LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — Tomer Bassis expected his day to be filled with electronic trance music at the Oct. 7 desert rave party he was attending in southern Israel.
The open-air Tribe of Nova music festival is believed to be the worst civilian massacre in Israeli history, with at least 364 dead.
In a single day, Hamas and other Palestinian militants killed about 1,200 people in Israel, mostly civilians, and took around 240 people captive.
The trips to Cyprus are supported by NovaHelp, a group of mental heath professionals who came together to help survivors of the rave party, said Raskin.
Raskin has initiated another, similar project currently underway to bring parents who lost children during the Oct. 7 attack to undergo similar therapy in Cyprus.
Persons:
Tomer Bassis, revelers, gunning, Bassis, “, ”, “ I’m, —, Eyal Sirota, Sirota, Rabbi Arie Zeev Raskin, Raskin, ” “
Organizations:
NovaHelp, Jewish, Health Ministry, Hamas, Jewish Community Center
Locations:
LARNACA, Cyprus, Israel, Gaza, Paphos, Larnaca