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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 532

October 7 denial

Members of London's Jewish community protest outside the launch of the book “Understanding Hamas: And Why That Matters" at the London School of Economics, March 10, 2025. (X video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 11, 2025, 7:19 pm
Jews protest launch of Hamas ‘propaganda’ book at London School of Economics
Author of ‘Understanding Hamas: And Why That Matters’ falsely claims terror group mainly attacked military targets on Oct. 7, 2023, is unfairly ‘vilified’ by mainstream media
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Passengers at Ben Gurion International Airport on October 31, 2024. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
February 20, 2025, 2:25 pm
Knesset passes law prohibiting entry into Israel for October 7, Holocaust deniers
Legislation also bans issuing entry permits to anybody who publicly supports international prosecution of Israeli citizens over their activities in the security services
By Sam Sokol
Israeli soldiers walk next to bodies of people murdered by Hamas terrorists in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, October 7, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
January 21, 2025, 6:42 pm
Knesset passes law mandating five years in jail for denial of October 7 massacre
Modeled after 1986 law banning Holocaust denial, legislation requires five-year prison term for denying the atrocities ‘with the intention of defending or identifying with Hamas’
By Sam Sokol
Filmmaker Leslie Gelrubin Benitah sees the devastation wrought on Kibbutz Be'eri during the Hamas assault of October 7, 2023, in this still from 'Milk and Honey, Blood and Tears.' (Courtesy)
January 9, 2025, 2:51 am
Some Jewish film festivals tiptoe around Oct. 7. A Miami festival is leaning into it
Running from Jan. 9-23, the Miami Jewish Film Festival features 13 films dealing with the Hamas atrocities, to help combat denial of the tragedy and make victims’ voices heard
By Rich Tenorio
An image from a record of seismic activity generated by Hamas vehicles heading toward the Gaza-Israel border on October 7, 2023. (Tel Aviv University)
November 28, 2024, 10:43 pm
3 seismometers in southern Israel detected Hamas activity just before Oct. 7 attack
Tel Aviv scientists find widely spaced stations picked up heavy vehicle movement in 30 minutes prior to invasion; findings could open way for detection systems to serve security
By Sue Surkes
Wounded Jewish boys in Hebron, August 1929 (Courtesy of The Hebron Archives)
October 9, 2024, 4:29 am
New book draws line from 1929 Hebron Massacre to horrific events of October 7
In ‘Ghosts of a Holy War,’ Yardena Schwartz investigates the lies and denials that have fueled the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for a century, pushing a solution further away
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Igal Hecht at the 'car graveyard' during filming of 'The Killing Roads' in March 2024. (Courtesy of Chutzpah Productions)
October 5, 2024, 9:45 am
In ‘The Killing Roads,’ filmmaker Igal Hecht confronts the visceral pain of Oct. 7
The powerful new documentary, its release set to coincide with the massacre’s anniversary, focuses on the Hamas slaughter on the south’s main arteries. To combat deniers, it is available for free
By Robert Sarner
Yael Bartana's 'CRISIS-CRYSIS-CRYCIS,' 2020, Neon, and Guy Zagursky's 'No Lifeguard on Duty (Black Flag),' 2024, Ceramics at the 'I Don't Want to Forget' exhibit at Tel Aviv Museum of Art, opening September 2024 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
September 26, 2024, 5:44 am
Tel Aviv art museum marks Oct. 7: ‘Take time to visit quietly, you will find light’
Institution and its ‘Hostages Square’ plaza have become focus for protests and healing; new exhibit features works showcasing responses by artists, including from Kfar Aza survivor
By Jessica Steinberg
In '10/7,' journalist Lee Yaron profiles victims of the October 7 massacre from a wide range of communities. (Uri Bareket; St. Martin's Press via JTA)
September 18, 2024, 1:28 am
New book about October 7 tells ‘100 human stories’ behind the horror
Journalist Lee Yaron seeks to combat political exploitation of tragedy; Palestinian accounts ‘not my stories to tell,’ she says, accusing global left of shunning Israeli liberals
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
The site of the Re'im music festival massacre, in southern Israel, June 9, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 26, 2024, 10:24 pm
Four survivors told authorities they were sexually assaulted on October 7 – report
Firsthand accounts of such crimes have been rare, as most victims were killed; report follows earlier testimony from man who said he was raped by terrorists at Nova festival
By ToI Staff
Alon Penzel speaks at a Government Press Office conference (Government Press Office)
July 19, 2024, 10:18 am
Israeli college student compiles unblinking guide to dark trail of Hamas massacre
Foreign Ministry to distribute to embassies and visiting delegations 23-year-old’s English-language book of uncensored testimonies from October 7 survivors, volunteers and medics
By Diana Bletter
US Vice President Kamala Harris, second from right, talks with Amit Soussana, center, before a screening of a film, "Screams Before Silence," in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Monday, June 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
June 18, 2024, 6:35 am
US VP: I fear testimony on Hamas sexual violence will increase as more hostages freed
White House hosts event to combat denial of Hamas atrocities, screening ex-Facebook COO’s film; ex-captive who disclosed abuse tells attendees she can’t recover until all hostages freed
By JTA and Jacob Magid
Briahna Joy Gray rolls her eyes after Yarden Gonen, sister of Romy Gonen who is held hostage in Gaza, tells her to "believe women," in an interview on June 5, 2024. (The Hill screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 7, 2024, 4:28 pm
Far-left US pundit who rolled eyes at hostage’s sister axed by The Hill
Briahna Joy Gray, who has denied Oct. 7 rape claims, was responding after interviewee told her to ‘believe women’; says firing part of outlet’s pattern of ‘suppressing speech’
By ToI Staff
Demonstrators gather during a protest decrying sexual violence against women in the October 7 massacre, outside of United Nations headquarters in New York City, on December 4, 2023. (Yakov Binyamin/Flash90)
June 2, 2024, 4:35 pm
Online watchdog prods platforms to tackle posts denying sexual assault on Oct. 7
Antisemitism monitor CyberWell says social media moderators are not doing enough to remove content that casts doubt on credible accounts of rape and other Hamas atrocities
By Sharon Wrobel
US Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt speaks at a virtual event on May 24, 2024. (Screen capture/State Department)
May 25, 2024, 4:28 am
Like early 1930s: US envoy warns antisemitism ‘a threat to democracy,’ global security
Noting spike in Jew hatred since Oct. 7, Lipstadt says situation for Diaspora Jews is not like 1938 but rather ‘early 1930s, maybe late 1920s,’ laments denial of Hamas atrocities
By Jacob Magid
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