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Ofer Winter (left) at the launch of his People of Israel party, in Jerusalem, August 25, 2026; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to vote at the Likud primary in Jerusalem on August 17, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 21, 2026, 8:52 pm
Winter says may have erred pledging support for PM; Smotrich offers him minister role to quit
People of Israel chair clarifies he’s not planning to cross the aisle; ramping up pressure, Netanyahu shares call by bereaved families for Winter to drop out
By Ariela Karmel and Stav Levaton
Families and people attend the national memorial ceremony marking three years since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack, at Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv, October 7, 2026. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 8, 2026, 12:07 pm
‘Every day is October 7, still’: 50,000 attend Tel Aviv memorial
Marking 3 years since deadly Hamas attack killed 1,200, family members remember their fallen loved ones, demand state commission of inquiry into failures: ‘Don’t rewrite history’
By Deborah Danan
Families and people attend the national memorial ceremony marking three years since the October 7 massacre, at Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv, October 7, 2026. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 8, 2026, 12:24 am
‘Investigate how it happened, don’t let time blur the truth’: Bereaved ex-hostage Sharabi closes Oct. 7 event with plea
Hosts highlight heroism of the fallen at Tel Aviv ceremony, attended by 50,000, organized by survivors of attack and bereaved families; opposition leaders seen in crowd; government ministers stay away
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
Family members and visitors gather at the Nova music festival memorial site near Kibbutz Re’im in southern Israel on the morning of October 7, 2026, three years after hundreds of people were murdered by Hamas terrorists at the site during the October 7 massacre. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 7, 2026, 11:16 pm
A place ‘soaked with their dances, music and blood’: Nova victims remembered at scene of massacre
Memorial event begins at 6:29 p.m., echoing morning hour when party was attacked by Hamas terrorists; President Herzog: ‘We will dance again, we will live again’
By Jessica Steinberg
At the Nova rave site in Re'im on January 16, 2025. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 1, 2026, 11:55 am
Oct. 7 survivors and bereaved to hold separate commemorations at Nova site, Tel Aviv
Kumu, formed by October 7 mourners, and Nova Tribe community each plan ceremonies on anniversary of the 2023 Hamas terrorist attack, timed so that both can be attended
By Jessica Steinberg
Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu attends an Otzma Yehudit supporters’ conference ahead of the upcoming election, in Petah Tikva, August 16, 2026. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
September 16, 2026, 1:02 pm
Far-right minister panned for opposing IDF combat duty for anti-government protesters
‘In the end they won’t storm into battle,’ Amichay Eliyahu asserts; bereaved fathers whose fallen sons attended Kaplan rallies bash him, as do opposition leaders
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Left: Nissim Louk speaks to Channel 12 news, May 17, 2024. (Channel 12 screenshot) Right: Transportation Minister Miri Regev speaks at the Muni Expo 2026 conference in Tel Aviv, on June 23, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 7, 2026, 10:50 am
‘You caused Oct 7’: Bereaved father rebukes Likud minister at Jerusalem campaign stop
Likud supporters call Nissim Louk, whose daughter Shani was murdered at the Nova festival, ‘trash,’ as he shouts at Miri Regev
By ToI Staff
Family and friends attend the funeral of three members of the Sharabi family, Lian, Noya and Yahel, who were murdered by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7, 2023, in Moshav Kfar HaRif, southern Israel, October 25, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 7, 2026, 12:35 am
Knesset advances controversial bill for politically appointed Oct. 7 probe in 1st reading
Opposition boycotts 59-0 vote, accuses coalition of whitewashing its role in the disaster; legislation would enable the government to appoint the panel investigating its own conduct
By Ariela Karmel
Bereaved families take part in an October Council press conference in Tel Aviv, June 25, 2026, about plans to mark 1,000 days since the October 7 massacre. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 2, 2026, 6:11 am
Families mark 1,000 days since Oct. 7 with memorials, protests, moment of silence
October Council requests Israelis fall silent for a minute at 10 a.m. to observe somber anniversary, which will also include a convoy touring hard-hit communities near Gaza border
By ToI Staff
People stand in a moment of silence beside photos of victims of terror attacks and fallen Israeli soldiers at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv at the start of Israel’s Memorial Day, April 20, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
May 27, 2026, 10:59 pm
Knesset panel restores word ‘massacre’ to Oct. 7 memorial day bill after backlash
‘No one wants to whitewash or change the narrative,’ says committee chair; bereaved families accused government or ‘erasing’ history after it changed ‘massacre’ to ‘events’ in title
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
A joint memorial ceremony for bereaved Israeli and Palestinian families held in Tel Aviv in 2025, with the inscription saying both in Hebrew and in Arabic: 'We, who lost our dearest of all, choose to stand, mourn and remember together. And as we do every year, we call for the end of violence and the search for a diplomatic solution that will secure freedom, justice and safety for all.' (Gilli Getz)
April 21, 2026, 3:59 pm
‘Blood only begets blood’: Why these bereaved Oct. 7 families still choose coexistence
Despite facing a hostile public atmosphere, some relatives of Hamas victims battle alongside Palestinian peace activists for political change, finding solace in dialogue
By Omer Sharvit
Israeli flags on graves of fallen soldiers in Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem ahead of Israeli Memorial Day, April 29, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 14, 2026, 11:17 pm
100 bereaved families ask coalition MKs to skip cemetery speeches on upcoming Memorial Day
Relatives reportedly urge lawmakers not to turn their loved ones’ final resting place into a political platform, pan government policies as creating more bereavement
By ToI Staff
Hazel Brief, at left, and Tali Drori pose together at a OneFamily retreat in early 2026. (Courtesy Drori via JTA)
April 1, 2026, 8:08 am
After meeting in the ICU, these bereaved mothers of IDF troops reunite via new initiative
Hazel Brief and Taly Drori met for the second time while on their way to a health retreat provided by OneFamily, a nonprofit that supports families of terror victims and fallen soldiers
By Deborah Danan
Families of hostages and slain soldiers from the Tikva Forum hold a press conference at the Knesset on January 13, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 6, 2026, 1:15 pm
Knesset event fetes hostage families who supported government’s war policy
Tikva and Gvura forums, which opposed early deals with Hamas, lauded as having ‘raised nation’s spirit,’ in contrast to those who protested against government
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog meets with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (not pictured) at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, December 6, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 10, 2025, 11:50 pm
Herzog said to host secret talks with bereaved families on forming Oct. 7 state probe
Unsourced report claims participants asked to sign confidentiality forms; Herzog’s office says President’s Residence serves as space for ‘open dialogue’ on all issues
By Nava Freiberg
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