The Light Monument at Habima Square at night, with hundreds of glowing memorial bulbs and a Bring Them Home sign illuminated in the background

The Light Monument

The Light Monument at Habima Square

In October 2024, Habima Square became a symbol of national mourning and unity, a city square transformed into a field of light.

A public memorial of light

What is the Light Monument?

The Light Monument is Bring Them Light’s public installation at Habima Square, a luminous field of remembrance where each illuminated light stood for a person murdered on 7 October 2023. Throughout October 2024, families, friends, and communities visited the monument to gather, grieve, reflect, and honour the lives behind the lights.

Meaning and purpose

Why the monument matters

1,400+ lights Illuminated across Habima Square in October 2024, one for each person murdered on 7 October

For the entire month, more than 1,400 lights were illuminated at Habima Square. Each one represented a person murdered on 7 October, a quiet presence above the families, friends, and communities who came to remember.

The installation created a space for grief, remembrance, reflection, and gathering. Visitors could pause together, share stories, and honour the memories of those they had lost.

It was not only a memorial. It was a collective act of resilience, memory made visible, remembrance held in common.

A reminder that even in the darkest of times, we carry their light forward.

Witness the installation

See the monument as families experienced it

This film captures the quiet power of the installation as families experienced it: light gathered in public, collective remembrance held with dignity, and a nation standing together in grief and resolve.

Every memory matters

We remember with love what hate tried to erase

The monument belongs to every family who entrusted us with their story. Explore the lives behind the lights, or support the work that keeps remembrance alive.