Today, Israeli President Isaac Herzog and the Knesset opened the National Day of Remembrance for October 7, 2023, by lowering flags to half-staff at 6:29 a.m.—the time the attacks began. (The horrific terror attacks occurred on the Hebrew date of Tishrei 24, which corresponds to October 5 this year.)
JNS reports that state memorial services were held on Mount Herzl and at the President’s Residence, honoring victims of terror, fallen soldiers, and those who were released from captivity.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday morning attended a state memorial service on Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl, in the Great Leaders of the Nation section honoring members of the Israel Defense Forces and security services who died during the War of Redemption.
Netanyahu said that three years after Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, Israel was “stronger than ever,” adding that “even now, the terrible hours of the Simchat Torah massacre are seared into us.
“Anyone who was involved in the attack against us and held our hostages is living on borrowed time,” he warned. “Day by day, we are settling accounts with these despicable murderers.”
He vowed that there would be no Hamas rule in the Gaza Strip.
Netanyahu is also set to participate in a separate state ceremony on Mount Herzl dedicated to the victims of the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks and honoring acts of heroism.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel and friend of The Fellowship Mike Huckabee also reaffirmed that the United States remains shoulder-to-shoulder with Israel. That sentiment was on display yesterday across the country and around the world, as a record 4,375 churches, synagogues, and universities planted more than 5.2 million Israeli flags as part of Flags of Fellowship.
During this solemn time, The Fellowship and our supporters join Israel and her people in prayer for the victims, former hostages, and heroes of October 7. We also extend our deepest thanks to our friends and partners for joining the growing Flags of Fellowship movement in support of Israel and her people.