Families' Choices Shape October 7 Remembrance Exhibition at Yehudit Station
Twenty-two photographs selected by families anchor The Last Photo's first public space exhibition, marking the third anniversary of October 7 at a Greater Tel Aviv light rail station.
A remembrance initiative built around photographs chosen by families has taken a new form at Yehudit light rail station. The Last Photo has inaugurated its first exhibition in a public space there, with 22 images marking three years since October 7.
The announcement describes the images as showing final moments of the men and women it honors as heroes of the Swords of Iron war. Their families determined which photographs would represent them in the exhibition.
A family decision behind every image
The selection process gives the display a specific starting point: the photograph a family chose to share. Although presented together at the station, the 22 images reflect separate decisions about how loved ones are represented publicly.
That detail matters to the way the initiative is understood. Its scale can be expressed as a number of photographs, but the basis of the collection remains the families' individual choices. The announcement does not provide the personal histories associated with each image.
Online attention and a physical exhibition
Initiated by Liron Ben Yaakov, The Last Photo began ahead of Israel's 2025 Memorial Day through a partnership with Israel Hayom and OneFamily. The Instagram initiative has recorded over 10 million views and shares, the announcement says.
That combined engagement figure is distinct from a count of people: it does not establish how many unique users encountered the project. Nor does it describe visitors to the new exhibition. The 22 photographs and the online total measure different aspects of the initiative, the selection on display and the activity around its digital presence.
At Yehudit, the project now has a physical setting within Greater Tel Aviv's transport network. The announcement supplies neither an exhibition end date nor details of access to the display.
The organizations represented at the launch
Ben Yaakov opened the exhibition alongside OneFamily chief executive Moshe Swil and Egged Group chief executive Gilad Riklin. Israel Hayom was also represented by its deputy editor-in-chief, Uri Dagon.
The transport bodies attending included NTA, represented by board chair Yodfat Afek-Arazi and chief executive Itamar Ben Meir, and Tevel Metro, represented by chief executive Amiram Ohayon. Tevel Metro operates the light rail's Red Line in Greater Tel Aviv.
The opening places the family selected collection in a shared public space for the anniversary, adding an in-person display to the project's online work.
The exhibition is on view from 4 to 10 October 2026 at the Yehudit light rail station in Gush Dan (entrance B). Visitors arriving by car can use paid parking at the Sarona / Kiryat HaMemshala car park.
