Welcome to the news hour. It was one year ago today that Hamas gunman launched a

surprise terror attack on Israel, killing and wounding thousands and

abducting hundreds more.

In Israel and around the world, memorials marked a year of loss, a year of trauma, and a year of

war that is still unfolding. It was not yet dawn. Still families of Israel's victims had already gathered

to remember lighting candles and choking back tears for the more than 360 people who were killed at the site of a music festival one year ago.

When the sun finally rose, club music echoed. It was the last song that festival goers heard on October 7th,

2023 before the shooting started. And in pain laid bare, the solemn ceremony pierced by the

anguished whale of a victim's relative. Family spoke of the moment that

everything changed.

It seems to be like yesterday was the last day we saw him.

For us yesterday was the last day of the old life.

In Jerusalem, sirens blared at 6.29 a.m.

believed to be the precise moment Hamas-led militants began their attack,

massacring more than 1,200 people and taking over 200

hostages.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today visited a memorial, the names of the victims etched forever in iron.

And surrounded by his cabinet held a minute of silence before insisting on strength in the resulting

war. Since that black day we have been fighting.

This is the war of our existence, the war of resurrection.

This is how I would like to officially call the war. We will end the war when we complete all the goals we have set.

And indeed across the world others pay tribute.

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