Israel comes under attack one year on from October 7 atrocity carried out by Hamas as Tel Aviv is struck by rocket barrage and IDF soldiers are killed in Lebanon during war with Hezbollah – latest news updates

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has released a video showing Hezbollah’s latest attack on Israel.

A new poll reveals how the fallout from the Hamas assault on Israel last year has divided American society with the potential to influence the outcome of November’s election.

It found that almost four in 10 American Muslims believe Hamas did not commit murder and rape on October 7 last year.

Some 31 percent said they did believe the gunmen were responsible for such crimes.

The findings, from an online poll of 1000 members of the general public plus a sample of 500 Muslims, illustrate how decades of conflict in the Middle East are seen through deeply different lenses.

Some 59 percent of Muslims said the attack was carried out to ‘forward the Palestinian cause’ while a majority of the general public (51 percent) said it was because ‘Hamas wanted to kill Jews and is set on the destruction of Israel.’

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Sirens have been sounded across central Israel as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) issues a warning on social media.

Journalists in Tel Aviv report hearing big explosions in the city just now.

There are reports of multiple explosions in the sky as projectiles were intercepted.

The IDF said: ‘Following the sirens that sounded in central Israel, several projectile launches were identified crossing from Lebanon into Israeli territory. Details are under review.’

Pictured: The map of the sirens shared by the IDF on social media

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, has commemorated the one-year anniversary of October 7th in New York.

He prayed at Ohel Chabad Lubavitch, the final resting place of Rabbi Schneerson, at the Old Montefiore Cemetery in Queens.

It is the holiest Jewish site in North America on a day of great significance for the Chabad-Lubavitch movement within the Jewish faith and is visited by thousands yearly.

Visitors to Ohel believe that the site has a powerful spiritual resonance and pilgrimages there to receive blessings and spiritual guidance.

He went with the family of Edan Alexander, who was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7th.

Trump’s visit marked the third visit by a head of state to the Ohel within a month. Recent visitors included Argentinian President Javier Milei and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama.

Footage from Beirut, Lebanon, has just shown an Israeli strike hitting the south of the city.

It comes less than an hour after the Israeli military issued evacuation orders for two separate locations.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has confirmed the strike.

It says fighter jets launched missiles at Hezbollah’s ‘intelligence headquarters’ – a target the IDF has said it has hit recently.

It comes after the IDF issued a warning to residents living near ‘Hezbollah facilities and interests’ in the capital’s southern suburbs, including in the Burj al-Barajneh neighbourhood, to evacuate.

In a post on X/Twitter the IDF’s Arabic spokesman Avichay Adraee said residents must move a distance of ‘no less than 500 meters’ for the safety.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just been aired on domestic television as part of a 7 October memorial event.

He spoke of his determination to ‘bring our hostages home, whether they are alive or not’. It is thought around 97 of the original 250 hostages taken on October 7 are still in captivity. It is not known how many have died during that time.

Netanyahu added: ‘We will not give up any single one of them.’

He reiterated Israel’s war goals, including toppling Hamas, returning the hostages in Gaza to Israel, returning to their homes Israelis who have fled from the south and north.

He also said there is a need to continue fighting to ‘thwart any future threat against the state of Israel’.

The PM said ‘a mountain of bereavement’ has cast a shadow over Israel, before ending his address by saying: ‘Believe me, victory is the light.’

‘October 7 will symbolize for generations the cost of our revival, and for generations it will demonstrate how determined we are and how strong our spirit is.

‘Together we will continue to fight. And together, with God’s help, we will win.’

Hamas has today vowed to keep fighting Israel in a ‘long war of attrition’.

Abu Obeida, the spokesperson for Hamas’s armed wing, said in a statement: ‘We choose to keep up the fight in a long war of attrition, one that is painful and costly for the enemy.’

He also warned that scores of people taken hostage into Gaza on October 7 last year were enduring a ‘very difficult’ situation, saying the ‘psychological and health condition of the remaining hostages has become very difficult’.

