For nearly three years, lyricist Noam Horev and photographer Ziv Koren have used their respective crafts to portray the stories of Israelis affected by the Hamas massacres of October 7, 2023.

“I became a father in October 2023, and my partner was on reserve duty, and I ran away to my writing,” Horev told The Times of Israel. “I felt this need to write my emotions about the feelings of the nation and the optimism that you still sometimes felt.”

Koren, a photojournalist, took his motorcycle south on October 7 to capture the unfolding horrors of the Hamas massacre.

Now the two have partnered with the Azrieli Group to present “We Will Rise,” an emotional, multi-layered installation that opened June 9 and will remain on view through October.

The exhibit is on display in a roughly 500-square-meter (roughly 5,400-square-foot) gallery purpose-built for the show on the roof of Tel Aviv’s Azrieli Mall.

The installation features 10 large-scale structures, each one featuring narrated text written by Horev over Koren’s photographs — images that are familiar, sometimes traumatic, often haunting.

Throughout the approximately 45-minute tour, visitors move through the different stations equipped with a personal audio system in Hebrew or English.

Portrayed are moments from October 7 as soldiers witness the destruction and devastation, later as Israelis struggled to bring home the 251 hostages abducted to Gaza, and as the country turned itself into a volunteer........

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