Several hundred mourners gather in Kfar Aza, near the Gaza border, to mark the second anniversary of the October 2023 Hamas attack.
The crowd gathers for a ceremony at the community’s weapons storage building, where some of the fighting between the community’s response team and invading terrorists took place.
The seven members of the response team are a focus of the ceremony, their images posted on the side of the building, over a lit memorial candle for each.
Residents of the community addressing the crowd also all refer to the twins Ziv and Gali Berman, who remain hostage in Gaza.
At 6:29, at the time the attack began, the crowd stands for a moment of silence. Booms from artillery in Gaza are audible in the background.
The brief ceremony closes with the crowd signing Hatikvah, or the Hope, Israel’s anthem.
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