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As Israel gears up for its first elections since Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his opponents are putting it at the heart of their campaigns. Three years on, the worst security failure in Israel’s history now threatens to end the career of its longest-serving prime minister. FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky reports from Jerusalem.
Three years after the attack on Nir Oz, in which 47 people were killed and 76 taken hostage, some survivors returned to live there.
Our reporter Pauline Godart was among the first journalists to visit the Nova festival site after Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023. Three years later, she returns to what she discovered on the spot and tells the first days on the spot.
The parents of a 22-year-old Israeli man who was killed when Hamas attacked the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023 have told FRANCE 24 how they can still feel him surrounding them even though he's no longer here. Shira and Moshe Shapira say that time doesn't heal, but they are learning how to live with their loss. Their son Aner managed to throw seven grenades back towards Hamas fighters, before an eighth exploded in his hands, killing him. They spoke to us in Perspective.
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.
Three years ago, the war between Israel and Hamas began. In Gaza, it has meant three years of bombardment that have dramatically transformed the Palestinian territory. Residents of the enclave try to survive the best they can, caught between hope for a better future and resignation.
As Israelis mark the third anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack, and with elections due later this month, one question keeps resurfacing: What did Benjamin Netanyahu know in the run-up to the attack? The Israeli prime minister has been accused of ignoring repeated warnings – an allegation he denies.
Israel is marking the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack on Wednesday with memorials across the country. At the site of the Nova music festival, where more than 300 people were killed, families gathered at dawn for a moment of silence and paid tribute in front of portraits both of festival-goers and security forces who died on October 7.
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.
Hamas attacks of October 7 killed nearly 1,200 people and deeply marked Israel. Our guest, Yshay Dan Jaoui, uncle of Ofer Kalderon, looks back at this trauma still alive. The former Franco-Israeli hostage was released on 1 February 2025, after more than fifteen months of captivity.
Israel marked the third anniversary of Hamas's October 7 attack on Wednesday with intense political debate, weeks before elections in which the country's deadliest day will be front and centre. Accusations that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to stop Hamas's October 7 attack have threatened to poison his campaign, particularly since reports emerged suggesting the United Arab Emirates and Egypt had warned him of the imminent danger. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Kethevane Gorjestani tells us more.
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.
Israel pays tribute to the victims of the Hamas attacks of 7 October 2023, three years after the tragedy. As legislation approaches, responsibilities for security failures and crisis management fuel the campaign. Benjamin Netanyahu, who is seeking a new mandate, is challenged by an opposition demanding an independent commission of inquiry. Stéphane Amar's correspondence from Jerusalem to France 24.
Families gathered at the Nova music festival site and other attack locations in memory of those killed by Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023.
Three years on from the attack on Nir Oz, in which 47 people were killed and 76 taken hostage, some survivors have returned to live there.
Three years after Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023, Benjamin Netanyahu played his political survival as he approached the legislature at the end of the month. Accused of ignoring warnings before the massacre and refusing any independent investigation, Benjamin Netanyahu sees his electoral base stand still.
Israelis gathered at memorials to mark the moment the Hamas-led attack began on October 7, 2023.
Three years after the deadly Hamas-led October 7 attacks in southern Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting for political survival ahead of legislative elections later this month. Reports that Arab leaders warned him of the assault in advance have undercut his claims that Israel's security chiefs are to blame, but his political base appears to be holding.
Israel will mark the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Wednesday with memorial events across the country, as heightened security surrounds the commemorations and voters prepare for an election in which the deadliest day in Israel’s history is expected to remain a central issue.
Several ceremonies are held this Wednesday in Israel, three years after the October 7 attacks. At dawn, mourners observed a minute of silence at sites in the south of the country that Hamas stormed in 2023. These commemorations take place in a state of heightened alert, three weeks from the parliamentary elections.
