The families of the victims observed a minute's silence this morning in the places in southern Israel attacked by Hamas exactly three years ago, the deadliest attack ever in the country and which triggered the vast offensive in the Gaza Strip. At the site of the Nova music festival, attacked by Hamas militiamen on 7 October 2023 in cars and paragliders, family members bowed their heads at 6.29am local time (5.29am in Italy), surrounded by portraits of the victims in front of which flowers had been placed. According to the Israel Defense Forces, 378 people were killed in the attack (including 344 civilians), while another 44 people were taken hostage and taken to the Gaza Strip.
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Two people died today following attacks by the Israeli army on Gaza, on the anniversary of the October 7, 2023 massacres perpetrated by the Islamist movement Hamas starting from the Palestinian enclave. Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City reported that two people were killed in an attack. Gaza Civil Defense identified one of the victims as a volunteer from the agency, which operates as an emergency rescue service under the aegis of Hamas. Loud explosions were heard across the border, in Israel, by family members of the October 7 victims who gathered at dawn on the site of the Nova festival to pay homage to the more than 300 participants killed three years earlier.
Three years have passed since the October 7, 2023 attack in Israel. The October Council, representing the families of fallen soldiers and survivors of captivity, together with other participants, gathered for a minute's silence in front of the Knesset. Participants held signs with photos of the killed hostages and some waved Israeli flags. On October 7, 2023, it caused the death of approximately 1,200 people and the kidnapping of 251, in the bloodiest day in Israel's history. Ceremonies commemorating the attack begin at 6.29 am, the local time the attack began. At that time, survivors and families of the victims will gather at Kibbutz Re'im, home of the Nova music festival, where terrorists massacred 378 people and took 44 hostage, taking them to Gaza. Commemorative ceremonies and events will take place throughout the day throughout the country. Some municipalities will fly flags at half-mast. The main ceremony, organized by the survivors and the families of the victims, will be held at 9.15 pm in Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv, curated by the organization Kumu ("Arise"). Last Monday, the day of Jewish commemoration established by the government, official state ceremonies took place in memory of the attack. Jewish communities around the world will also hold commemorative events.
