NEW YORK — Commemorations and protests unfolded across the world on Monday to mark the first anniversary of Hamas' attacks on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, an unprecedented assault that sparked a war that has devastated the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, fueled bloodshed in other lands in Middle East and stirred protests and divisions far away.
Those divisions were visible in New York, where a crowd gathered for an evening remembrance ceremony in Central Park even as pro-Palestinian protesters converged on a corner of the park less than a mile away.