A Year Later, Israel Commemorates the Oct. 7 Attack by Hamas

Israelis marked the first anniversary of the deadly Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that plunged their nation into war—a war that rages on. Ceremonies across the country began with a moment of silence at 6:29 a.m.—the exact moment a year earlier when Hamas launched a rocket barrage providing cover for 3,000 terrorists who stormed from Gaza into Israel, killing 1,200 and abducting more than 200. At the order of Israel’s Home Front Command, the moment was not marked by sirens. Air-raid sirens are still a daily occurrence in Israel. National memorial sirens are traditionally reserved in Israel for Holocaust Remembrance Day and Memorial Day....