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Thursday, October 16, 2025
Knesset lowers flags to half-staff to mark October 7 anniversary
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Members of the Knesset guard have lowered the flags outside of Israel’s parliament building to half-staff to mark October 7 Remembrance Day, which comes following the Hebrew anniversary of the attack.
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana lights a memorial lamp at the entrance reserved for lawmakers before laying a wreath outside in memory of the civilian and military victims of Hamas’s attack and the subsequent war.
Ohana is slated to take part in a subsequent memorial for the troops on Mount Herzl at 11 a.m. followed by a state memorial for those killed on October 7 at 2 p.m.
Lowering flags to half staff outside the Knesset (???? נתן ווייל, דוברות הכנסת) pic.twitter.com/R5xumucHm1
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