Israel has specified two years since the October 7 attack as a conflict in Gaza is grinding – the national

Thousands of people in southern Israel were close to Tuesday to mourning the dead, where the nation was two years ago Hamas attack October 7 The area drowned in a devastating conflict, while Israel and Hamas I pressed the indirect peace talks in Egypt.

The main memorial in Tel Aviv, which was later planned in the evening and was organized by the bereaved families, is separate from the celebration that the government will keep it on the anniversary next week according to the Hebrew calendar.

The division in the celebrations reflects the deep divisions of the leadership of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which blames many for failing to secure a ceasefire that would liberate the remaining hostages who keep it by the militants.

In the Gaza Strip, where the retaliation of Israel killed tens of thousands of people and destroyed cities and entire cities, those who can flee The Israeli invasion of Gaza City While others have their place. Many are unable to take an arduous and expensive trip south.

Two years have passed since thousands of militants led by Hamas in southern Israel after a sudden barrage of missiles. They stormed the rules of the army, agricultural societies and the outdoor music festival, killing about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, including women, children and the elderly.

They have kidnapped 251 others, and most of them have been released since then in the ceasefire or other deals. There are still forty -eight hostages inside Gaza, and about 20 of them are believed by Israel to be alive. Hamas said that she would only shoot it in exchange for a permanent ceasefire and Israeli withdrawal. Netanyahu pledged to continue the conflict until all the prisoners are returned and the arms of Hamas were removed.

The attack began with a movement of events that led Israel to fight with Iran and its allies throughout the region, including Hezbollah in Lebanon, which has been lost. The United States joined Israel to attack the military and nuclear program in Iran in a 12 -day war in June.

Israel has killed many major militants, as well as Iranian soldiers and nuclear scientists, and has largely exhausted the military capabilities of its enemies while controlling most of Gaza, as well as parts of Lebanon and Syria.

But failure in Return The country was deeply divided, with weekly mass protests against Netanyahu. Israel is more isolated internationally than it was decades ago.

Nearly 400 Israelis were killed and dozens of Nova Music Festival were kidnapped in the border community in Reem. Over the past two years, it has appeared as a memorial site, with pictures of the kidnapped and the fall.

Although there is no official ceremony at the Nova website, due to the Jewish holiday for Sukut, which coincides with the anniversary, thousands of people visited the day to exchange the memories of relatives and friends who were killed, and woven through hundreds of pictures that surround the place where DJ Booth stands.

Many gathered before sunrise, playing the same path for music that was operating two years ago, and stopped for a moment of silence at 6:29 am – the specified time when the attack began.

People embraced and talked about their loss. Alon Moskinov, 28, who was at the festival and lost three of his close friends, said that the survivors did not need a memory to remember them.

“We do not need a specific day, because we live this every day again,” he said.

Judea Al -Rahmi, his daughter Sharon – a police officer at the festival – said among the dead, he visited the Nova site every day. He drinks the morning coffee cup next to a picture of his daughter in the last place where she was alive.

To this day, Al -Rahbani still hopes to coincide with one of the survivors who can tell him about the moments of his last daughter. He is angry at the government for not launching an investigation into security failure on that day.

“When you don’t know what happened, that makes it more difficult,” he said.

The Israeli artillery and the explosion boom in Gaza echoed through the Nova site while smoke was calling the tape. The Israeli army said a missile had been launched from north of Gaza in the morning, but no damage or injuries were reported.

The Israeli forces have arrested at least 35 people in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and other places since Monday, according to a group representing Palestinian prisoners. The Israeli army did not immediately confirm the arrests, but said that “anti -terrorist activity” was underway.

In Tel Aviv, dozens are gathered on the souvenir site that was created in the city square.

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Dikman tea, whose aunt was killed in Kibbutz Perry, and his cousin Carmel Gat said hostage by Hamas and killed 11 months later, that everyone wants him to end the conflict.

“There is a deal on the table, there is an opportunity to end this (conflict) and return everyone to the house.” “We all deserve it, we deserve it, and our neighbors deserve it, we want this (conflict) to end all of them returning to their homes.”

In neighboring Egypt, in the Sharm El Sheikh resort, Israel and Hamas, indirect talks were held on Monday for discussion US President Donald Trump’s plan. The conversations continued on Tuesday.

The conflict has already killed more than 67,000 Palestinians, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, part of the Hamas government, which does not say the number of civilians or fighters. She says women and children are about half of the dead, and many independent experts say their numbers are the most reliable estimates of losses.

The Israeli attack on the displacement of about 90 percent of Gaza’s 2 million population has succeeded, and it is often several times, and the restrictions imposed on humanitarian aid contributed to a severe hunger crisis, as experts saying that Gaza City is suffering from starvation.

Experts and major rights groups accused Israel of genocide, and the International Criminal Court seeks to arrest Netanyahu and the former defense minister to use hunger as a means of conflict.

Israel strongly denies these allegations, saying it is launching a legal conflict in self -defense and taking unusual measures to avoid hurting civilians. He blames Hamas for death and destruction in Gaza because the militants are deeply included in the populated areas.

Hamas filmed the attack on October 7, in response to contracts of Israeli territory, and the construction of a settlement and military occupation. But the attack imposed a catastrophic losses on the Palestinians, who seems to be more far away from an independent state than ever.

Prime Minister Mark Carne He issued a statement On Tuesday, they celebrate two years since the October 7 attack, and the Canadian Jewish community has highlighted that it is among the global group that lives with “sadness and anxiety”.

“Two years ago, the families were preparing to monitor a joyful Jewish holiday, and hundreds of young music fans gathered at a peaceful music festival, when the terrorist organization Hamas launched an ugly attack against Israeli civilians. It was the bloody attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust,” Carney said in a statement.

“The Jews continue everywhere, including in Canada, to live with a deep feeling of sadness and anxiety. We remember that all those who were brutally killed on October 7, 2023, including Canadians Vivian Silver, Nita Epstein, Alexander, did not.

– With files from Global’s Ari Rabinovitch