Oct. 7 Nova Music Festival Attendee Confirmed Dead by Israeli Military

An attendee of the Nova Music Festival, previously thought to be alive in Hamas captivity, has been confirmed dead by the Israeli military on the first anniversary of the massacre. Idan Shtivi, 28, was killed while attempting to escape from the music festival site near Kibbutz Re’im in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. On the morning of that day, Hamas-led terrorists launched heavy rocket volleys from Gaza as cover while they swarmed into Israel using pickup trucks, motorbikes, speed boats, and motorized paragliders, unleashing a spree of killing and kidnapping of Israeli soldiers and civilians. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF), which initially identified Shtivi as a hostage in Gaza, said on Monday that they had informed his family of his death....