Terms of Use

Last updated: August 2026

7thoctober.org is a non-profit memorial, documentation and education project, created to preserve the memory of those murdered in the October 7 massacre, to tell the story of the hostages and to record the events of that day. Using the site constitutes agreement to the terms set out below.

1. Purpose of the site

The site is dedicated to remembrance and documentation alone. There is no commercial activity on it, nothing is sold, and no payment is collected from its users.

The site is not an official body and does not act on behalf of the State of Israel, the IDF, the Ministry of Defense or any other government authority.

2. Sources and accuracy

The records of those murdered and those taken hostage are based on official publications, media reports and public memorial databases. Every effort is made to verify the information, but errors, omissions and details that changed after publication are possible.

The information on this site is not an official source for legal, insurance or administrative purposes.

3. Copyright

The photographs and content shown on the site belong to their rights holders, among them the families of the victims, photographers and news organisations. They are used here for remembrance, reporting and education only.

The hostage photographs in the Hostages Forum come from Wikimedia Commons and from images published for the public by the IDF Spokesperson and the Government Press Office, and are shown with attribution to their photographers and rights holders: the IDF Spokesperson, the GPO (Haim Zach, Avi Ohayon, Maayan Toaf), the Office of the President of Israel, the White House and the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. embassies in Jerusalem and Tokyo, the office of Rep. Elise Stefanik, the Argentine Senate, the Austrian and British foreign ministries, Chabad.org, Lizzy Shaanan, Shlomo Roded, Dr. Avishai Teicher and PikiWiki Israel, Nizzan Cohen, Haim Nachshoni, Rom Eliaz, Talmoryair, Chenspec, Oren Rozen, Gage Skidmore, Relspas, Vcohen, Eliyau1234, Tomgavish, Talitova, Crocodile2020 and Maqaf-Ivri. Some of the photographs are family pictures and private albums published in the media, and are shown here for remembrance only.

If you hold the rights to content shown on the site and do not wish it to appear here, contact us and it will be removed promptly.

4. Permitted and prohibited use

You may read the site, share links to it and use it for study, remembrance and advocacy.

You may not make commercial use of the site or its content, present it in a distorted form or out of context, or use it in any way that harms the dignity of the victims, the hostages or their families.

5. Corrections and removal

Family members and others concerned may ask for a wrong detail to be corrected, for missing information to be added, or for a loved one's details to be removed from the site entirely.

Every such request is handled as quickly as possible and with the respect it deserves. Write to: me@shakedangel.com.

6. External links

The site links to third-party sites and services. We have no control over their content or their privacy policies, and we are not responsible for them.

7. Limitation of liability

The content is presented as it is. We are not liable for direct or indirect damage arising from reliance on the information shown here or from use of the site.

Some of the content is difficult to view. Viewing it is at the user's own discretion and responsibility.

8. Changes to these terms

These terms may be updated from time to time. The date of the last update appears at the top of the page, and continued use of the site after an update constitutes agreement to the updated text.

9. Contact

For questions, comments and requests regarding these terms: me@shakedangel.com.