Mor Trabelsi, 27: Murdered on the one-month anniversary of his wedding

Mor Meir Trabelsi, 27, from Nahariya, was murdered by Hamas terrorists while trying to flee the Supernova music festival.

Mor attended the rave with his wife, Yovel, exactly a month after their wedding. When the rocket fire began, the couple and other friends left the site of the festival in their car. At the Mefalsim Junction, Yovel recounted in testimony aired to mark a year since the attack, they encountered a white pick-up truck full of terrorists who opened fire.

“He told us to crouch down under the seats as much as we could and to keep our heads down, to shout ‘Shema Yisrael’ and hope that we would survive this,” she recounted. Mor was shot dead in their car, and Yovel said she smeared herself with his blood so that the terrorists would believe she and their friends were dead. They hid in the car — which had overturned on the side of the road — for hours, pretending to be unconscious, until they were ultimately rescued.

Mor was buried on October 14 in Nahariya. He is survived by his wife, Yovel, his parents, Linda and Baruch, and his younger siblings Dor and Romi.

Born in Haifa, he was raised in Nahariya in the north, attending schools in the city, according to a state eulogy. He was active in a number of sports, including gymnastics, karate, basketball, soccer and Thai boxing, even trying out horseback riding and surfing.

When he was 17, Mor experienced a bad car accident, which required multiple surgeries and a long hospitalization period, and granted him an exemption from military service. In 2023 he experienced another serious accident and again managed to survive and recover. He worked for years with his father in the family air conditioning business, before setting up his own a/c installation company about six months before he was killed

Mor and Yovel met in 2018 when they were both on a trip to Mexico, and quickly fell in love. They wed on September 7, 2023. Exactly one month later, Yovel watched as Mor was murdered in front of her eyes.

Mor’s younger brother, Dor, wrote on Instagram to “my big brother — and you really took the job seriously.”

“Everyone always knew that I was Mor’s little brother and they couldn’t touch me. That they needed to watch out for me because if not they’d have to take it up with you,” he wrote. “I think about the years we had, the experiences we racked up, the things I learned from you without even knowing or intending — your manners, your acceptance of others, honoring your parents, women, your dedication to work… you always were and you always will be my role model.”

In April 2024, Yovel wrote a post on Facebook sharing their “save the date” card that had been sent out one year earlier.

“If only I had known that this was going to be our goodbye party, I wouldn’t have let go of your hand forever, my love,” she wrote. “I wouldn’t have even let you go to work. So that every moment that was left we would have been together!”

“I miss you so much my beloved husband,” added Yovel. “You were and will remain the light of my life, the one who taught me how to be the woman I am, who gave me everything I asked for, who loved me unconditionally and endlessly from the first moment.. I will walk in the path you loved, of joy, modesty, endless happiness and respect for every person. Thank you for 5.5 years by your side, the most beautiful years of my life.”

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