Oct. 7 families’ movement plans ‘largest-ever’ memorial ceremony this year

A movement of Oct.7 survivors and families has announced it will once again hold a major memorial ceremony in Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park on this year’s anniversary of the attack, planning for it to be the biggest one yet.

Kumu (“Rise Up”) is asking for public support of its crowdfunding campaign.

“Three years after the failure and the disaster, with hearts that still ache, countless questions still awaiting answers, and a memory that must continue to resonate, we are once again taking our stand to present the failure as it unfolded, to give voice to the families, the murdered, the wounded, the survivors of captivity, and the communities that were destroyed — to remember, and to offer hope,” it says.

Some 30,000 people attended last year’s event.

Organizer Yonatan Shamriz, the brother of slain hostage Alon Shamriz, says the group wants to hold “the largest memorial event in the history of the country.”

The event can be supported here.