One year later, Israeli survivors reflect on lingering toll of Oct. 7

A year after the Israel -Hamas war, survivors reflect on that day that changed everything.

They hid in bedrooms, bomb shelters, safe rooms and beneath trees as Hamas militants poured across the border.

"Every corner has become a memorial. You look outside at the wall and it reminds you of everything all over again," says Lilach Almog .

The kibbutz of Nir Oz was devastated by the attack and will take years to rebuild.

Hanna’le Margalit : “All the energy and our work is for survival, to get used to a new place, to hope the hostages will come home.

Eilat Shalev hid behind a pomelo orchard as militants overran the road leading to the Nova music festival.

She played dead for hours before making her way back to a police station; her husband was pronounced dead five days later .

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