Israel marks three years since October 7 as freed hostages publish books and Paris names a garden path for the Bibas children
From the Newshound archive · first published 6 October 2026 · last updated 7 October 2026.
Isaac Herzog posted on X at 6:29am on October 7. Commemorations began nationwide at that precise moment — the exact time Hamas launched its attack three years ago.A corridor at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, where newly released security footage shows 674 people were treated in the first 24 hours — more than five times the number the hospital had ever rehearsed for.The fire-damaged buildings of Kibbutz Nir Oz, where one in four residents was killed or taken hostage — this is the first anniversary to pass with no hostages still in captivity.Footage of a woman hiding in a dumpster during the Hamas attack, as Israel marks three years since the deadliest assault in its history killed 1,200 people.Footage of Hamas gunmen shooting a father as he tries to flee with his daughter under his arm on October 7, as Israel marks three years since the attack that killed 1,200 people and took 251 hostages.Footage of an RPG attack on an ambulance at the Nova festival site, where crowds of Israelis have been gathering to commemorate three years since the massacre.
Masked demonstrators draped in Iranian regime flags descended on the Board of Deputies of British Jews' Camden headquarters on the third anniversary of the Hamas attacks, chanting "stop killing babies" and "we will see you in The Hague." Five people were arrested by the Metropolitan Police for inciting racial hatred. Protesters carried placards labelling the Board "genocide deniers" and "Israel's mouthpiece" as British Jewry prepared to hold its own commemorative event at the same building later today.
The Board had been due to host a commemorative event for the October 7 victims — the worst terrorist attack against Jewish people since the Holocaust — at the same offices later Wednesday.
Police Scotland and Greater Manchester Police both refused to ask pro-Palestine student protesters to move demonstrations planned for Glasgow, Edinburgh and Manchester to a different day, unlike the Met.
Education Secretary Lucy Powell called on students to "show compassion and respect" by moving campus protests, while similar demonstrations drew condemnation in Sydney and Melbourne.
