7 October: Numbers and Names

The numbers

• 1,183 people were killed, including 42 whose bodies were taken to Gaza.
• 864 of those killed were civilians, 73% of the dead.
• 251 people were taken hostage: 209 alive and 42 dead.
• 375 people who had been at the Nova festival were killed, and 9 more were taken to Gaza as bodies.
• The youngest victim was 14 hours old. The oldest was 92.
• 17 British nationals were killed, and 2 were taken hostage. One was killed in captivity, the other released in January 2025.

Source: 7 October Parliamentary Commission report; references at the foot of the page.

The names

The Commission publishes the names of everyone killed, with their ages and where they died.

• Those killed on 7 October, not including the 42 whose bodies were taken hostage.
• Those taken hostage, including the 42 whose bodies were taken.
• The full report (PDF).

The British victims

Seventeen British nationals were killed on 7 October, and another killed in captivity. This is who they were.

Nova festival

Jake Marlowe, 26, from Potters Bar, was a bassist working as an unarmed security guard at the festival.

Debbie Abraham, 40, a police sergeant major, was killed at her post. She refused to leave it when offered the opportunity.

Aner Shapira, 22, threw seven live grenades back out of a bomb shelter on Route 232. The eighth killed him. He is credited with saving at least seven lives.

Kibbutz Be'eri

Yannai and Liel Hetzroni-Heller, 12, were twins raised in Be'eri by their grandparents and great-aunt. They were killed with their great-aunt Ayala during a hostage standoff.

Rotem Kalderon, 67, was a lifelong resident of Be'eri and director of its early childhood education. She was killed at home, after trying for hours to hold her safe-room door closed.

Yonatan Rapoport, 41, was born on the Isle of Wight and worked as a gardener on the kibbutz. He told his children, aged 9 and 6, to hide under the bed. They survived.

Lianne Sharabi, 48, was born in Bristol. She was killed at home with her daughters Noiya, 16, and Yahel, 13. Lianne's husband Eli was taken hostage and released after 491 days.

Benji Trakeniski, 32, was an IDF major. His force rescued nearly 50 wounded civilians. He was killed on a return trip into the kibbutz to rescue more.

Elsewhere

Yosef Guedalia, 22, an IDF soldier, was killed at Kibbutz Kfar Aza on his fourth trip back under fire to rescue hostages and evacuate the injured.

Bernard Cowan, 57, from Newton Mearns near Glasgow, was killed at home in Kibbutz Sufa. He was the only Scot killed.

Danny Darlington, 34, a photographer from Manchester, was killed at Kibbutz Nir Oz while staying with a friend.

Roi Popplewell, 54, was killed outside his home at Kibbutz Nirim. His mother Channa Peri and his brother Nadav were taken hostage. Channa was later released, but Nadav was killed in captivity on 14 February 2024. His body was recovered in August 2024.

Dor Hanan Shapir, 30, was killed after leaving the Psyduck festival with his fiancée, Savyon Hen Kipper, who also died. The report says it is unclear exactly how.

Nathanel Young, 20, from north London, was killed defending the Yiftach outpost.

Source

These figures come from the 7 October Parliamentary Commission Report, Second Edition (March 2026), chaired by Lord Roberts of Belgravia. The report was prepared by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for UK-Israel and is not an official publication of either House of Parliament. Earlier reports gave 1,182 killed and 41 bodies taken. The second edition revised both after one hostage thought to be alive was confirmed as killed on 7 October. Other sources give slightly different totals depending on what they count.

Details are from Chapter 7 of the Commission's report, which lists the British victims known and verified at the time of publication. Where names and ages on the Commission’s website are different to the publication, we have used those from the October 7 Memorial and family accounts.

Last checked 6 October 2026.