Later, the wall of burnt cars became a memorial to the massacre that took place at the festival, which was the largest terrorist attack in the history of the State of Israel.
[4][5] On the morning of October 7, 2023, the Hamas organizations and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad launched a surprise attack on Israel.
[6] In the first hours, they fought against the readiness squads, Israeli police officers, Yamam fighters, and IDF soldiers while being numerically inferior.
[3] In November 2023, archaeologists arrived at the lot with the aim of finding items from the victims inside the burnt vehicles.
Members of ZAKA also arrived at the location in order to find items that could lead to a proper burial in Israel.