I could tell you how much I love you. How important you were in my life… ever since you were born you filled our home with light and laughter, a breath of fresh air, the life experiences we went through together — I can’t describe in just a few sentences. You’re my brother, my blood. I will memorialize you forever.”
His brother, Ben, told Channel 12 news that Dor “was a very happy kid, he enjoyed life. He helped me a lot, with anything I asked of him. A happy guy, loved life, loved to enjoy, to party, to sit with his friends… that’s the memory that stays with us. Of a happy guy.”