{"id":111680,"date":"2024-10-08T05:59:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T22:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111680"},"modified":"2024-10-08T05:59:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T22:59:49","slug":"israel-marks-year-since-hamas-attacks-as-fighting-rages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111680","title":{"rendered":"Israel marks year since Hamas attacks as fighting rages"},"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 id=\"\">\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 ejjhCR\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/8ca8\/live\/c02fdb70-84df-11ef-a015-7bccfa7c6275.png.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/8ca8\/live\/c02fdb70-84df-11ef-a015-7bccfa7c6275.png.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/8ca8\/live\/c02fdb70-84df-11ef-a015-7bccfa7c6275.png.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/8ca8\/live\/c02fdb70-84df-11ef-a015-7bccfa7c6275.png.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/8ca8\/live\/c02fdb70-84df-11ef-a015-7bccfa7c6275.png.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/8ca8\/live\/c02fdb70-84df-11ef-a015-7bccfa7c6275.png.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/8ca8\/live\/c02fdb70-84df-11ef-a015-7bccfa7c6275.png.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/8ca8\/live\/c02fdb70-84df-11ef-a015-7bccfa7c6275.png.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Reuters A woman walks while wearing a cream baseball cap and draped in an Israeli flag, as people visit the site of the Nova festival\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Reuters<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">Hamas gunmen killed some 1,200 people and took 251 hostages in the 7 October attack<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Israel has held ceremonies to remember the victims of the mass killings and abductions carried out by Hamas on 7 October 2023, against a backdrop of continuing fighting in Gaza and Lebanon.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A year on from the attack &#8211; that saw some 1,200 people killed and 251 taken hostage &#8211; Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to stop such an assault happening again, saying Israel&#8217;s armed forces were \u201cchanging the security reality\u201d of the region.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The conflict which followed Hamas&#8217;s attack has seen almost 42,000 deaths in the Gaza Strip according to the Hamas-run health ministry.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">As the day of commemorations unfolded, Israel said it intercepted more than 100 rockets fired by Hezbollah in Lebanon as well as projectiles launched by Yemen&#8217;s Houthis and from Hamas in Gaza.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Last October, gunmen from Hamas broke through the border fence and rampaged through nearby Israeli villages, Kibbutzim, military posts and the Nova music festival.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">On Monday, families of the hundreds killed and dozens of people taken hostage at the festival gathered at the site early for the first memorial event of the day.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Holding pictures of loved ones they listened to the last track played at the festival before Israeli President Isaac Herzog led a minute&#8217;s silence at 06:29, the moment that the attack began.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/9111\/live\/09ab0750-84e7-11ef-85b0-af181ae39b94.png.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/9111\/live\/09ab0750-84e7-11ef-85b0-af181ae39b94.png.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/9111\/live\/09ab0750-84e7-11ef-85b0-af181ae39b94.png.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/9111\/live\/09ab0750-84e7-11ef-85b0-af181ae39b94.png.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/9111\/live\/09ab0750-84e7-11ef-85b0-af181ae39b94.png.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/9111\/live\/09ab0750-84e7-11ef-85b0-af181ae39b94.png.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/9111\/live\/09ab0750-84e7-11ef-85b0-af181ae39b94.png.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/9111\/live\/09ab0750-84e7-11ef-85b0-af181ae39b94.png.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Reuters People sing as they attend an alternative memorial ceremony organized by the families of hostages held in Gaza\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Reuters<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">From dawn until dusk Israelis stopped to remember those who died on 7 October<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In nearby communities which were also attacked by Hamas gunmen, smaller events were held.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Elsewhere, Netanyahu visited the Iron Sword memorial in Jerusalem for victims of the Hamas attacks, lighting a candle to &#8220;remember our fallen, our hostages&#8221;. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In Tel Aviv&#8217;s biggest park, Israeli families gathered in for an event billed as the Bereaved Families Memorial Ceremony, which served as an alternative to the official government memorial ceremony.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Some of Israel&#8217;s most popular singers gave emotional performances, while the images of victims flashed on the screens.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The stage was adorned with items symbolising the attacks including burnt and broken cars from the Nova music festival; a child\u2019s bicycle and swing set from the Be\u2019eri kibbutz.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Outside of Israel, President Biden joined other world leaders in condemning what he called the &#8220;unspeakable brutality&#8221; of the Hamas attacks a year ago.