People Visit Site Of The Nova Music Festival Hamas Massacre

An Israeli soldier Mika Ratson (C) weeps near a placard with the photo of her best friend Avivya Genut, 23, who was killed by Hamas on October 7, 2023, at the Nova Music Festival, at the memorial site of the Hamas massacre in Re'im, on Thursday, September 26, 2024. Israel is preparing to commemorate one year since the Hamas terrorist attack when 1,200 people were murdered and 240 taken hostage to Gaza. More than 41,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed in the nearly one year Israeli-Gaza War. Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI