Israel marks the one-year anniversary of the October 7 attack amid escalating tensions in the region. Follow for live updates.
• Hundreds of family members and friends gathered at the site of the Nova music festival in southern Israel to honor those killed by Hamas on October 7, after thousands attended a• Israel’s ensuing military campaign in Gaza has killed more than 41,000 people and triggered a humanitarian crisis, serving as a catalyst for a widening regional conflict. The Israeli military launched aof its war against Hezbollah, which has killed more than 1,400 people in Lebanon.
“The dance floor is supposed to be the safest place on Earth where it doesn’t matter where you come from, you can be whatever you want to be. We believe that when you are on the dance floor it doesn’t matter who you are, what religion, what color we all the same,” he said.Amir, who was shot in both legs, was among the last people to leave the festival site.
Trabalsi was shot dead while driving his wife and friends away from the festival. He told everyone in the car to duck down and kept going — likely saving their lives while losing his. “It’s unusual for Israeli weddings to be that big, but Mor had more friends than people I know in my life. He was that person that is always surrounded by friends, and everybody wanted to be his friend,” she said, a tear rolling down her face.At just after 5:30 a.m. in Israel, people began gathering at the site of the Nova Music Festival, where Hamas militants murdered 347 people and took 40 others hostage on October 7 last year.
Haifa’s Rambam Hospital said it was treating six people who were impacted by the attack. One person was “lightly to moderately injured” and four others were “lightly injured” due to shrapnel, it said. A sixth person was being treated for anxiety, it added.
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