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Israel marks anniversary of Hamas attacks as Middle East war rages
By Kathleen Magramo and Lex Harvey, CNN
Updated 2:02 AM EDT, Mon October 7, 2024
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What we’re covering
• An emotional day of commemoration has begun in Israel to mark the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attacks. As dawn broke, hundreds of family members and friends gathered at the site of the Nova music festival in southern Israel to honor those killed that day, hours after thousands attended a vigil in Tel Aviv.
• Israel’s ensuing war in Gaza has killed more than 41,000 people and triggered a humanitarian crisis, serving as a catalyst for a widening regional conflict. The Israeli military launched a new operation in the Palestinian enclave on Sunday.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country faces war on seven fronts, naming Iran and its proxies, including Hezbollah and Hamas. Israel’s defense minister told CNN “everything is on the table” for its response to last week’s Iranian missile barrage.
• Israel has pounded Beirut in recent days with some of the most intense bombing of its war against Hezbollah, which has killed more than 1,400 people in Lebanon. In Israel, a Hezbollah rocket attack on Haifa has wounded five people in what appeared to be the first time the group has struck the northern city during the conflict.