The attacks on October 7, 2023, resulted in around 1,200 deaths and the kidnapping of 251 people, making it the deadliest single day in the history of Israel. President Herzog opened the memorial day by lowering the national flag to half-mast at the President's Residence in Jerusalem at 6:29 a.m., the exact moment the massacre began three years ago.
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Israel Marks 3 Years Since Hamas Massacre Killed 1200
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Bereaved families and survivors convened at dawn at the Nova music festival site in Kibbutz Re'im to commemorate casualties of the 2023 incursions. At the festival grounds, 378 people were murdered and 44 taken hostage, prompting a series of tributes including a nationwide minute of silence at noon and a primary event led by survivors and victims' families in Tel Aviv tonight.
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