Meanwhile Hamas backers Iran have hailed October 7 as a ‘turning point in history’ of Palestinian struggle, a week after the Islamic Republic launched around 200 missiles in its second direct attack on Israel.

Tehran said the bombardment was in retaliation for the killing of Tehran-aligned militant leaders in the region and a general in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.

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Since the Israel-Hamas war began one year ago, it has been the deadliest for media workers since most organisations have started tracking journalist deaths in conflict.

At least 128 journalists have been killed since the beginning of the war, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders.

Nearly all of them were Palestinian media workers in Gaza killed as a result of Israeli airstrikes. Most wetern media organisations evacuated their journalists as soon as possible after the war broke out.

Gaza was always a difficult place to report from due to Hamas’ pressure against any inkling of dissent and restrictions on access.

Four Israeli journalists were killed in the October 7 attacks.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have confirmed they launched both missiles and drones at Israel today.

Houthi army spokesperson Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said in a televised speech that they fired two missiles at Israeli military sites in Jaffa and Tel Aviv.

Both missiles ‘(achieved) their objectives successfully,’ Saree claimed.

Earlier today, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had said a surface-to-surface missile fired from Yemen was successfully intercepted by the Israeli Air Force.

Israeli fire crews worked to put out fires caused by fragments of an intercepted projectile in Beit Shemesh near Jerusalem, a spokesperson for the area said.

Saree also said that the Houthis had launched drones into Jaffa, in central Israel, and Eilat in southern Israel. The IDF said it was ‘not aware’ of any drone launches from Yemen.

Saree claimed the Houthis attacked Israel ‘in continued support of the oppressed Palestinian and Lebanese peoples, and in solidarity with the Palestinian and Lebanese resistance movements’.

Pictured: Thousands of people take part in an anti-Israel rally in Sana’a, Yemen, on October 7 2024

A Polish artist has sparked outrage after standing in front of the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz with a sign saying ‘Israel is doing to the Palestinians what the Germans did to the Jews.’

On the other side of the sign Igor Dobrowolski, who is seen wearing a Palestinian flag, wrote: ‘Israel created the largest death camp in history.’

Posting on social media in reference to Israel’s attack on Gaza, Dobrowolski said: ‘This is silent stand alone protest in front of the concentration camps in Auschwitz-Birkenau.’

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Israel’s military bombarded southern Lebanon with more than 120 strikes in an hour, saying it was targeting Hezbollah positions.

The IDF Israel Defense Forces (IDF) gave an update saying that 100 fighter jets carried out an ‘extensive aerial operation’, targeting Hezbollah units in south Lebanon.

It says targets include regional units of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force, missiles and rockets force.

An earlier strike killed at least 10 Lebanese firefighters, the latest of dozens of first responders killed in recent weeks, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.

The United States has spent a record amount of at least £13.6 billion on military aid to Israel since the war in Gaza began and led to escalating conflict around the Middle East, according to a report.

The research for Brown University’s Costs of War project was published on the anniversary of Hamas’ attacks on Israel.

An additional 4.86 billion dollars (£3.7 billion) has gone into stepped-up US military operations in the region since the October 7 2023, attacks, researchers said.

That includes the costs of a Navy-led campaign to quell strikes on commercial shipping by Yemen’s Houthis, who are carrying them out in solidarity with the fellow Iranian-backed group Hamas.

The report – completed before Israel opened a second front against Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon in late September – is one of the first tallies of estimated US costs as the Biden administration backs Israel in its conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon and seeks to contain hostilities by Iran-allied armed groups in the region.

The Vatican marked the anniversary of the attacks by taking up a collection for the people of Gaza and publishing a letter from Pope Francis to Catholics in the region, expressing his solidarity.

Francis made no mention of Israel, Hamas or the hostages in the letter dated October 7.

