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News Articles: October 7

A woman grieves at a memorial for those killed and abducted during the Oct. 7, 2023, cross-border attack by Hamas militants, near the kibbutz Reim, southern Israel on May 13, 2024.

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  • Middle East

Israeli military cites 'fundamental misunderstanding' of Hamas ahead of Oct. 7 attack

The report is the Israeli military's first official account of mistakes that preceded the 2023 attack, which launched Israel's subsequent war against Hamas in Gaza that killed more than 48,000 Palestinians.

February 28, 2025
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By:
  • Kat Lonsdorf
President-elect Donald Trump walks from the podium after a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla.

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  • Politics

Trump in news conference says 'all hell will break out' if Gaza hostages not released

The president-elect made a similar pledge on social media in early December. His latest comments came during a wide-ranging news conference from Mar-a-Lago.

January 07, 2025
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez and
  • Lexie Schapitl
Vice President Harris speaks at the vice president's residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory on Oct. 7, in Washington, D.C. Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff marked the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel by planting a memorial tree.

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  • Politics

Harris and Trump marked 1 year since the Oct. 7 attacks with tributes to the victims

Vice President Harris remembered the victims of the attack by planting a memorial tree at her residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., while former President Trump visited a sacred site for Hasidic Jews in Queens, N.Y.

October 08, 2024
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
Two people embrace as relatives and supporters of Israelis killed in the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack attend a ceremony at the Nova memorial near Kibbutz Reim in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2024.

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  • Middle East

Vigils and protests mark 1 year since Hamas attacks on Israel as fighting rages on

Vigils are taking worldwide to commemorate the approximately 1,200 killed in the Hamas attacks a year ago. Protests are planned to demand a cease-fire to the war that has killed nearly 42,000 in Gaza.

October 07, 2024
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By:
  • Willem Marx,
  • Daniel Estrin,
  • and 1 more
One year after October 7th, a look at Kibbutz Beeri and how the survivors have moved forward after 102 Kibbutz members have been killed and 3 are still held hostage in Gaza.

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  • World

The Israeli village grieving the biggest loss from Oct. 7, one year later

At Kibbutz Be'eri, where Hamas-led militants killed more than 100 people last Oct. 7, residents are grieving, reburying their loved ones — and returning to live in their old homes.

October 07, 2024
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin
A table covered with a cloth featuring the Loyola Marymount Hillel logo in the front, and six portraits of hostages who were killed sitting on top of it.

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  • Religion

October 7th anniversary weighs heavy as Jews enter the High Holy Days

The anniversary of the October 7th attack on Israel takes place during the Jewish High Holy Days. It's a time of ending things that need to be ended in order begin things that need to be begun.

October 02, 2024
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By:
  • Jason DeRose
A relative points to a hole in the roof of Mohammed al-Hassouni's family home. It was caused by an Iranian missile fragment that injured his 7-year-old daughter on the night Iran attacked Israel.

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  • News

When rockets fall, Bedouin Israeli citizens have nowhere to hide

While most buildings in Israel are required to have bomb shelters, a zoning catch-22 has left Bedouin villagers unprotected.

May 05, 2024
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel and
  • Majd Al-Waheidi
Israeli soldier walks by a pickup truck used by Palestinian militants in Sderot, Israel, on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023.

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  • Middle East

Israeli military intelligence chief resigns over failure to prevent Oct. 7 attack

The head of Israel's military intelligence directorate resigned on Monday over the failures surrounding Hamas' unprecedented Oct. 7 attack, the deadliest assault in Israel's history.

April 22, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
GPB News NPR

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  • World

Israelis are returning to Sderot, the biggest city attacked by Hamas

Almost everyone fled Sderot after Hamas militants killed 50 residents and visitors on Oct. 7. Now most have returned, but soldiers are guarding schools and residents are traumatized and feel insecure.

April 11, 2024
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin
Chaim Otmazgin, 50, poses for a portrait in his home in Petah Tikva, Israel.

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  • Global Health

An Israeli responder's work on Oct. 7 shows the challenges of investigating atrocities

Israel says Palestinian attackers committed sexual violence on Oct. 7. Some accounts of rape were substantiated by a U.N. report, but the allegations continue to face intense scrutiny.

March 08, 2024
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
Idit (from left), Ronen and Kobi Ohel — mother, brother and father of Alon Ohel — listen to the concert.

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  • Middle East

Her son was taken by Hamas. She threw him a concert in the hopes he could hear it

Alon Ohel was taken in the early hours of Oct. 7. He is a talented pianist, and his mother believes that music can keep them connected: "It's not the hearing — it's the vibe, it's the energy."

January 27, 2024
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel and
  • Tamir Kalifa

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