A year after Oct 7 attack: Israelis and Palestinians reflect on loss as war grinds on

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A year after Oct 7 attack: Israelis and Palestinians reflect on loss as war grinds on
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Over 1,200 Israelis were killed and 251 hostages taken to Gaza during the 2023 Hamas attack.

Protesters marching towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's private residence, to mark one year since the deadly attack by Hamas on Oct 7.A woman at a gathering on Oct 7 to mark one year since those at the Nova music festival in southern Israel were killed and kidnapped during Hamas' October 2023 attack.

Songs and prayers were accompanied by the resounding booms and sharp cracks of Israeli strikes just across the border in Gaza. He was shot nine times, his father said. When asked what he does in life, Mr Marlowe replied, “I grieve constantly now.” For Mr Abu Kheir, the image from the war that lingers is that of a naked, lifeless woman lying in the street, blown out of a house that had been bombarded.

The destroyed Al Aqsa Martyrs Mosque following an Israeli air strike on Deir Al Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Oct 6. PHOTO: EPA-EFEIn London on Oct 6, thousands gathered in Hyde Park, waving Israeli flags and “bring them home” placards with the faces of the hostages. Families of Israelis killed by Hamas on Oct 7, 2023 at a music festival gather near Kibbutz Re’im, close to the border with the Gaza Strip. PHOTO: EPA-EFECondemning the “unspeakable brutality” of Hamas’ attack on Israel, Mr Biden said in a statement that he was committed to Israel’s security and supported its right to self-defence.

Pope Francis slammed the “shameful inability” of world powers to end the conflict in the Middle East. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said 10 firefighters were killed in an air strike on a municipal building in the town of Bint Jbeil. It said 15 other rockets were fired inland at Tiberias in Israel’s northern Galilee region, some of them intercepted. Israeli media said a further five rockets hit the ground.

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