{"id":385783,"date":"2026-10-08T01:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T00:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/these-israelis-became-hostages-on-october-7th-heres-what-they-think-today\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T01:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T00:00:35","slug":"these-israelis-became-hostages-on-october-7th-heres-what-they-think-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/these-israelis-became-hostages-on-october-7th-heres-what-they-think-today\/","title":{"rendered":"These Israelis became hostages on October 7th &#8211; here&#8217;s what they think today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/Raqv-2mzTTc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"These Israelis became hostages on October 7th - here's what they think today\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Raqv-2mzTTc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>When Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, nowhere was hit harder than the community of Nir Oz, less than a mile from Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>There, 47 men, women and children were murdered and 76 more were abducted to Gaza \u2013 around a quarter of the tight knit community gone within hours.<\/p>\n<p>Almost every single home came under attack with half of the kibbutz burned to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>But three years on, despite both the unimaginable loss and its proximity to Gaza, Nir Oz is rebuilding.<\/p>\n<p>New homes are being built and others are being renovated, including some where young families were killed in their safe rooms.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, not everyone who survived has chosen to return.<\/p>\n<p>Bringing life back to a place where death was everywhere is a delicate and sensitive process.<\/p>\n<p>Emi Palmor, a former civil servant who has spent three years supporting the survivors of Nir Oz is leading the rebuilding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor these people this place is the Chernobyl of traumas\u201d she says, adding that some survivors have only agreed to come back if their houses are completely demolished.<\/p>\n<p>But other families want the burnt-out ruins of their homes to stand as both evidence and monuments so that the horror of what happened here can never be forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the people who are insisting on keeping their houses say nobody has taken responsibility for what happened\u201d explains Emi.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, nowhere was hit harder than the community of Nir Oz, less than a mile from Gaza. 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