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Israel marks anniversary of the October 7 massacre

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At separate Oct. 7 memorials, families demand accountability as PM touts Israeli ‘strength’

Relatives call for state inquiry, acceptance of responsibility by leaders * Herzog: Israelis wept for a year but will rise together * Houthi missile targeting central Israel intercepted

11:43 pm

5 rockets fired from Lebanon at central Israel; some intercepted, some hit open areas
11:42 pm

Harris plants tree at home in memory of Oct. 7 victims, vows to never forget
11:25 pm

Sirens, loud booms sound in Tel Aviv after rocket fire from Lebanon
11:19 pm

Smotrich said to urge military rule in Gaza, renewed settlement, as way to rescue hostages

Friends and family of the victims of the Nova music festival massacre gather at the site of the massacre in southern Israel one year after the brutal assault, October 7, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Reporter's notebook

Pain, determination and survivor guilt at Nova massacre site, a year after atrocity

By Jeremy Sharon

Thousands honor the victims of the Hamas onslaught at the location of the outdoor rave, as relatives say they must tell their loved ones’ stories

from the blogs

Yossi Klein Halevi

The end of the post-Holocaust era

October 7 shattered Israelis’ faith that the state would protect them and shook American Jewry’s sense of full social acceptance – but there is a way forward

Israeli soldiers and police clash with far-right protesters, after they broke into the Beit Lid army base over the detention for questioning of military reservists who are suspected of abuse of a Palestinian terror suspect detained there, on July 29, 2024 (Oren Ziv / AFP)

Poll finds deep divisions on Gaza war goals as post-October 7 solidarity dissipates

By Michael Bachner

A demonstrator holds an 'intifada revolution' sign as protesters block the Port of Tacoma entrances, November 6, 2023, in Tacoma, Washington. (AP Photo/ Lindsey Wasson)

ADL finds 10,000 antisemitic incidents in US since Hamas’s October 7 attack

Still under fire, Israel remembers Oct. 7 victims while grappling with ongoing nightmare

By Emanuel Fabian, Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff

Rockets from Gaza target border region and Tel Aviv in heaviest attack in months, as 1st anniversary of earthshaking assault is marked amid widening war and continuing hostage crisis

People hold hands at a memorial event marking the first anniversary of Hamas's October 7 terror onslaught, at Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Square, October 7, 2024. (Jack Guez / AFP)

World leaders mark grim October 7 anniversary while pressing ceasefire calls

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome air defense system over the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel on August 9, 2024. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)

A year of war: IDF data shows 728 troops killed, over 26,000 rockets fired at Israel

By Emanuel Fabian

The US Department of the Treasury in Washington, D.C., June 3, 2022. (K I Photography/Shutterstock.com)

Year after Oct. 7, US sanctions ‘sham charity’ and individuals for funding Hamas

By Reuters and ToI Staff

LiveUpdated 8min ago

At separate Oct. 7 memorials, families demand accountability as PM touts Israeli ‘strength’

Relatives call for state inquiry, acceptance of responsibility by leaders * Herzog: Israelis wept for a year but will rise together * Houthi missile targeting central Israel intercepted

Friends and family of the victims of the Nova music festival massacre gather at the site of the massacre in southern Israel one year after the brutal assault, October 7, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Reporter's notebook

Pain, determination and survivor guilt at Nova massacre site, a year after atrocity

By Jeremy Sharon

Thousands honor the victims of the Hamas onslaught at the location of the outdoor rave, as relatives say they must tell their loved ones’ stories

from the blogs

Yossi Klein Halevi

The end of the post-Holocaust era

October 7 shattered Israelis’ faith that the state would protect them and shook American Jewry’s sense of full social acceptance – but there is a way forward

Israeli soldiers and police clash with far-right protesters, after they broke into the Beit Lid army base over the detention for questioning of military reservists who are suspected of abuse of a Palestinian terror suspect detained there, on July 29, 2024 (Oren Ziv / AFP)

Poll finds deep divisions on Gaza war goals as post-October 7 solidarity dissipates

By Michael Bachner

A demonstrator holds an 'intifada revolution' sign as protesters block the Port of Tacoma entrances, November 6, 2023, in Tacoma, Washington. (AP Photo/ Lindsey Wasson)

ADL finds 10,000 antisemitic incidents in US since Hamas’s October 7 attack

Still under fire, Israel remembers Oct. 7 victims while grappling with ongoing nightmare

By Emanuel Fabian, Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff

Rockets from Gaza target border region and Tel Aviv in heaviest attack in months, as 1st anniversary of earthshaking assault is marked amid widening war and continuing hostage crisis

People hold hands at a memorial event marking the first anniversary of Hamas's October 7 terror onslaught, at Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Square, October 7, 2024. (Jack Guez / AFP)

