{"id":111665,"date":"2024-10-08T04:58:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T21:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111665"},"modified":"2024-10-08T04:58:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T21:58:45","slug":"vigils-protests-around-the-world-commemorate-the-anniversary-of-hamas-attack-on-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111665","title":{"rendered":"Vigils, protests around the world commemorate the anniversary of Hamas attack on Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-hamas-war-one-year-anniversary-cf123f95609051e8e8eaf6aebe661b6a\">Commemorations and protests<\/a><\/span> unfolded across the world on Monday to mark the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, an assault that sparked a war that has devastated the Hamas-ruled Gaza strip, fueled hostilities and bloodshed in other Mideast lands and ignited protests and divisions in farflung countries. <\/p>\n<p>Hamas militants\u2019 <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-gaza-hamas-rockets-airstrikes-tel-aviv-11fb98655c256d54ecb5329284fc37d2\">surprise cross-border attack<\/a><\/span> last year killed about 1,200 people. Another 250 were taken hostage; around 100 <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-anniversary-statistics-e61765035c725b3c8d4840e2bab565cd\">remain in captivity<\/a><\/span>, with many of them feared dead. The attack, on a major Jewish holiday, shattered Israelis\u2019 sense of security and left the world facing the prospect of a major conflict in the Middle East. <\/p>\n<p>Israel responded by waging a war against the Hamas militants in Gaza, where the fighting has killed over 41,000 people and displaced around 1.9 million. The conflict has spread in the region, where Israel now <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-lebanon-what-to-know-hezbollah-incursion-c44358cb4c70db69bdab4b254cb2ed76\">also is fighting Hezbollah<\/a><\/span> militants in Lebanon, facing escalating <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/yemen-houthis-gaza-israel-defe499e9df870381f078ad3e3b667b5\">threats from Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels<\/a><\/span> and contending with <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-gaza-news-10-01-2024-eb175dff6e46906caea8b9e43dfbd3da\">a mounting conflict with Iran<\/a><\/span>, which backs Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis.<\/p>\n<p>The Hamas-Israel war also has spurred demonstrations and stirred tensions in many U.S. locales, including college campuses and major cities. In New York, hundreds of protesters chanted \u201cfree, free Palestine,\u201d carried signs with messages such as \u201ccease-fire now\u201d and \u201cU.S.\/Israel: Hands off the Middle East!\u201d and spread a large Palestinian flag on a street near the New York Stock Exchange early Monday afternoon. A smaller group of counterprotesters held an Israeli flag.<\/p>\n<p>The pro-Palestinian protesters began an hourslong march through Manhattan, growing to a crowd that stretched for multiple blocks near Grand Central Terminal by early evening.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a large remembrance ceremony was planned Monday evening in Central Park for those killed in the Hamas attack a year ago. New York\u2019s mayor and governor were among those expected to attend. <\/p>\n<p>At Philadelphia\u2019s Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, Ellie Solomon was among a group of high school students who viewed an exhibition about the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/cyprus-israel-rave-victims-hamas-1464c5d890b2956c1f2823dcd5e11905\">Tribe of Nova music festival<\/a><\/span> in Re\u2019im, Israel, where hundreds were killed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like that really could have been me there,\u201d said Solomon, who attends The Pingry School in New Jersey. Many festival attendees were close to her age, she noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey all had very full lives, like lots of life ahead of them, just like we do,\u201d she said, adding that \u201cit\u2019s important for us to remember them and honor them because they didn\u2019t deserve anything that happened to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro also toured the exhibition, saying that he hoped it gave visitors \u201can understanding of what really happened.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that in some segments of our society, we don\u2019t have that knowledge,\u201d said Shapiro, a Democrat. He added that he hoped visitors emerged \u201cmore tolerant, a bit more understanding and more committed to finding peace in our society and peace across the globe.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The nations of Europe, home to many Jewish and Muslim communities, have sought to tamp down both antisemitic and anti-Muslim sentiment. <\/p>\n<p>The German chancellery in Berlin was adorned Monday with a yellow ribbon commemorating the Israeli hostages taken by Hamas, around 100 of whom <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-anniversary-statistics-e61765035c725b3c8d4840e2bab565cd\">remain in captivity<\/a><\/span>, with many of them feared dead. The names of the people killed and kidnapped in the attack on Israel were read out in front of the Brandenburg Gate. <\/p>\n<p>Chancellor <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/olaf-scholz\">Olaf Scholz<\/a><\/span> said to Germany\u2019s \u201cdear friends in Israel\u201d that \u201cwe feel with you \u2026 we stand beside you.\u201d Speaking to a conference in Hamburg, Scholz also pointed to the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>In Italy, Premier <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/georgia-meloni\">Giorgia Meloni<\/a><\/span>, who has voiced strong support for Israel, visited the main synagogue in Rome. She reaffirmed Israel\u2019s right to defend itself, while insisting that the country respect international law and lamenting the devastation unleashed by Israeli forces in Gaza. <\/p>\n<p>She denounced what she called \u201clatent and rampant antisemitism,\u201d pointing to pro-Palestinian protests that sometimes turned violent in Italy this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>French President <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/emmanuel-macron\">Emmanuel Macron<\/a><\/span> met in Paris with relatives of hostages and of people killed in the Oct. 7 attacks. French Foreign Minister Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot attended a memorial service at the site of the Nova music festival. <\/p>\n<p>The Vatican marked the anniversary by taking up a collection for the people of Gaza and publishing a letter from Pope Francis to Catholics in the region, expressing his solidarity.<\/p>\n<p>In Poland\u2019s capital of Warsaw, the Jewish community paid tribute to Alex Dancyg, a Polish-born Holocaust educator and historian who was <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-hostages-portraits-hamas-captives-e7213e6262cdb9c51ab174326874538c\">abducted<\/a><\/span> from the Nir Oz kibbutz on Oct. 7. Israel <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/gaza-israel-war-latest-july-22-bc3d06280090adf1ed52c533f5d05483\">believes he died in captivity<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In Australia, thousands of people remembered the Oct. 7 dead by attending vigils in Sydney and Melbourne, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joining the latter event. Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters had rallied across Australia\u2019s cities on Sunday, and hundreds gathered amid a heavy police presence Monday night at Sydney town hall for a vigil for Palestinian lives lost in the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>In Pakistan\u2019s largest city, Karachi, schoolchildren took part in a pro-Palestinian rally organized by the Pakistan Markazi Muslim League party. <\/p>\n<p>Japanese officials demanded the immediate release of all hostages and expressed condolences to Israelis who lost family members in the Hamas attacks. <\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Vejpongsa reported from Philadelphia and Spike from Budapest, Hungary. 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