00:00Israelis have gathered to commemorate three years since the Hamas-led attack of October 7,
00:052023, which killed 1,200 people and so 251 taken hostage.
00:11A minute of silence started the tribute and families mourned across southern Israel,
00:15including at the Nova Music Festival and Kfar Aza.
00:18This is the first year with no hostages remaining in Gaza.
00:22Former hostage Elkanah Bobot, who was abducted from the Nova Festival and freed last year,
00:27conveyed a message of resilience saying Israelis were in these lands and they will forever be here.
00:33European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also paid tribute to the victims and their families
00:38in a post on X, saying this kind of unspeakable savagery and terror must never happen again.
00:44Von der Leyen added that the EU is ready to help to turn the fragile ceasefire into a durable peace
00:49based on a two-state solution. During commemorations, loud explosions could reportedly be heard from Gaza
00:55as a war has been ongoing since 2023 despite an official ceasefire being in place.
01:00Gaza officials said at least two more people were killed overnight.
01:04Commemoration also comes amid continuing divisions over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the war
01:09and demands from former hostages and relatives for an inquiry.
01:13The back of the war and the war and its
01:15Choveme, chute capou.
