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Three years after October 7 attacks, Israel's economy shows its strength

After shrinking briefly in the aftermath of the October 7, 2023 attacks, Israel's GDP is predicted to grow by 4 percent this year. The country's tech sector – specifically its defence startups – has played a big part in this performance but challenges, notably demographic ones, are on the horizon. Meanwhile, the destruction caused by Israel's war in Gaza has reduced GDP per capita in the Palestinian enclave by 83 percent and reconstruction plans there have yet to begin.

World

October 7, hour by hour: How the Hamas attack on Israel unfolded

On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a series of deadly attacks on Israeli towns and military sites near the Gaza border in a massive, coordinated assault. We look back, hour by hour, at how the events unfolded that day and how it has become known as the biggest massacre that the Jewish state has ever seen.

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What remains of Hamas three years after October 7th?

Eliminating Hamas was one of Israel's war goals after the October 7 attacks. Three years later, the movement was severely weakened, but retained fighters and a grip on part of Gaza. A review of Hamas' objectives during the attacks and the short-term place it could occupy in Gaza's future, by Gauthier Rybinski.

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Israel marks three years since Hamas's October 7 attack

Israel marks the third anniversary of Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Wednesday, just weeks before an election in which the deadliest day in the country's history will be front and centre. Memorial events are planned throughout the day to pay tribute to the scores of people killed by militants led by the Islamist movement during their assault from Gaza. For more, FRANCE 24's Stuart Norval is joined by journalist Uri Schneider, reporting from Jerusalem.

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Hamas's terrorist attacks on October 7: the deadliest day in Israel's history

On 7 October 2023, Hamas launched the largest terrorist attack on Israeli territory. The Palestinian organization, considered a terrorist by the European Union and the United States, first thing in the morning crossed the security barrier that separates Gaza from Israel and killed 1,189 people, including 815 civilians, left 7,500 wounded and abducted 251 others. Three years later, France 24 reconstructed a day that shook the region and the world.

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No ceasefire or reconstruction: three years later, Israel continues to drown a devastated Gaza

Since October 2023, the Israeli invasion has brought Gaza into a daily reality of death, bombing, absolute devastation and a humanitarian catastrophe without an end to sight. Even the first year under the nominal truce of Donald Trump's plan has not been translated into substantial changes: the Israeli attacks, although on a smaller scale, are repeated on a daily basis; humanitarian aid still does not go into the amounts necessary to address the urgency; and reconstruction is today more a desire than a real advance.

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'We were naive' about Hamas, Israeli ex-hostage Shoshan Haran says

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Israeli former hostage Shoshan Haran said "we were naive" about Hamas before the October 7, 2023 attack on her kibbutz. Held in Gaza for 50 days, she recalled refusing to "show weakness" to her captors. She also called the accusations of genocide against Israel "a lie" and shared her late husband's last words.

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