Israel is observing the second anniversary of the October 7 attack on Gaza, as Israeli and Hamas hold indirect conversations on negotiating for an end to the war in Gaza under a US-proposed peace plan.
Two years ago today, towards the end of the Jewish festival of Sukkot, Hamas-led militants launched the deadliest attack on Israel in the country's history, triggering large-scale retaliation in Gaza.
The attack stunned the world as Palestinian fighters cross the Gaza-Israel border, launching rockets, gunfire, and grenades into the the desert music festival and other southern Israeli communities.
According to an AFP news agency tally based on official Israeli figures, the attack resulted in the deaths of 219 people, most of them civilians.
The militants also took 251 people hostage into Gaza, of w
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