This event is the first anniversary of the incursions since all 251 hostages taken into Gaza returned home. While memorials honored about 1,200 Israelis killed, Hamas issued a statement calling the raids a "historic turning point" and a response to occupation. The events take place three weeks before an election where polling shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party holding 20 to 22 seats, down from 32, while Gaza's Health Ministry reports more than 74,200 deaths since the war began.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
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Tens of thousands of people gathered at Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv and the Nova music festival site to honor victims of the 2023 Hamas raids through candlelight vigils and silent tributes. The commemorations began at 6:29 a.m. with a nationwide minute of silence, during which drivers stopped their vehicles on the Ayalon Highway and blared their horns. President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog opened the events by lighting memorial candles at the President's Residence in Jerusalem.
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