A newly-installed memorial in Beverly Hills includes 1,400 flags honoring the victims of Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
City Council members, Mayor Julian Gold, local clergy and officials with the Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles spoke Thursday at the memorial site at Beverly Gardens Park on Santa Monica Boulevard, directly across from the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.
The leaders say the flags are a powerful representation of the spirit of each individual who died.
About 1,200 of the flags represent the Israeli lives lost, 39 flags pay tribute to the Americans who were killed, and dozens of other flags honor victims from over 30 other countries.
“Looking at these flags, we see the magnitude of the atrocities committed by Hamas,” said Israel Bachar, consul general of Israel to the Pacific Southwest. “In a matter of hours, all of these people were taken from us in such a brutal, horrifying way.”
The flags will remain on display through Feb. 25.
On Friday, the United Nations’ top court