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Seven of the 14 members of Kibbutz Kfar Azza's emergency squad were killed in the attack ■ Most of the IDF strikes on October 7 targeted Gaza, while the kibbutz remained under attack ■ The most significant attack took place in the 'young families' neighborhood

"In 2023, he was arrested a few weeks after the Hamas massacre on October 7, 2023, and convicted for promoting terrorism," Retailleau said on X Sunday.

Pastry chef Yaki Sagi is reopening his bakery at Kibbutz Be'eri, where he lost many close friends in the October 7 attack. All he's waiting for now is staff – and customers

Or and his wife hid in a bomb shelter where 16 people were murdered by Hamas on October 7, before being kidnapped. Eli Sharabi, also released on Saturday, didn't know that his brother, wife and children were killed too

16 months after their last phone call on October 7, the father of released Hamas hostage Pongsak Thaenna explains how he survived the agony of not knowing what his son was going through. 'I've returned from the dead,' he says from his home in Thailand

On October 7, 2023, Moran Freibach and his family in Nahal Oz on the Gaza border barely escaped Hamas' attack. A mere three days later, Freibach returned to the kibbutz to work the fields so that the hostages have a place to return to

Israeli opposition tried to postpone the debate at the request of bereaved families, but the coalition refused ■ The families say the coalition 'desecrated the memory of the victims of October 7'

Israel Katz demanded that the chief of staff allow the state comptroller access to any material required as part of the investigation into the events of October 7, even though the government opposes the establishment of a committee to investigate its own responsibility

On October 7, Dafna Margalit's daugher, Nili, was taken captive, and her husband, Eliyahu (Eli) Margalit, was murdered by Hamas terrorists. While Nili was later released from captivity, Eli's body is still in Gaza

The UN's special representative on conflict-related sexual violence asked to investigate Hamas' alleged crimes on October 7 and towards the hostages, but Israel refused her request to access Israeli detention facilities to examine claims of IDF abuse. Israeli women's rights groups warn this could lead to Israel, instead of Hamas, being added to the UN's sexual violence blacklist

The state comptroller accuses the army of using a host of measures to disrupt his office's review of the failures of October 7, including forcing witnesses to sign confidentially agreements before interviews. 'I will be forced to make use of the office's investigative powers,' he says

A retrospective of the artist in Amsterdam includes many recent works. She finds a lot to be angry about. And, since October 7 last year, also a reason for sadness

Israel Katz says he has instructed the IDF chief of staff to wrap up the army's investigation into the failing of October 7 by the end of January

A few days prior to the EJAC report that revealed date on 2,061 anti-Jewish incidents since October 7 2023, the Australian parliament held an inquiry on campus antisemitism.

The game – recently dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, the name Hamas uses for its October 7 attack on Israel – featured an option to execute a line of unarmed Israeli soldiers by shooting them in the back of the head

Quotes by witnesses that appeared before the civilian commission of inquiry into October 7 should keep every Israeli citizen awake at night, especially those who send their children to serve in the military

Bar Godard's parents were murdered on October 7 and her father's body taken to Gaza. She says that he would not want soldiers to die in an effort to return his remains. On a possible return to Be'eri she says: 'I need to know they won't come to abduct me or murder me or rape me'

Gold ETFs hit a six-month streak of inflows in October 2024, driven by demand from North America and Asia. Total assets under management reached a record $286 billion, fueled by rising gold prices.

Media personality Ben Shapiro injected the events of October 7 into a musical on the Holocaust he wrote before the massacre. The result perfectly suits the message that Shapiro is trying to convey: The Jews will always live by the sword

Food aid to Gaza dropped to roughly a quarter of 2024's monthly average in October, with similar declines across most categories except fuel ■ Israeli officials attribute the drop to reduced international deliveries rather than restrictions