A new photography exhibition marking two years since the October 7 massacre will open next week at The Rabin Center in Ramat Aviv.
The "Moments that Remain" exhibit, a collaboration between The Rabin Center and the IDF, will showcase moments of heroism, camaraderie, and hope captured by soldiers and photographers of the IDF Spokesperson's Unit over the past two years.
The exhibit will open to the public on Sunday, October 19, 2023. Operating hours will be from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sundays to Thursdays (inclusive).
Admission to view the exhibit is free if booked in advance over the phone.
IDF chief of staff marks second anniversary of Oct. 7
In a letter marking the second anniversary of the October 7 massacre, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir mourned those murdered by Hamas and recognized the military's failures to protect the nation's civilians.
"At the break of dawn, our borders were breached, the war crossed into our doorstep, and it sowed fire, death, and mourning in the fields of the Negev," Zamir wrote.
He also discussed the IDF's failures on October 7, stating that investigations into the day's events will continue. "We owe this to the hostages," he said, "To the murdered, to the fallen, to the wounded, and to the State of Israel as a whole."
"We cannot change what has been," the letter goes on, but "[we can] take responsibility" and use the lessons learned to grow stronger."'
For the past two years, "we acted with our hostages in mind," Zamir wrote, acknowledging the military pressure the IDF placed on Hamas, which led to the agreement of US President Donald Trump's peace deal and the return of 20 living hostages and eight deceased hostages.
Zamir ended by thanking the soldiers and commanders of the IDF. "The people of Israel stand behind you and behind your families, strengthening you and placing their trust in you," he concluded. "You are our shield, another link in the chain of generations of our country's heroes and defenders."