Dikla Arava
51 years old
Kibbutz Nahal Oz
Dikla, 51, was a mother and educator in Kibbutz Nahal Oz. She ran the kibbutz education system and later worked as an educational consultant for preschools. Loved ones remembered her as full of life, someone who loved dancing and happiness, with a warm smile and laugh, and as a fiercely devoted mother who cared deeply for the children in her extended family.
Slain amid the Hamas onslaught against Kibbutz Nahal Oz on October 7