Live updates: Israel marks three-year anniversary of Oct. 7 attack

What to know Three years after Hamas killed 1,200 people and took 251 hostage in the Oct. 7 attacks, Israelis are marking the anniversary of an event that traumatized the nation and reshaped the region. Memorials have been held at homes, roadsides, kibbutzim and the Nova music festival site, where militants killed more than 360 people and took 44 hostages. The assault triggered Israel’s war in Gaza, the killing of more than 75,000 Palestinians, famine and widespread devastation. It has since spread into a wider regional conflict reaching Lebanon, Syria and beyond, and fueled intense criticism of Israel around the world. Three years later, about 80% of all structures in Gaza are believed to have been damaged, and most of the enclaves more than 2 million residents have been displaced and pushed into less than half the territory’s original footprint. Deadly Israeli strikes continue despite a fragile ceasefire that has largely held for nearly a year. The magnitude of the response to the Oct. 7 attack has also trigged unprecedented opposition to Israel in the U.S. and abroad, as well as a worldwide rise in antisemitism.

Oct. 7 attack live updates: Israel marks three-year anniversary