The ceremony event was organized by the Embassy of the State of Israel in Vienna and the Permanent Mission of Israel to the UN, OSCE and International Organizations in Vienna. Vienna-based Ambassadors and Permanent representatives who attended the event heard heartbreaking testimonies from Eli Albag, Alexandra Ariev and Tal Yeshurun, whose loved ones had been abducted by Hamas terrorists to Gaza on 7 October. During a prayer for all 240 abductees to Gaza and the 1400 Israeli civilian victims who were slaughtered in the 7 October terrorist attack by Hamas, the Chief Cantor of IKG Vienna remembered the fate of all victims and called on international community to demand the safe return of all citizens who had been taken hostage by the terrorist group Hamas.