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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.
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.
A 44-year-old Palestinian man was killed during Israeli settler assaults on olive harvesters in the West Bank.
An Israeli soldier was filmed assaulting a Palestinian woman during a raid on a family home in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli air strike kills Palestinian Civil Defence rescue volunteer in northern Gaza.
PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, October 7: Papers mark the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks. But first: the high school protests that have swept across France make the front pages at home and abroad. Also, the Argentinian press waves off Lionel Messi after his last international match. Finally, a British adventurer completes a 28-year walk around the world.
An Israeli soldier was spotted smashing a memorial to Palestinians during raids in the occupied West Bank.
Bedouin families uprooted by Israeli settlers describe a state-backed project of forced transfer in the West Bank.
Three years after the October 7 attacks, the politics of Israeli society has shifted further right.
Progressive US representatives seek to bring attention to Israeli abuse and detention of Palestinian medical worker.
Israeli soldiers removed the monument to students and alumni killed by Israel and replaced it with a fig sapling.
Israel has threatened to close the consulate, which handles UK relations with Palestinians in the city, over British sanctions on Israeli settlements.
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.
Western media under scrutiny for promoting Israeli narrative rather than standing up for vulnerable journalists in Gaza.
Israeli settlers and forces beat Palestinians, set property on fire and steal crops across the occupied West Bank.
Palestinians in West Bank are suffering increasing Israeli violence and repression.
Syrians released from Israeli detention have described abuse behind bars.
Israel ordered East Jerusalem consulate to be closed after Britain sanctioned settlements in the occupied West Bank.
