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It feels like the world stopped on Oct 7,
said another displaced person, Israa Abu Matar, 26. If I had known that the war would last a whole year, I would never have moved from northern Gaza,
Mona Abu Nahl, 51, told AFP in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip Coming to this event one year after this terrible massacre that happened on Oct 7, it's very touching,
said organiser Solly Laniado at a ceremony on Sunday in Tel Aviv to remember the victims of the Nova attack A year ago, we suffered a terrible blow. Over the past 12 months, we have completely transformed reality,
Netanyahu said on Sunday during a visit to the Lebanon border We no longer have the energy to bear all this ... I would have put a tent over my destroyed house and sat down, rather than endure this humiliation, hunger and displacement,
When we are here, we are near our loved ones. This is the time they danced and fled,
said Sigal Bar-On, whose niece, Yuval Bar-On, 25, and her fiance Moshe Shuva, 34, were supposed to marry in December 2023 She's a young woman who knows what's happening to her. If there's a way to put her on social media, see her out there, remind people that she's there, make sure she's not forgotten,
I think Israel is a country that is still grieving, that I don't think was fully able to go through the grief and process what happened on Oct. 7,
said Hen Mazzig, a senior fellow at the Tel Aviv Institute, a pro-Israel advocacy group The feeling is there's no security in this place. Anything can happen,
said Alex Kaidrikov from Tel Aviv, who said At the end of the day, I'm Israeli. I have nowhere else to go,
The sheer magnitude of the network, which cost hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars and took nearly two decades to construct, may ultimately require a more comprehensive destruction to render it permanently inoperable."
Hamas’ tunnel complex is both the primary method of transferring hostages and the place of captivity for the remaining ones... Any sensible observer would recognise that neutralising these tunnels is essential."
Given that Hamas constructed a subterranean complex, the so-called 'Gaza metro', more extensive than the London Underground, it is completely feasible that much of the tunnel system is still functioning."
He told the Daily Express We are all still in pain, and we seek to make space for national mourning, for the tears over the terrible disaster that struck us,
As the situation in the Middle East becomes less certain once again, we know that fears and tensions will rise here at home too.
I would like to feel that the British public were behind her and the British government are behind her and they were saying there was a British hostage held captive in the terror tunnels by Hamas in Gaza
In a short snippet shared with media outlets, Mandy said I pledge — we will rebuild and restore everything anew, and that rebuilding will not be complete until the hostages return home.
President Herzog promised A year has passed since life came to a halt, the skies darkened, and all of us witnessed the monstrous cruelty of the enemy that sought to bring destruction upon the Jewish people, the State of Israel, and Israeli society.
President Isaac Herzog said on the anniversary of the atrocities committed by Hamas this time last year As you go to sleep tonight, remember: A year ago tonight, 1,200+ people went to sleep after a holiday meal or left their house on their way to a party, not knowing that their lives would end the next day
Ahead of the October 7 anniversary, IDF spokesperson Nadav Shoshani wrote on X last night For the past year we have had a dedicated policing operation tackling hate crime in communities, responding to significant protest, countering extremism and terrorism, and working to provide reassurance particularly in