The 12-foot-tall Star of David sculpture at Shalom Baruch – located in the Houston-area city of Humble – honors the victims, survivors, and hostages of the Oct. 7 massacre.

Late Tuesday night, approximately 30,000 Israelis gathered at Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park for a national memorial ceremony organized by families of victims, hostages, and survivors.

The discovery of their bodies shocked Israelis to the core and marked one of the darkest days of an already traumatic period.

The new stone wall, located in the western Jezreel Valley, is engraved with the names of 466 fallen kibbutz members. 

Created through collaboration between the Jewish National Fund and victims’ families, the solemn memorial speaks through simplicity.

The final letters were filled in on Monday evening by Yaakov Argamani, the father of Noa Argamani, who was rescued from Hamas captivity in an IDF military operation in June.

The ceremony was attended by senior government officials, Jerusalem City Council members, dozens of ambassadors, and bereaved families.