Israel Marks First National Memorial Day for October 7 Attacks
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- Israel's first national memorial day for the October 7th attacks began Monday.
- Flags were lowered to half-mast at the President's Residence and Knesset.
- President Herzog called it a "shared national grief."
- Memorial ceremonies are being held at Mount Herzl.
- The day honors victims of the attacks and the subsequent war.
Israel began its first national memorial day for the October 7th Hamas attacks on Monday, with flags lowered to half-mast at the President's Residence and the Knesset building precisely at 6:29 AM, the time the massacre began. President Isaac Herzog described the day as "the shared national grief of the State of Israel and its citizens," honoring "the women and men, the children, the toddlers, the elderly, the civilians and the soldiers" who were killed or fell on October 7th and during the subsequent "Swords of Iron" war. The President's Residence noted that the memorial day also commemorates all those physically and mentally injured, who "continue to bear the wounds of October 7th and the war."
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana participated in the lowering of the flags at the parliament. Wreaths were laid at the memorial for fallen soldiers and victims of hostilities, and a memorial candle was lit for Knesset members to observe throughout the day. The Speaker is scheduled to attend state memorial ceremonies at Mount Herzl later in the day, including one at 11:00 AM for the war's fallen and another at 2:00 PM for the massacre and acts of heroism. The military chief of staff remarked that "from that difficult morning, the heroism of a generation was revealed."
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