World leaders mark grim October 7 anniversary while pressing ceasefire calls

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome air defense system over the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel on August 9, 2024. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)

A year of war: IDF data shows 728 troops killed, over 26,000 rockets fired at Israel

By Emanuel Fabian

The US Department of the Treasury in Washington, D.C., June 3, 2022. (K I Photography/Shutterstock.com)

Year after Oct. 7, US sanctions ‘sham charity’ and individuals for funding Hamas

By Reuters and ToI Staff

A projectile is seen in the skies over Israel early September 27, 2024, as the military said it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen using the Arrow long-range air defense system. (X screenshot, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Missile fired from Yemen shot down after triggering sirens across central Israel

By Emanuel Fabian

Sirens activate due to possibility of falling shrapnel as projectile intercepted with Arrow missile defense system; Houthis claim responsibility

Troops of the 188th Armored Brigade operate in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo issued on October 6, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

2 reservists killed as IDF sends more troops into southern Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian

IDF orders additional Lebanese villages to evacuate as thousands of soldiers are deployed to join expanding ground offensive; Hezbollah fires dozens of rockets at Israel’s north

The impact site of a rocket fired from Lebanon at Haifa in northern Israel, October 6, 2024. (Screenshot, X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Five injured in Haifa after air defenses fail to intercept Hezbollah rocket barrage

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

IDF troops are seen operating in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo published October 6, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF strikes 150 Hezbollah targets in 24 hours; rocket attack wounds man in north

By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and Agencies

Illustrative: Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar speaks during a press conference in Gaza City on May 30, 2019. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)

After speculation he was killed, Sinwar reportedly renews contact with Qatar

Hamas leader reportedly has not softened stance during absence, is said to be surrounded by at least 20 hostages, carried 25 kg of dynamite in sole footage of him since Oct. 7

Palestinian civil defense firefighters extinguish a blaze in a building in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 7, 2024. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP)

IDF strikes Gaza rocket launching sites used to target Israel on Oct. 7 anniversary

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Palestinians walk through the destruction left by the Israeli air and ground offensive after the IDF withdrew from Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, April 7, 2024. (AP Photo/ Ismael Abu Dayyah)

A year after Oct. 7, some Gazans rail at Hamas for causing devastating war

By Gianluca Pacchiani

Sgt. 1st Class (res.) Nir Hadad (IDF)

Soldier wounded in Gaza succumbs to his injuries four months later

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Reporter's notebook'We are committed to seeing the light'

One year on, depths of despair and mountains of hope in the Gaza border communities

By Shalom Yerushalmi

On the first anniversary of the October 7 massacre, residents of the ‘Gaza envelope’ mourn their dead while pledging to rebuild a better, safer home

Yosi Sochr, 34, an Israeli reservist and father of four who was severely wounded fighting in Gaza, embraces his wife as he recovers at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, September 23, 2024. (REUTERS/Amir Cohen)

Oct. 7 anniversaryA year on, wounded Israeli reserves soldiers face long road to recovery

By Reuters and ToI Staff

The remains of a house in what used to be the young people's section of Kibbutz Kfar Aza are seen on September 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Scattered by October 7, Kfar Aza’s residents wonder if they can ever go home again

By Julia Frankel

An IDF reservist at Kfar Aza, October 21, 2023. (Paulina Patimer)

Photo essay

14 images of Israel from a year of war

By Paulina Patimer

Candid moments captured by a volunteer photographer for the Hostages and Missing Families Forum as a nation struggles to heal while its captives still in Gaza remain an open wound

After 40,000 planned to attend, alternative Oct. 7 memorial limited to 2,000 people

By ToI Staff and AFP

Hadas Hershkovitz, the widow of Israeli soldier Yossi Hershkovitz who was killed fighting in the Gaza Strip visits his grave on Israel's 76th Independence Day, at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on May 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

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One year after Oct 7th, show our widows and orphans they are not alone

IDFWO has mobilized to support 560 new orphans and 260 new widows since the war began, such as Hadas Hershkovitz, whose husband Yossi fell in battle on Nov 10.

