(7 Oct 2024)
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Jerusalem – 7 October 2024
1. Various of protesters with banners and photos of hostages
2. Various of siren marking the exact time of the attacks one year ago
STORYLINE:
Israelis gathered near Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence early Monday to mark a year since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack, the deadliest in the country’s history, which sparked the war in Gaza and scarred Israelis indelibly.
The surprise cross-border attack, which caught Israel unprepared on a major Jewish holiday, shattered Israelis’ sense of security and shook their faith in their leaders and their military.
At 6:30 a.m. — the exact hour Hamas launched its attack — the families of those killed at the Nova music festival, joined by Israeli President Isaac Herzog, gathered at the site where almost 400 revelers were gunned down and from where many others were taken hostage.
At that same time, the families of hostages still held in Gaza — about 100, a third of whom are said to be dead — gathered near Netanyahu’s Jerusalem residence and stood during a two-minute siren.
The siren replicates a custom from the most solemn dates on the Israeli calendar, Holocaust Remembrance and Memorial Day.
The attack’s aftershocks still ripple one year later.
The war in Gaza rages on, Israel is fighting a new war against Hezbollah, which began attacking Israel on Oct. 8, and an escalating conflict with Iran — which backs both Hamas and Hezbollah — threatens to drag the region into a far more dangerous conflagration.
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