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He also expressed horror at the subsequent war, saying &#8220;far too many civilians had suffered, far too much&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Mourners also gathered at vigils around the world including in Australia, South Africa, Germany and the United States.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In the UK, Sir Keir Starmer told the House of Commons he supported Israel&#8217;s right to defend itself. But Britain&#8217;s prime minister insisted there was no military solution to the current crisis and appealed for all sides to &#8220;step back&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/93ab\/live\/4d27a3d0-84e7-11ef-85b0-af181ae39b94.png.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/93ab\/live\/4d27a3d0-84e7-11ef-85b0-af181ae39b94.png.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/93ab\/live\/4d27a3d0-84e7-11ef-85b0-af181ae39b94.png.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/93ab\/live\/4d27a3d0-84e7-11ef-85b0-af181ae39b94.png.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/93ab\/live\/4d27a3d0-84e7-11ef-85b0-af181ae39b94.png.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/93ab\/live\/4d27a3d0-84e7-11ef-85b0-af181ae39b94.png.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/93ab\/live\/4d27a3d0-84e7-11ef-85b0-af181ae39b94.png.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/93ab\/live\/4d27a3d0-84e7-11ef-85b0-af181ae39b94.png.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Reuters Smoke billows over Beirut southern suburbs after a strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Sin El Fil\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Reuters<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">Smoke billows over Beirut southern suburbs after a strike from Israel<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">However as the memorial services took place, the wider conflict in the region continued to rage.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Israeli military said Hezbollah had fired more than 130 rockets across the border from Lebanon. Most were shot down, but some hit the cities of Haifa and Tiberius.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Earlier Hamas also launched rockets at Tel Aviv from Gaza. The army said ballistic missiles had been fired at Israel from Yemen, but were successfully intercepted.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Through the day, Israel carried out multiple air strikes and several ground incursions in Lebanon.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Israeli military said it was expanding operations against Hezbollah, warning residents in southern Lebanon to avoid using boats in the sea or rivers south of the Awali river.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/c427\/live\/ac583b30-84e7-11ef-85b0-af181ae39b94.png.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/c427\/live\/ac583b30-84e7-11ef-85b0-af181ae39b94.png.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/c427\/live\/ac583b30-84e7-11ef-85b0-af181ae39b94.png.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/c427\/live\/ac583b30-84e7-11ef-85b0-af181ae39b94.png.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/c427\/live\/ac583b30-84e7-11ef-85b0-af181ae39b94.png.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/c427\/live\/ac583b30-84e7-11ef-85b0-af181ae39b94.png.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/c427\/live\/ac583b30-84e7-11ef-85b0-af181ae39b94.png.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/c427\/live\/ac583b30-84e7-11ef-85b0-af181ae39b94.png.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Reuters A displaced boy rests in a school in Beirut which provides temporary shelter to the families. A plate of food sits at his feet as he leans to one side resting his head on a pillow\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Reuters<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">A displaced boy rests in a school in Beirut which provides temporary shelter to families<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Three weeks of intense Israeli strikes and other attacks in Lebanon have killed more than 1,400 people, and displaced another 1.2 million, according to Lebanese authorities.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Hezbollah &#8211; a Shia Islamist political, military and social organisation that wields considerable power in Lebanon &#8211; has remained defiant despite suffering a series of devastating blows in recent weeks, including the killing of its leader and most of its top military commanders.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">On Monday, the group insisted it was \u201cconfident&#8230; in the ability of our resistance to oppose the Israeli aggression\u201d.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Israel\u2019s government &#8211; which designates Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation &#8211; has pledged to make it safe for tens of thousands of displaced residents to return to their homes near the Lebanese border after a year of cross-border fighting sparked by the Gaza war.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The hostilities have escalated steadily since Hezbollah began firing rockets into northern Israel on 8 October 2023, the day after its ally Hamas\u2019s deadly attack on southern Israel.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<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<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c4g57q20l1vo\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reuters Hamas gunmen killed some 1,200 people and took 251 hostages in the 7 October attack Israel has held ceremonies to remember the victims of the mass killings and abductions &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111680\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}