Families of Re'im Massacre Victims Fight for Truth and Memory
Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba
Families of victims from the Re'im music festival massacre are independently establishing memorial sites and investigating the deaths of their loved ones, seeking crucial answers from the state. One bereaved mother expressed a desire for justice and to dispel feelings of living in a corrupt state. On the massacre's third anniversary, memorial site organizers included Taryfi Abu-Rashad, whose wife was severely wounded and their newborn daughter died 14 hours after birth.
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- Families of Re'im massacre victims are independently establishing memorials and investigating deaths, seeking state answers.
- One mother stated she seeks justice and to prove the country is not corrupt.
- On the third anniversary, memorial organizers included Taryfi Abu-Rashad, a bereaved parent.
- Abu-Rashad's wife was severely wounded and their newborn daughter died 14 hours after birth.
- The daughter, Naamah, was the youngest victim of the October 7th massacre.
Families of victims of the Re'im music festival massacre have established memorial sites and conducted their own investigations into the deaths of their loved ones, but they are still seeking answers from the state. "It will allow me to understand that there is justice in the country," explained one bereaved mother, adding, "that I am not living in a completely corrupt place."
On the morning of the third anniversary of the attack, cars began arriving at the Re'im memorial complex. Many of the traffic organizers were from the Bedouin village of Abu Qrinat. Among them was Taryfi Abu-Rashad, a bereaved parent who had escaped the terrorists with his wife, Sujud. She was nine months pregnant and severely wounded by gunfire, becoming the first patient admitted to Soroka Hospital that morning. Their daughter, Naamah, born that day, did not survive, dying 14 hours later as the youngest victim of the massacre.
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