The annual Salute to Israel Parade on Sunday looked very different nearly eight months removed from the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas terrorist attacks.
By Dean Moses and Gabriele HoltermannThe annual Israel Day Parade looked very different in 2024, post October 7th. The NYPD kept a tight lid on the event as over 153 groups participated in the march along Fifth Avenue as participants called for hostages held captive by Hamas to be returned home.to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!
Even those permitted to spectate the festivities from the sidewalk contended with two additional barricades that socially distanced them from marchers.U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer addresses the crowd before the start of the Israel Day on Fifth Parade.Photo by Gabriele Holtermann The last messages Garzoa’s daughter received from her husband urged her to flee toward a neighbor’s safe room upon learning about the attacks, and then his last message said ‘I love you.” She never heard from him again.
“I broke down. I started crying,” Safir said describing how she felt learning about what happened to her grandfather. Yahalomi turned 50 while in captivity, and Navsker told amNewYork Metro that they hadn’t heard anything since he was kidnapped on Oct. 7. 2023.
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