Rom Braslavski (Rom ben Tami), 21, from Pisgat Ze’ev, was working as a security guard at the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023 when he was abducted by Hamas terrorists. He got several people to safety before being wounded in both hands, then continued to try to save others, under heavy fire.

“For more than a year, we haven’t had a single shred of information about what’s happening to him,” said Rom’s cousin, Adam Hajj. “It hurts me very much that we have kidnapped brothers and sisters in Gaza, and that no one knows what is being done to them there at this moment,” he continued.

Rom’s mother, Tami, noted that Yom Kippur 2023 was the first Yom Kippur that Rom fasted and prayed the whole day, and hopes that in the merit of this he will return home.