He referred to the ‘fuse of hatred’ being ignited one year ago and the spiral of violence that has ensued, insisting that what is needed is dialogue and peace.

‘I am with you, the people of Gaza, long embattled and in dire straits. You are in my thoughts and prayers daily,’ he wrote.

After some comments that upset Israel early on in the conflict, Francis has usually tried to strike an even tone. But he recently suggested Israel was using disproportionate and ‘immoral’ force in Lebanon and Gaza.

He said he was particularly close to those who have been forced to flee their homes to find refuge from bombing, to the mothers weeping over their dead children and those ‘who are afraid to look up for fear of fire raining down from the skies.’

The Israeli Parliament, the Knesset, in Jerusalem has been lit up with blue and white colours to mark one year since the deadly October 7 attack by Hamas.

As Israel descends into a terrifying spiral of blows against Iran and Hezbollah, the nation is faced with a series of choices as they decide their plan of retaliation.

So how will Israel strike next, and how far will they go to hit in their next attacks? MailOnline looks into their three main options:

LOW RISK: CONVENTIONAL TARGETS AND CYBER ATTACKS

Hitting conventional military targets is seen as the safest way for Israel to ­effectively exact revenge, according to analysts.

These include radar and air defence sites, missile launch facilities and Iranian ­Revolutionary Guards Corps bases, as well as other infrastructure.

MEDIUM RISK: OIL AND GAS FACILITIES

As the third biggest player in the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Iran relies heavily on exports of crude oil and gas.

HIGH RISK: NUCLEAR FACILITIES AND TOP IRANIAN OFFICIALS

Iran’s only functioning nuclear power plant, Bushehr presents one possible target. But Israel would be more likely to focus on uranium enrichment plants deemed vital to the development of nuclear weapons.

Another devastating but risky approach could be to target key figures on Iranian soil, from Islamic Revolutionary Guard commanders and politicians up to and including president Masoud Pezeshkian – or even Supreme Leader ­Ayatollah Khamenei.

Sir Keir Starmer today warned MPs the Middle East is ‘close to the brink’ of a full-scale conflict as he marked the first anniversary of the 7 October attacks on Israel.

Speaking in the House of Commons, the PM repeated his call for the hostages taken by Hamas exactly 12 months ago to be returned ‘immediately and unconditionally’.

He said the attack exposed Iran’s ‘malign role’ in the region and slammed Tehran’s support for Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthi militants across Gaza, Lebanon and Yemen.

But, with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu weighing up how to retaliate, Sir Keir warned Israel there was ‘no military solution’ to the challenges in the Middle East and reiterated his demand for all sides to ‘step back from the brink’.

Thousands of people in Yemen have protested against Israel’s attacks on Lebanon.

The protestors included armed groups, carrying Hezbollah flags, Palestinian and Lebanese flags.

They chanted slogans and protested against Israel’s attacks on Lebanon and Gaza, in the capital of Sanaa today.

Senior Houthi leader Muhammad Ali al-Houthi delivered a speech during the event.

The Houthis govern that area of Yemen and are backed by Israel’s nemesis Iran.

They have fired missiles and drones at Israel repeatedly in what they say is solidarity with the Palestinians, since the Gaza war began.

The Houthis had been targeting shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden but since January the US and British forces have been striking targets in Yemen.

However, many of the ships targeted are not linked to Israel. The joint force airstrikes have so far done little to deter the Iran-backed force.

The Israel Defense Forces has warned ‘vacationers and beachgoers’ along the Awali river line, and south of it, to avoid being in the sea or on the beach until further notice.

In a statement, the group say they will ‘soon operate in the maritime area’ and have warned those on the beach and on boats the area could pose a danger to their life.

The Awali River flows through southern Lebanon and meets the coast just over halfway between Beirut and the border.

Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee said on X: ‘For your safety, avoid being at sea or on the beach from now until further notice.

