The October 7 Massacre

The October 7 massacre was a brutal series of terrorist attacks along the Gaza border, when Hamas terrorists under the cover of a barrage of rocket fire infiltrated several Israeli towns, cities, and IDF bases. 

The resulting attacks stretched as far east as Ofakim in the Negev and resulted in at least 1,200 people murdered and hundreds taken hostage by Hamas back to Gaza. 

Occurring on the morning of the Simchat Torah holiday, the October 7 massacre kicked off Operation Swords of Iron, the code name for Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza.

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 PALESTINIANS ATTEND the funeral of senior Hamas deputy military commander Marwan Issa.
 The destruction of a home at Kibbutz Nir Oz, following the Hamas massacre on October 7, 2023: In just a few months, two years will have passed since that cursed day when humanity’s moral boundaries were shattered once again.

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 (L-R) MK Moshe Gafni and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a backdrop of Iran.

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 Former defense minister Yoav Gallant and Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei over a backdrop of Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center

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Surgeons remove bullet lodged in ex-hostage Daniella Gilboa's ankle since Oct. 7

Gilboa noted in her Instagram post that the day of her surgery was "one of the happiest days of [her] life."

 Daniella Gilboa and nurse at Beilinson Hospital

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IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir seen at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City

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 SUPPORTERS WITH the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces march in the Israel Day Parade on Fifth Avenue on May 18, 2025 in New York City

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 Former hostage Romi Gonen is released from Sheba Medical Center on July 10, 2025.

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Former hostages, Sapir Cohen and Sasha Troufanov announce engagement, July 9, 2025.

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 A toy lies in front of a house in Nir Oz ahead of the first demolition of a building since the October 7 massacre, to make way for the rebuilding and renewal of the kibbutz, in December

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 IDF soldiers operating throughout the Gaza Strip, July 9, 2025.

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 Record producer David Foster, left, and entertainment executive Haim Saban speak onstage at Friends of The Israel Defense Forces Western Region Gala at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Nov. 1, 2018

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 First red anemone in the western Negev.

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IDF kills Nukhba terrorist responsible for Oct. 7 attack on Kibbutz Magen gas station

Abu Ayadeh led a platoon of Nukhba terrorists during Hamas's October 7 massacre, infiltrating a gas station in Kibbutz Magen, the IDF stated.

 Hamas Nukhba terrorists (illustrative).