Music Festival Honors Slain Lookouts, Recalls Their Joyful Spirit
Translated & summarized from Ynet by baba
A music festival, "Tea Time - To Sing Their Voice," is being held on October 23 in Tel Aviv to honor 18 female soldiers killed on October 7. Organized by bereaved mothers, including Adi Marziano, mother of Noa Marziano, the event will feature singers performing songs written by the fallen soldiers. Noa Marziano was held captive for 38 days and killed in Gaza's Shifa Hospital. Her mother described the immense grief and the festival's aim to remember the soldiers as happy and joyful.
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- A music festival will honor 18 female soldiers killed on October 7, aiming to remember them as joyful.
- The "Tea Time - To Sing Their Voice" festival is organized by bereaved mothers, including Adi Marziano.
- Performers Noa Kirel and Yasmin Moalem will sing original songs written by the soldiers.
- Lookout Noa Marziano was held captive for 38 days and killed at Shifa Hospital.
- The festival will take place on October 23 at Hangar 11 in Tel Aviv.
- The event is supported by Yad Ben-Zvi and the Ministry of Culture and Sport.
A music festival named "Tea Time - To Sing Their Voice" is being organized by Adi Marziano, mother of Noa Marziano, a lookout killed in Hamas captivity, along with other bereaved mothers. The festival aims to commemorate and celebrate the lives of 16 lookouts and two combatants from Nahal Oz who were murdered on October 7. The event draws inspiration from the "Tea Time" gatherings the women used to hold on Friday evenings, transforming the concept into a memorial to remember them as happy and joyful.
The festival will take place on October 23 at Hangar 11 in Tel Aviv, featuring performances by Noa Kirel and Yasmin Moalem, who will sing original songs written by the lookouts themselves, compiled in a special booklet. The event will also include food stalls and memorial exhibits, with support from Yad Ben-Zvi and the Ministry of Culture and Sport.
Noa Marziano joined the Nahal Oz base in July 2023 and grew to love her role, appreciating the responsibility involved. Her mother recalls Noa warning about potential danger before October 7, which was initially misinterpreted as a concern about rockets. On the morning of the attack, Noa called her mother at 6:29 AM, stating she was in a shelter, and a second call at 7:29 AM was cut short, leaving her mother unable to say goodbye.
Two days after the attack, Hamas released a photo of captured lookouts, confirming Noa was alive. She was held alone in a Gazan family's home and later moved south, where she was injured during IDF bombing and one of her captors was killed. She was taken to Shifa Hospital, where she was murdered, having been held captive for 38 days. Hamas later released a video showing Noa requesting the IDF stop bombing, followed by an image of her body, confirming her death to her father.
Adi Marziano described the profound impact of her daughter's death, stating, "An organ was taken from my body." She finds solace in the fact that Noa lived her short life to the fullest, remembering her as a unifying social figure. The family continues to grapple with the question of "why this happened to us."