RE'IM, Israel — Israel marked on Monday the first anniversary of Hamas' deadly October 7 attacks, the worst in its history and one that sparked a devastating war in the Gaza Strip that has since expanded into Lebanon.
With troops fighting what Israel says is a war for its very existence, people gathered at vigils at massacre sites and rallies calling for the return of hostages still in Gaza a year on from their abduction.
PAINFUL REMINDER Two people embrace as relatives and friends of Israelis killed in Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attacks attend a ceremony at the Nova music festival memorial site near Kibbutz Re’im in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2024, the first anniversary of the war-sparking attacks. AFP PHOTO