Or Ben Hamo, 19: Youngest of 9 siblings doted on nieces and nephews
Murdered by Hamas terrorists while fleeing the Supernova music festival on October 7
Or Haim Ben Hamo, 19, from Rehovot, was murdered by Hamas terrorists while trying to flee the Supernova music festival on October 7.
He attended the rave with his friends Nissim Levi and Maayan Mor.
Together the three of them left the site of the festival, and reached the Mefalsim Junction where they were all killed by terrorists lying in wait.
Or’s family searched for any word of him for several days before his body was finally identified.
He was buried in Rehovot on October 12. He is survived by his parents, Yafa and Yaakov, and his eight siblings, Moran, Einat, Tsahit, Eliyau, Yitzhak, Avia, Avigail and Rachel.
Or grew up as the youngest of the nine children in the family, a large, traditional and close knit tribe. He doted on his many nieces and nephews and he loved his dog, Don.
He also had a special love for motorcycles and adventure, enjoying the feeling of riding around in the open air.
His sister, Avigail, wrote on Instagram that it is “impossible to understand that you’re no longer here.”
“My Or, the light of our home, I miss you so much,” she continued. “You didn’t get to do enough in your life. You were just 19, a kid who had barely experienced anything. Who could have imagined that our dinner on Thursday before that horrible Saturday would be our last meal together, a goodbye meal for you and I.”
Avigail said that she and the whole family “just hope that things are good for you, and that you’re happy and that you can see us and are watching over us from above… I know that you would want us to be OK, not to be sad, only happy — and we’re really trying. I promise you that we’ll never forget you, and we’ll make sure that our little nieces and nephews will remember you and know that they have an uncle who is an angel in heaven.”
Speaking on Channel 14, his brother, Eliyau said Or “was an incredible kid, he loved humanity, he loved giving to others.”
“He was a good kid, he did a lot of nonsense, gave of himself,” he added. “As a little brother, he was a very admired figure.”
As the youngest of nine, said Eliyau, Or “was the king of the house. He did anything he wanted.” Or “loved festivals, he was crazy for them, he enjoyed them, that was his life. He spread love.”
