Israelis have gathered across the country to mark two years since the devastating Hamas-led attack on 7 October 2023, a day of collective trauma that saw over 1,200 people killed and 251 others taken hostage into Gaza. Memorial events, both official and unofficial, took place in the small kibbutzim of southern Israel that were overrun, and a large public rally was held in Tel Aviv calling for the release of the remaining captives. At the Nova music festival site near Kibbutz Reim, where hundreds were killed, survivors and relatives returned at dawn for a moment of silence at 6:29 a.m., the precise moment the unprecedented assault began. The memory of the deadliest single day for Jews since the Holocaust continues to loom large, with the fac
