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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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Live: Israel marks three years since Hamas’s deadly October 7 attacks

Israelis on Wednesday began commemorations for the victims of Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attacks, which killed 1,200 people and saw 251 hostages taken. This year – the third anniversary of the attacks – is the first time all the hostages or their remains are home. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments.

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How Netanyahu survived the political fallout from the October 7 attacks

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.

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Three years later

Israel is a country condemned not to know what it is to live in peace, in which its young people already serve more than three years of compulsory military service (women, two years) and their adults are called to the reserve 90 days a year; more than a "country," it is a barracks

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Reflections of an endless day of killing

Netanyahu stretches on October 7 because he knows that, when he is finished, the wounded and bloody nation that chose him could finally be free to do some kind of introspection.

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The "smell of hell": Israel lives between the trauma of October 7 and the other tragedy of Gaza

While the memories of 1,200 people who died in the Hamas attacks accumulate in the sight of all, many Israelis are reviving that day of horror every day, consultations are increasing because of mental health problems and the feeling is growing that the world only addresses the situation of the Palestinian enclave, but not the aftermath of the war on the other side of the border.

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Israel marks third anniversary of October 7 attack as election looms

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.

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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.