Oct. 7 one year on: How Hamas attacks upended Middle East and US-Israeli alliance forever

    Supporters hold the flag of Israel at the commemoration for the Israeli victims and hostages of Oct. 7, 2023, in the Jewish Quarter in Rome, Sunday, Oct. 6 2024. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)

    One year ago, on Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas conducted the largest terrorist attack in Israel’s history, slaughtering 1,200 Israelis and taking hundreds more hostage. 

    That fateful day changed the Middle East forevermore, with the ramifications still playing out, culminating last week in Iran launching nearly 200 ballistic missiles in Israel’s direction. Meanwhile, the conflict with Hamas is raging, about 100 hostages are still being held in Gaza, and a second front has opened up against Hezbollah, with most of its leadership being wiped out in dramatic fashion over the past month.

    Since the Oct. 7 attack, Israeli forces have carried out ground operations in Gaza and Lebanon and have intercepted missiles and rockets fired from both countries in addition to projectiles fired from Iran, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen. Israel, in retaliation, has carried out strikes in all of those countries.

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