Sigalit Cohen, whose son Eliya was kidnapped from the Supernova festival, has spent her time since campaigning for the hostages’ return
On the Sabbath morning of 7 October, Sigalit Cohen could hear alarms sounding from her home in Tzur Hadassah, just outside Jerusalem. Hours later she learned of the unprecedented attack by Hamas in southern Israel, in which more than 1,200 people were killed and 240 taken hostage, including her son.
Eliya Cohen, 27, was at the Supernova music festival with his girlfriend, Ziv, three miles from the Gaza border when Hamas militants attacked partygoers. At least 260 people were killed in the festival grounds in one of the deadliest attacks on Israel in decades. Israel’s offensive in Gaza in response has killed more than 15,000 people, mostly women and children, according to Gaza’s health authorities.
