Maxim Herkin, 35, (Maxim ben Tela) was kidnapped from the Nova music festival on Oct. 7. A resident of Tirat Hacarmel near Haifa, he has a 3-year-old daughter Monica and supports his mother Tela and 11-year-old brother, Peter.

Maxim is studying computer science at the Open University of Israel. “They stole my life and stole my son,” said Tela. “Maxim is our back, our anchor. He is my whole world.”