Hamas Terrorist Attack Victims Tell Their Stories at Texas Event Commemorating Oct. 7

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People stand at a battle-scarred home at the Kibbutz Be'eri, an Israeli communal farm on the Gaza border, on Oct. 7, 2024, as Israel marked the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel. AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg

ADDISON, Texas—On Oct. 7, 2023, Sgt. Yoav Tzivoni, an Israeli special forces soldier, was celebrating his birthday on a beach on the Sinai Peninsula, enjoying a morning cup of coffee with his girlfriend.

Twelve hours later, he was preparing for war against the terrorist group Hamas that had savagely raped, tortured, and killed some 1,200 Israeli civilians that day, many of whom attended a music festival.