‘Being on the beach or operating boats in the area south of the Awali River line poses a danger to your life.’

Leaders from around the world have been commemorating Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack against Israel.

UNITED STATES: U.S. President Joe Biden condemned the “unspeakable brutality” of the Oct. 7 attack, paid tribute to the people including American citizens killed and kidnapped, and said he remained committed to Israel’s right to defend itself a year on.

He added in a statement: ‘I believe that history will also remember October 7th as a dark day for the Palestinian people because of the conflict that Hamas unleashed that day … We will not stop working to achieve a ceasefire deal in Gaza.’

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said: ‘We all must ensure nothing like the horrors of October 7 ever happen again. I will do everything in my power to ensure that the threat Hamas poses is eliminated.”

She added: ‘I am heartbroken over the scale of death and destruction in Gaza over the past year – tens of thousands of lives lost, children fleeing for safety over and over again, mothers and fathers struggling to obtain food, water, and medicine.’

AUSTRALIA: At Sydney’s Bondi Beach, people holding Israeli and Australian flags listened in silence to a reading of the names of the hostages still held by Hamas.

ITALY: Jewish students placed chained, blindfolded teddy bears – each wearing a T-shirt with a photo of an Israeli hostage – at landmarks in Rome including the Colosseum.

UNITED NATIONS: Israel held a minute’s silence at the U.N. headquarters in Geneva at a ceremony attended by more than 100 diplomats from India, Kenya and Western countries.

TURKEY: President Tayyip Erdogan wrote on X: ‘What is dying in Gaza, Palestine, and nowadays in Lebanon is not just women, children, babies, innocent civilians; it is humanity (and) the international system that is expected to serve humanity.’

Above: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits the exhibition titled ‘A Year in the Shadow of Genocide’ on October 7, 2024

BRITAIN: Prime Minister Keir Starmer said: ‘One year on from these horrific attacks we must unequivocally stand with the Jewish community and unite as a country.’

Foreign minister David Lammy visited London’s South Tottenham Synagogue. Spain, Italy, Portugal and South Africa were among other countries issuing statements marking the day.

FRANCE: ‘Force must give way to diplomacy. We have been pleading for months .. for a ceasefire,’ French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said in Jerusalem after visiting the Nova festival site.

President Emmanuel Macron said on X: ‘The pain remains, as vivid as it was a year ago. The pain of the Israeli people. Ours. The pain of wounded humanity.’

Hezbollah has fired as many as 135 rockets across the border from Lebanon since this morning, according to the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF).

Since 8 October 2023 there has been almost daily cross-border fire between Israel and Hezbollah, which is a UK and US recognised terrorist organisation.

Hezbollah says it began its missile campaign in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and maintains that it won’t stop until there is a ceasefire in Gaza.

Ten people were reported injured in the Haifa area and two others further south in central Israel.

Israel’s military said the air force was carrying out extensive bombings of Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon, and that two Israeli soldiers were killed in border-area combat, taking the military death toll inside Lebanon so far to 11.

The Israeli military has described its ground operation as ‘localized, limited and targeted’ but it has steadily increased in scale since it began last week.

Sir Keir Starmer disputed claims that there had been a ‘stepping back’ in the Government’s support of Israel.

The Prime Minister said: ‘There’s been no stepping back of support for Israel, we’ve been absolutely robust in that support.’

Tory MP Greg Smith (Mid Buckinghamshire) had asked: ‘Some of the decisions he has taken has led to a feeling that this Government has stepped back its support for Israel, not least in the restoration of the funding for UNRWA.

‘Does the Prime Minister regret that and will he revisit that decision?’

Hundreds of people have gathered in Tel Aviv for the main memorial ceremony commemorating the victims of the October 7 terror attack.

A moment of silence has just been held at a memorial event at Yarkon Park, which has been organised by the families of the victims of the attack.

The Times of Israel reports that just 2,000 people will be able to attend the memorial following restrictions imposed on large gatherings by the IDF following ongoing threat of rocket attacks on Tel Aviv.