Those we have lost

Stories of the civilians and soldiers who have fallen in the Israel-Hamas war

Those we have lost
Eden Moshe, 27: Electrical engineering student and devoted soccer fan

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
David and Tal Shalev, 75 & 53: Father, son slain in kibbutz they loved

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Sgt. Segev Schwartz, 20: Nature lover with a wide circle of friends

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Ziv Pepe Shapira, 26: Pipe welder ‘was an artist in his soul’

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Staff Sgt. Ilay Gamzo, 20: Lover of soccer who was all smiles

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Celine Ben David, 32: New mom celebrating last week of maternity leave

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Roni Shitrit, 24: Traveled to music festival to watch the sunrise

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Eli and Arye Uzan, 68 & 42: Father and son slain during fishing trip

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Liam Bor Galon, 26: Massage therapist helped others till the end

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Lior Maimon, 22: Bartender at rave had ‘a heart of gold’

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Staff Sgt. Aschalwu Sama, 20: Sacrificed himself for his unit

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Oded Abergel, 26: Guided his friends at rave ‘saving them from hell’

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Bar Tomer, 25: ‘Always-smiling’ Israeli-German student

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Zlata Kosovsky, 28: Dog lover with ‘beautiful green eyes’

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Sgt. Nathan Lyard, 20: French-Israeli returned to battle after injured

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Idan Edri, 36: Animal lover who ‘just went to dance’

By ToI Staff
Those we have lost
Maya Puder, 25: Aspiring actress was everybody’s best friend

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Tom Godo, 52: Musically talented Dad of three girls

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Shahaf Krief, 17: Horse-loving high schooler and doting uncle

By ToI Staff
Those We Have Lost
Eitan Ziv, 74, Tami Peleg Ziv, 72: Lives entwined with nation’s history

By ToI Staff

Those we are missing

The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown

Those we are missing
Taken captive: Alon Ohel, pianist’s family recorded song for him

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Yarden Bibas, injured on his head at abduction

By ToI Staff
Those who are missing
Taken captive: Doron Steinbrecher, ‘They’ve arrived, they have me’

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Segev Kalfon, last seen running across Highway 232

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Devoted uncle and Nir Oz resident Yair Horn

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Shiri Bibas and her redheaded babies

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Edan Alexander, told mother he was safe

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Matan Zangauker, ‘is a survivor’

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Bar Kupershtein, last seen tied up by Hamas

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Tamir Nimrodi, walked by gunmen to base gate

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Shlomo Mansour, as his wife of 60 years escaped

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: UK citizen Emily Damari from her Kfar Aza apartment

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Or Levy arrived at festival minutes before onslaught

By AP
Those we are missing
Taken captive: David Cunio, abducted from burning house

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Tsahi Idan, terrorists promised daughter his safe return

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Eliya Cohen, dragged from a pile of dead bodies

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Hamza Ziyadne, Rahat resident working in Kibbutz Holit

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Liri Albag, seen in Hamas video being abducted

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Itzik Elgarat, shot in his hand by Hamas terrorists

By ToI Staff
Those we are missing
Taken captive: Yosef-Haim Ohana, helped injured at Supernova rave

By ToI Staff

Tales of the Times

The quirky, improbable, infuriating and uplifting

Photo essay
October 7 commemoration ceremonies held around the world

By AP and ToI Staff
Prayer for salvation
Israeli Opera marks Oct. 7 anniversary with ‘Gate of Mercy’ arrangement

By Jessica Steinberg
Swat team
Melania: Smacking Trump’s hand in Israel wasn’t sign of marital ire

By ToI Staff
'It's all intuition'
Parents, creators discuss how to talk to kids about war, hostage crisis

By Jessica Steinberg
The pen is mightier
National Library counts 169 publications so far about Oct. 7

By Jessica Steinberg
Home is where the hearth is
Evacuees miss their kitchens, even dishwashing, in new exhibit

By Jessica Steinberg
If these walls could speak
US ambassador fills home with Israeli art showing post-Oct. 7 resilience

By Jessica Steinberg
Son of liberty
Rare document shows Jewish financier’s role in American Revolution

By Jackie Hajdenberg
Tiny treasure
Museum of the Bible unveils newly dated ‘oldest Jewish book’

By Asaf Elia-Shalev
In safe hands
This year’s Jerusalem Design Week looks to be a port in a storm

By Jessica Steinberg
Not joking around
US comic Bill Maher says Harris should ‘shut up’ about Israel

By ToI Staff
If you will it
Israeli Herzl opera ‘Theodor’ to premiere filmed version in NY

By Jessica Steinberg
Short-lived honeymoon
Asteroid set to temporarily become Earth’s ‘second moon’

By ToI Staff
Starstruck
Petah Tikva to launch Hollywood-inspired ‘walk of fame’

By ToI Staff
Yellow card
Lionel Messi’s yellow ribbon mistaken as hostage solidarity symbol

By ToI Staff
Not well versed
New York Mets player stumps fans with botched Hebrew tattoo

By ToI Staff
Sky's the limit
Jewish tech billionaire back to Earth after first private spacewalk

By AP and ToI Staff
Raising the roof
Israeli dancing dog act makes finals of ‘America’s Got Talent’

By ToI Staff
Save us... a seat
With High Holidays on horizon, a musical group takes penitence on tour

By Jessica Steinberg
Eternal flame
This year’s Hanukkah US postage stamp represents Jewish faith

By Jackie Hajdenberg

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