Israel commemorates three years since the October 7 attacks in the context of ongoing war and upcoming elections
Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing over 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages into Gaza. The attack prompted a military response, with Israel continuing strikes in Gaza and killing more than 74,000 Palestinians. Gaza remains largely under Israeli control, with much of the territory in ruins and over 2 million people living there.
- Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing over 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages into Gaza.
- The Gaza offensive has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians and displaced about 90 percent of Gaza's population.
- The October 7 Hamas-led attack killed at least 370 people at the Nova Festival and resulted in 1,200 deaths across Israel.
- Militants took 251 hostages during the October 7 attack.
- The October 7 attack killed more than 1,200 civilians and took about 250 people hostage.
- Israel will hold elections on October 27, 2023.
- New Israeli strikes in Gaza killed two people overnight.
- Naftali Bennett called the October 7 attack a colossal failure of Israel's security.
- A poll by the Israel Democracy Institute showed 68 percent of Jewish Israelis viewed the October 7 events as central to their voting decision.
- Hamas attacked communities and military installations near the Gaza border, triggering a military response from Israel.
- Israel's defense minister stated the military was on high alert due to intelligence reports.
- More than half of Gaza remains under Israeli military control.
- Palestinian fighters breached the Gaza-Israel border three years ago.
- Almost 1,200 people were killed in multiple locations during the October 7 attacks.
- The US-brokered ceasefire deal from October 10, 2025, failed to stop Israeli attacks in Gaza, with seven Israeli soldiers killed since.
- Yair Golan said a government that has not destroyed Hamas's rule is dangerous to Israel.
- Israeli President Isaac Herzog lit a candle in memory of the dead and injured from the October 7 attacks.
- A UN commission of inquiry concluded the destruction in Gaza amounts to genocide.
- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reaffirmed Germany's support for Israel.
- The US-brokered ceasefire left Israel controlling about 53% of Gaza.
- Shifa Hospital reported two deaths from Israeli attacks at night.
- About 2 million people live in Gaza.
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