After the minutes silence speeches from some of the family members and survivors of the attack will be heard.

This ceremony is the first of two that is scheduled for this evening.

A second event, organised by the Israeli government, will begin at 9.15pm local time (7.15pm BST).

Vladimir Putin will meet the Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday to discuss the situation in the Middle East, according to the Russian state-run media outlet TASS.

The pair will meet in Russian-allied Turkmenistan, adding that the meeting was announced at a briefing by Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov.

‘This meeting is of great importance, both for discussing bilateral issues and, of course, for discussing the sharply aggravated situation in the Middle East’, Ushakov said, according to TASS.

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia’s relationship with Iran has deepened to a level previously unparalleled.

Their military collaboration has continued to grow at an alarming rate, and Iran has become a vital member of Russia’s air and ground campaign in war-torn Ukraine.

Since the brutal invasion, Iran has supplied Moscow with Shahed drones, which have been used to bomb Ukrainian cities.

Russia and Iran, although not historically an alliance, have become increasingly solidified in their opposition to the west.

Defence Secretary John Healey has said the UK will not back Emmanuel Macron’s demand for a full arms embargo on Israel designed to halt fighting in the Middle East.

Mr Healey spoke out this morning after the French president called for materiel exports to be halted to try to end the brutal bombardment of Gaza.

Amid a new offensive by the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) against Lebanon led to repeated bombardments of Beirut, Mr Macron said that shipments of arms destined for use in Gaza should be halted.

‘Our priority now is to avoid escalation. The Lebanese people must not in turn be sacrificed, Lebanon, cannot become another Gaza,’ he added.

Britain has blocked export licences for some shipments that could be used to break international law in Gaza, but has refused to support a full blockade.

Asked whether he agreed with the French president’s view, he told Sky News: ‘No, we work a different system.

‘We as a Government don’t supply anything directly to Israel, but where there are export licences that have a clear risk that may breach international law, then we’ve suspended those licences where they could affect the lives in Gaza.’

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have commemorated the anniversary of the October 7 terrorist attack in the Blue Room of the White House by lighting a yahrzeit candle and holding a moment of silence.

The Bidens were joined by Rabbi Aaron Alexander of the Adas Israel Congregation. Rabbi Alexander, who is a friend of the Goldberg-Polin family, recited the ‘El Malei Rachamim’ prayer as part of the commemoration.

The Goldberg-Polin’s son, Hersh, was abducted by Hamas last year before eventually being murdered by the terrorist group in August.

Mr Biden did not make any remarks and left the room following the moment of silence.

Iran has promised to respond to any Israeli attack on its soil and stressed it did not want a wider war across the Middle East.

Last week, Iran launched around 200 missiles in its second direct attack on Israel, in what it said was retaliation for the killing of Tehran-aligned militant leaders in the region and a general in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.

Israel has vowed to respond to the attack.

Iran’s top diplomat, Abbas Araghchi, said the Islamic republic was ‘not afraid of war and will give a firm and appropriate response to any new action by the Zionist regime’.

The foreign minister made the remarks in a telephone conversation with his Egyptian counterpart, Badr Abdelatty.

Israel’s army chief Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi said Iran had fired about 200 missiles at Israel last week.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran had made a ‘big mistake’ with its missile barrage, which follows Israel killing Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on September 27.

After the United States said it was discussing a joint response with Israel, Iran’s chief of staff warned that Tehran would hit Israeli infrastructure if its territory is attacked.

Hamas’s armed wing has vowed to keep fighting what it described as a ‘long war of attrition’ on the anniversary of the militant group’s October 7 attack on Israel.

Spokesman Abu Obeida said:

We choose to keep up the fight in a long war of attrition, one that is painful and costly for the enemy.

He also warned that scores of people taken hostage into Gaza on October 7 last year were enduring a ‘very difficult’ situation.

