Ceremonies will be held throughout the day as Israel marks the second anniversary of October 7, coinciding this year with the Jewish festival of Sukkot.
The day began with a ceremony at Kibbutz Kfar Aza, whose members are still waiting for the return of Ziv and Gali Berman, taken hostage and held in Gaza.
At 11 a.m., dozens of bereaved families whose loved ones were killed at the Nova festival will hold a ceremony at the site of the rave.
Kibbutz Nir Oz, the hardest-hit community on that day, will hold a ceremony at 6 p.m.
At 9:30 p.m., the Bereaved Families Memorial Ceremony will be held in Tel Aviv’s Park Hayarkon and broadcast on television networks.
There are no formal state-run ceremonies today as not only is it a Jewish holiday, but also not the anniversary of the attack according to the Jewish calendar.
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