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British musician Boy George speaks to Israel's Channel 12 in an interview aired on October 10, 2026. (Screenshot, Channel 12)
Boy George says he’s received threats, been harassed over upcoming shows in Israel
By Zev Stub and ToI Staff
British singer says he doesn't yet have a band for Tel Aviv, still looking for artists 'brave enough to come'; insists care for Israel doesn't mean indifference toward Palestinians
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
An aerial picture from October 10, 2023, shows the abandoned site of the Supernova music festival, near Kibbutz Re'im, where some 360 people were killed in Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack. (Jack Guez/AFP)
October 7, 2026, 6:06 pm
Man jailed for 7 years for stealing equipment of slain soundman from Nova festival site
Prosecutors say Ram Shaheen and two accomplices stole around half a million dollars’ worth of equipment belonging to Lior Matan, who was killed while helping others flee massacre
By Noam Lehmann
ZAKA volunteers walk through the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, as they collect dead bodies, October 15, 2023. (Edi Israel/ Flash90)
October 5, 2026, 8:15 am
‘A deep scar’: Three years on, this Israeli first responder cannot escape October 7
Rescuer Natan Kenig struggles with flashbacks to the day of the massacre and the months that followed, when he collected human remains for burial, but refuses to feel sorry for himself
By AFP
Worshipers celebrate the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah at the site of the Nova music festival, where hundreds of people were murdered by Hamas during the October 7 massacre, near Kibbutz Re’im in southern Israel, October 3, 2026. (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
October 4, 2026, 1:45 pm
Ground ‘saturated with the blood of our children’: Anger after holiday revelry at Nova site
Bereaved families confront participants at Re’im memorial; KKL-JNF says festivities weren’t approved, organizers cite backing from former hostages and Gaza border residents
By ToI Staff
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
A screencapture from footage showing Saher Nidal Saqr (right) kidnapping Noa Argamani during the October 7, 2023, onslaught. (Israel Defense Forces)
September 27, 2026, 4:13 pm
Terrorist from abduction of Noa Argamani, Avinatan Or on Oct. 7 killed in strike – IDF
Saher Nidal Saqr seen in video riding motorcycle that carried Argamani into captivity; separate strike last week revealed to have killed Hamas commander who held 9 other hostages
By Emanuel Fabian
Former hostage Eliya Cohen and October 7 survivor Ziv Aboud marry on August 19, 2026 (Screenshots/Hen Mazzig via X)
August 20, 2026, 4:59 pm
Former hostage Eliya Cohen and longtime girlfriend wed in ceremony full of symbolism
Cohen and Nova survivor Ziv Abud celebrate union, together with fellow October 7 survivors and bereaved; are wed underneath canopy decorated with prayer shawl of Abud’s slain nephew
By Jessica Steinberg
British musician Boy George performs with Senhit (not pictured) representing San Marino with the song ‘Superstar’ during the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, May 12, 2026. (Tobias Schwarz/AFP)
August 10, 2026, 9:18 am
Boy George defends AI use in pro-Israel song, threatens to fire reluctant bandmates
British pop star says human musicians would have ‘gotten in my way’ while producing Nova tribute; insists lyrics, melody are entirely his after track’s removal from music platform
By ToI Staff
Liron Barda (left) and Bar Bechor Asraf (Courtesy)
August 4, 2026, 5:49 am
‘Twin souls’: Man dies by suicide at grave of close friend murdered at Nova on Oct. 7
Bar Bechor Asraf, 30, was close childhood friends with Liron Barda, who was killed at music festival massacre where she had stayed to tend to the wounded
By ToI Staff
Boy George poses for photographers upon arrival at The Evening Standard Theatre Awards in London, November 19, 2023. (Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP)
August 1, 2026, 9:11 am
Boy George defends pro-Israel song, says critics ignore Israelis’ suffering
British pop star says his Nova festival tribute is ‘pro peace,’ rejects claims he lacks compassion for Palestinians, after stepping down from West End role amid backlash
By ToI Staff
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan visits the Nova Exhibition London, on July 9, 2026. (Nova Exhibition London)
July 9, 2026, 8:25 pm
London mayor Sadiq Khan visits Nova festival exhibit, meets with survivors of Hamas massacre
Khan, whose visit comes after exhibit organizers criticized his absence, says public should stop by, as it transcends religion, highlights ‘horrors of that awful day’
By ToI Staff
Protesters demonstrate outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, during events marking the 1,000th day since the October 7 massacre, July 2, 2026 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 2, 2026, 6:29 pm
Survivors rail at government on 1,000th day since Oct. 7: ‘They’ve never taken responsibility’
Families and former hostages denounce government for ducking responsibility for massacre, demand state commission of inquiry, pan Netanyahu, Smotrich, for out of touch comments
By Sam Sokol, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir holds a strategic assessment, June 29, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 29, 2026, 6:54 pm
IDF chief marks 1,000 days since Oct. 7 attack ‘on very existence of Jewish people’
Zamir tells senior officers we’re ‘at a significant and strategic crossroads’; multiple unofficial memorial events and protest rallies planned for Thursday milestone
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Nova survivor Rita Yedid, thanking soldiers for their service after October 7, 2023 (Courtesy)
June 5, 2026, 10:23 am
‘We were so broken’: Nova survivor Rita Yedid brings story of resilience to the screen
In documentary ‘Rita,’ which premiered May 27, the mother of two recounts hiding in the rave’s ticket booth as her husband shielded her from Hamas gunfire, and the painful aftermath
By Jessica Steinberg
Patrick Seamus McGhee visits the Nova Exhibition in London, May 20, 2026. (Lianne Kolirin)
May 21, 2026, 9:56 am
Down an alley past police barricades, visitors throng to London’s unsettling Nova exhibition
At Wednesday’s opening of Oct. 7 memorial display, locals come to bear witness despite — and because of — security fears and a hostile climate for UK Jews
By Lianne Kolirin
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