He said the ‘psychological and health condition of the remaining hostages has become very difficult’.

His statement, broadcast on Al Jazeera, came as Israel marked the anniversary of the worst attack in its history.

The attack resulted in the deaths of 1,206 people, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures.

Militants took 251 people hostage into Gaza, and 97 are still being held in there, including 34 the Israeli military says are dead.

by Nick Pisa and David Pilditch

It was one of the most hauntingly iconic images of the October 7 massacre.

Vlada Patapov became known as the ‘Lady in Red’ after she was pictured fleeing in terror as Hamas gunmen stormed the Nova music festival slaughtering more than 360 revellers and taking 40 people hostage.

Her fate remained unknown after the striking footage of Vlada, with a red shawl around her shoulders, sprinting for survival across the desert flashed around the globe in the aftermath of the attack.

Over the past year, Israel has picked off the Hamas leadership one by one – with the chief of the country’s army declaring yesterday that the terror group’s military wing has been ‘defeated’.

But its most wanted target still remains at large – October 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar.

The terror group’s leader has remained elusive throughout the year-long war, with the only apparent glimpse of him coming in a video filmed just a couple of days after the bloody conflict began.

by David Averre and Miriam Kuepper

Israel was forced to fend off rocket attacks from its foes at either end of the country this morning as its citizens commemorated the first anniversary of Hamas’ atrocities on October 7 last year.

A rocket fired by Hezbollah across Israel’s northern border slammed into the city of Haifa south of Tel Aviv overnight, with security footage showing the moment the projectile erupted in a ferocious explosion in a quiet residential street.

Hours later, more rockets soared over Israel’s southern border and impacted targets in Tel Aviv and elsewhere as Hamas sought to wreak havoc a year on from one of the darkest days in Jewish history since the Holocaust.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said more than 430 British citizens had been brought out of Lebanon on chartered flights so far, as he pledged to lead calls for a “political plan” in Lebanon.

In the weeks ahead, we will continue this work focused on three areas: firstly, Lebanon, where our immediate priority is the safety of British citizens, our team is on the ground helping to get people out.

We will continue to lead calls for an immediate ceasefire and the return to a political plan for Lebanon based on security council resolution 1701 which requires Hezbollah to withdraw north of Litani River.

They must stop firing rockets and end this now so that people on both sides of the border can return to their homes.

Sir Keir also urged Israel to allow more aid into Gaza:

The ongoing restrictions on aid are impossible to justify. Israel must open more crossings.

Crucially, they must provide a safe haven for aid workers. Too many have been killed, including three British citizens. Israel must act now so that, together with our allies, we can surge humanitarian support ahead of the winter.

Sir Keir said recent attacks on Israel expose Iran’s ‘malign role’ in the Middle East, as he reiterated calls for British citizens to leave Lebanon.

We support Israel’s right to defend herself against Iran’s aggression, in line with international law, because let’s be very clear, this was not a defensive action by Iran, it was an act of aggression and a major escalation in response to the death of a terrorist leader.

It exposes, once again, Iran’s malign role in the region: they helped equip Hamas for the seventh of October attacks, they armed Hezbollah, who launched a year-long barrage of rockets on northern Israel, forcing 60,000 Israelis to flee their homes, and they support the Houthis, who mount direct attacks on Israel and continue to attack international shipping.

I say again, an important message to British citizens still in Lebanon, you must leave now.

Sir Keir Starmer has described the first anniversary of the October 7 attack as also a “day of grief” for the wider Middle East.

Speaking in the Commons, the Prime Minister said:

As we look back on a year of conflict and suffering, the human toll amongst innocent civilians in Gaza is truly devastating.

Over 41,000 Palestinians have been killed, tens of thousands orphaned – almost two million displaced, facing disease, starvation, desperation without proper healthcare or shelter.

It is a living nightmare and it must end. We stand with all innocent victims in Israel, Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon and beyond.

