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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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William Christou in southern Israel and Seham Tantesh in Gaza

‘It broke the entire family apart’: Israel’s 7 October trauma remains plain to see

Two women embrace as other people stand behind among memorials
People embrace next to memorials of victims of the 7 October attack at the site of the Nova music festival in Israel. Photograph: John Wessels/AFP/Getty Images

Oren Graziani could not sleep last night, as he was too busy debating if he should attend his son’s memorial in the morning. Dawn broke and his wife and daughter announced they were going to spend the day at the resort city of Eilat; they wanted to avoid their grief for a day. Graziani decided to go alone.

“I felt in my heart that I must come here. Today feels different. October 7 – it broke the entire family apart,” said Graziani, a 53-year old real estate agent, as he wet a cloth and wiped sand from a picture of his 21-year-old son, Maor Graziani, who was killed at the Nova music festival.

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