The time was not chosen at random. At 6:29 a.m. sharp (5:29 a.m. Paris time), a minute of silence was observed on Monday, October 7, at the scene of the Nova music festival massacre, in Reim, in the south of Israel. A year ago today, it was at this time that Hamas entered the territory of the Jewish state. The country is commemorating all day the first anniversary of this terrorist attack which left 1,200 dead. Follow our live stream.
• From Sydney to Paris, from Buenos Aires to New York, commemorations all over the world. A gathering is organized Monday evening at the Dôme de Paris by the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France (Crif), en presence of several ministers including Michel Barnier. Some 4,000 people are expected.
• The Israeli army reports morerocket fire from the Gaza Strip on Monday morning. Warning sirens sounded at 6:31 a.m. in several areas around the Gaza Strip, two minutes after the start of the commemoration ceremonies. The armed wing of Hamas claimed responsibility for the rocket attacks from Gaza.
• Israeli army chief says Hamas’s military wing is “defeated.” In a letter to Israeli soldiers, the head of the Israeli army said on Sunday that the military wing of Hamas was “defeated” but that we had to continue to “combat” the terrorist organization.
Alongside Benyamin Netanyahu, Emmanuel Macron affirms that “the time for a ceasefire has come”. After a skirmish over the embargo on arms deliveries to Israel on Saturday, Emmanuel Macron and Benyamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone on Sunday. The Head of State reaffirmed “unwavering commitment” of France for the security of Israel, while insisting on “his conviction that the time for a ceasefire has now come”, announced the Elysée. His Israeli interlocutor asked him his “support” And “no restrictions”, according to his office.