And we stand with all communities here in the United Kingdom against hatred of Jews or Muslims because any attack on a minority is an attack on our proud values of tolerance and respect and we will not stand for it.

On the first anniversary of the day that shattered the lives of millions and ushered in a new and potentially disastrous chapter of world history, MailOnline looks back on how the past 12 months have unfolded.

US President Joe Biden and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris mourned the bloody Hamas attack on Israel a year ago Monday while deploring heavy civilian losses of Palestinians in the subsequent Israeli operation.

Let us bear witness to the unspeakable brutality of the October 7th attacks but also to the beauty of the lives that were stolen that day.

Harris, the vice president, said she would ‘never forget the horror of October 7, 2023’ when Hamas militants launched a surprise attack into Israel, killing 1,205 people, most of them civilians, and taking 251 hostages.

I am devastated by the loss and pain of the Israeli people.

But Biden added in his statement ‘that history will also remember October 7 as a dark day for the Palestinian people because of the conflict that Hamas unleashed that day.’

‘Far too many civilians have suffered far too much during this year of conflict,’ he said.

In her statement, Harris also described herself as ‘heartbroken over the scale of death and destruction in Gaza over the past year.’

Israel’s President has marked a year since the October 7 massacre with a moving statement as the IDF released new footage of the attacks a year ago.

President Isaac Herzog said on the anniversary of the atrocities committed by Hamas this time last year: ‘A year has passed since life came to a halt, the skies darkened, and all of us witnessed the monstrous cruelty of the enemy that sought to bring destruction upon the Jewish people, the State of Israel, and Israeli society.’

‘We are all still in pain, and we seek to make space for national mourning, for the tears over the terrible disaster that struck us,’ he said in a statement.

Israel’s military said that Lebanese armed group Hezbollah had fired some 135 projectiles into Israel on Monday, as the country marked the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack.

In a statement, the military said:

As of 17:00 (14:00 GMT Monday), approximately 135 projectiles fired by the Hezbollah terrorist organisation crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory.

It comes as air raid sirens sounded frequently across northern Israel.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah said it targeted Israeli troops in two south Lebanon border villages today

Hezbollah fighters ‘bombed… a gathering of Israeli forces’ in Maroun al-Ras and the nearby village of Blida, the Iran-backed group said in a statement.

It also claimed a series of attacks on northern Israel, including near the city of Haifa ‘with a large rocket salvo’, and on Israeli military positions.

Smoke is seen rising above southern Lebanon after Israel launched more airstrikes today.

Earlier today, Lebanon’s health ministry said an Israeli offensive overnight killed 10 firefighters.

A Lebanese security source said Israel launched a strike near the country’s only airport in Beirut, close to Hezbollah’s stronghold in the south of the capital.

‘Israel conducted an air strike near the airport,’ the official said, requesting anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.

Lebanon’s official National News Agency had earlier said Israel launched ‘a series of strikes targeting more than 30 towns and villages in the Tyre district,’ after earlier saying ‘series of strikes’ hit other south Lebanon locations.

The Israeli army on Monday said its forces were launching a ‘targeted’ strike in a southern Beirut suburb that the military described as a key Hezbollah stronghold.

The army said in a statement:

The IDF (Israeli army) is currently conducting a targeted strike in the area of Dahiyeh, a key Hezbollah terrorist stronghold.

Mourners and world leaders voiced horror and a desire for peace at tearful memorials remembering the unprecedented October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel that sparked a year of devastating war in Gaza.

People from Sydney to Rome and Warsaw to Washington grieved for those killed and urged freedom for those taken hostage one year ago, while rallies also called for peace in the Palestinian territories.

The Hamas onslaught left 1,205 dead on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on the latest official Israeli figures.

Some 251 people were captured and taken as hostages to the Gaza Strip by militants, of whom 97 are still held captive in the coastal territory, including 34 the Israeli military says are dead.

