Tag: Oct

Holocaust survivors march in Auschwitz in shadow of Oct 7 attacks

OSWIECIM, Poland (Reuters) – Several thousand Jews, including Holocaust survivors personally affected by the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, walked through the former Auschwitz Nazi German death camp on Monday for the annual March of the Living ceremony in Poland. Walking along the three kilometre (1.8 mile) path towards the crematoria of Birkenau, they […]

Hamas releases video of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin in proof he survived Oct. 7 injuries

Editor’s Note: Warning: This story contains a graphic image. Hamas released a video of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin on Wednesday, the first proof that he survived being badly wounded during his capture on October 7. Goldberg-Polin, then 23, was kidnapped from the Nova music festival during Hamas’ attacks on Israel when more than 1,200 people died and more than 200 […]

Israeli military intelligence head to resign over Oct. 7 Hamas attacks

Israel’s military intelligence chief offered to resign on Monday and is expected to formally step down eventually for his leadership role during the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks that killed some 1,200 people, which has been criticized as a major Israeli intelligence failure. Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva, the head of Israel’s Military Intelligence Directorate, requested to […]

Israeli military intelligence chief resigns over failure to prevent Oct. 7 attack

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The head of Israel’s military intelligence directorate resigned on Monday over the failures surrounding Hamas’ unprecedented Oct. 7 attack, the military said, becoming the first senior figure to step down over his role in the deadliest assault in Israel’s history. Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva’s resignation sets the stage for what’s […]

Victims of Oct. 25 mass shooting share $4.7 million in donations

Mar. 21—A major fundraising campaign to help victims of the Oct. 25, 2023, mass shooting in Lewiston announced Thursday it has distributed $4.7 million to 162 people, including heirs of the 18 killed. The money from the Lewiston-Auburn Area Response Fund also went to 13 wounded survivors and to many people who were present at […]

Israel praises UN report about Hamas’ sexualized violence on Oct 7

Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Tuesday praised a UN report showing that members of the Palestinian Hamas movement had committed sexualized violence against Israelis during its October 7 massacre and called on the world to “condemn and punish Hamas.” Five months after the terror attack perpetrated by Hamas and other extremist groups, the United Nations […]