"Guy's face is on posters around the country, from the airport to suburban garden walls, news about his condition regularly makes headlines, and his fate is debated on talkshows and in parliament. People pay their respects to the victims of the massacre at Nova festival on 7 October 2023 near the border with Gaza. A total of 378 people were killed and 44 were abducted by Hamas at the festival."
"After two years, most of the other hostages have now come home or were killed inside Gaza either by their captors or Israeli forces. Only 20 are thought to still be alive, although militants are also holding 28 bodies, denying their families the closure of a burial. It's so hard missing him all day every day, thinking about him all day every day, Gal said."
On 7 October 2023 militants broke through the Gaza border and attacked the Nova festival, killing 378 people and abducting 44 festivalgoers; the wider assault took around 250 hostages. Guy was taken during the attack, and his brother Gal experiences a persistent, isolating grief that alternates between feeling like yesterday and feeling like a century. Guy's image and condition remain highly visible in public life, with posters and media coverage, yet the family's pain feels lonely. After two years most hostages have returned or died; about 20 are thought still alive while militants hold 28 bodies.
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