Zoya Zemkov
45 years old
Ofakim
Zoya, 45, from Ofakim, grew up in a traditional Bukharian Jewish family and immigrated to Israel with her family about 25 years before October 7. She was remembered as modest, polite, cheerful and a caring listener who loved movies and cooking. When the rocket sirens began, Zoya left the family home to run toward a bomb shelter and was shot by a Hamas gunman; she later died of her wounds.
Zoya Zemkov, 45, of Ofakim - Murdered in her home by Hamas terrorists.