Schools to hold memorial events for Oct. 7 anniversary, Education Ministry announces

The ministry added that the events taking place on the anniversary would involve four elements: Personal memories, bravery and unification, emotional and educational conversation, and recovery.

Students across Israel will be presented with activities and lectures marking the third anniversary of the October 7 massacre on Wednesday, the Education Ministry announced.

The ministry added that the events taking place on the anniversary would involve four elements: Personal memories, stories of bravery and unification, emotional and educational conversation among the students, and a path for Israel's recovery.

Schools will hold memorial services in which the names, faces, and personal stories of specific victims of October 7 would be centralized, encouraging students to preserve the personal memories of those killed during the massacre.

There will also be an emphasis on stories of combat soldiers and rescue operations, volunteer work done in the wake of October 7, and the bravery of individual citizens or Israeli communities.

The Education Ministry also said that schools would hold group dialogues with the involvement of the ministry's psychology-guidance department, providing age-appropriate spaces for students to discuss their own emotions and experiences surrounding the massacre.

Finally, the schools' memorial events of the day will encourage volunteer work for the students, and conduct tours of the area surrounding Gaza in order to strengthen communal recovery and promote a sense of belonging to the region.

Children must receive passed-on memory of October 7, Kisch says

"October 7 is forever etched in our national memory," Education Minister Yoav Kisch said.

"Alongside the pain and loss, our children must also come to know the heroism, camaraderie, and mutual responsibility revealed during those darkest hours - as well as the strength that enabled Israeli society to rise, recover, and rebuild. We will pass this memory, in all its facets, from generation to generation."