Lior Atun

Lior Atun, 24, from Hadera, was murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Supernova music festival on October 7.

Atun was among those initially declared missing in the days following the massacre at the Supernova festival. At 9 a.m., she texted a group of her friends, saying, “If I die, know that I loved you,” according to Israel’s Channel 13. After that, nobody could reach her.

One week later, her body was identified, and she was buried in the New Hadera Cemetery on October 15.

She is survived by her father, Ephraim, and brother Netanel.

Atun lost her mother to cancer at a young age, according to Rabbi Hezki Menat, a local rabbi who is connected to the family. “She rebuilt herself, nurtured and invested in herself, and [hoped] to one day meet someone and get married.”

He added that she was studying animal therapy and dreamed of making a difference in people’s lives through her connection to dogs.

“She had a sensitive and special heart,” wrote Menat.

Atun had a deep love of dogs. She worked as a dog trainer, and her dream at one point had been to work in the IDF’s “Oketz” canine unit.

After her death, an ice machine for the dogs was donated to the unit in Atun’s memory on what would have been her 25th birthday, October 30.

“She always takes the initiative and helps everyone,” her father Ephraim told Channel 13 in the early days of the war before Atun’s body was found. “She has a kind heart, and those who know her just love her.”
Source: The Times of Israel