According to the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza, 41,909 people, the majority civilians, have been killed since the start of the war. The figures have been deemed to be reliable by the United Nations.

Here are some pictures from events across the world to mark the first anniversary of the attacks:

Members of the Australian Jewish community react as they listen to speeches during a memorial service in Sydney

Community members hold hands as they pray at the ‘October 7 Square’ in Johannesburg, South Africa

People stand in front of the memorial plaque after a commemoration ceremony at the Jewish cemetery in Warsaw,

A man lays down a candle in front of a memorial artwork unveiled in Nice, France

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly called an urgent security meeting with his top officials.

According to The Times of Israel, a scheduled meeting between Israeli minister Ron Dermer and French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot was postponed at the last minute following the decision.

The Israeli port city of Haifa was targeted by five rockets fired from Hezbollah late last night which resulted in injuries to eight people, authorities have said.

Israel’s military is investigating how its defence system failed to intercept the missiles which targeted a military base south of the city.

The IDF has claimed Hezbollah fired more than 135 rockets into northern Israel on Sunday.

Five missiles crossed from Lebanon after air raid sirens were sounded around 11:20pm local time (8:20pm UK time).

The IDF said in a statement:

Interceptors were fired. Fallen projectiles were identified in the area. The incident is under review.

Rockets launched from Gaza were fired towards Tel Aviv earlier today.

Hamas’s military arm, al Qassam Brigades, claimed responsibility for sending a ‘barrage’ of missiles to the city in response to the ‘massacres against civilians and the deliberate displacement of our people’.

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said five projectiles were fired from southern Gaza with at least one landing in Holon, around 10 miles from Tel Aviv.

Ambulance teams said two women were treated for shrapnel wounds.

Here are some photographs from the scene of a projectile landing:

Israel is today marking the first anniversary of the October 7 attacks when Hamas terrorists burst through the border to inflict the deadliest day in Israeli history with the killing of around 1,200 people, most of whom were civilians.

Violence shows no signs of relenting one year on from the atrocity with Israel fighting against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Here’s what happened earlier today to mark the occasion:

• At 6.29am – the exact minute Hamas launched its attack (4.29am BST) – the families of those killed at the Nova music festival, joined by Israeli President Isaac Herzog, gathered at the site where almost 400 revellers were gunned down, with many others taken hostage
• After briefly playing the same trance music that was blared during the festival, hundreds of family members and friends of the victims stood for a moment of silence. One woman’s piercing wail broke the silence as booms echoed from the fighting in Gaza, just a few miles away
• At 6.31am (4.31am BST), four projectiles were launched from Gaza toward the very Israeli communities that came under fierce assault last year, the Israeli military said. The ceremony was not disrupted
• Marking the moment Hamas’ attack began a year ago, the families of hostages still held in Gaza – about 100, a third of whom are said to have died – gathered near Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Jerusalem residence and stood during a two-minute siren, replicating a custom from the the most solemn dates on the Israeli calendar, Holocaust Remembrance and Memorial Day
• The flags at the Israeli Knesset were lowered to half-staff and an official state ceremony focusing on acts of bravery and hope is set to be aired on Monday evening

On October 7, 2023, thousands of terrorists led by Hamas flooded out of Gaza into Israel to perpetrate the single-worst slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust.

The merciless violence claimed 1,200 lives, mostly civilians, and saw thousands more injured, raped and brutalised. Hundreds were taken back to Gaza as hostages.

A year on, the dust has still not settled.

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Hello and welcome to MailOnline’s live coverage as Israel marks the first anniversary of the October 7 attacks carried out by Hamas.

As the country remembered the victims from last year’s atrocity, a barrage of rockets were aimed at Tel Aviv from Gaza.

While fierce fighting remains ongoing near the Lebanon border where two IDF soldiers were killed following combat clashes on Sunday.

Stick with our coverage as we bring you the latest developments from the Middle East.