Leaders from around the world expressed this Monday their “pain” for the “atrocious” attacks committed by Hamas against Israel exactly a year ago and they expressed their attachment to peace, without forgetting the situation of the Palestinians, for whom several demonstrations are planned.
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From London to Tokyo, passing through the Vatican, Spain and the United States, numerous statements and demonstrations commemorated the first anniversary of that massacre, the deadliest in Israel’s recent history.
The attack took the country by surprise when it was celebrating a religious holiday, causing the death of 1,205 people and triggered a devastating Israeli military campaign in the Gaza Strip that has left almost 42,000 dead.
On this day of pain and sadness, we honor those we have lost and remain committed to recovering those who remain held
British Labor Prime Minister Keir Starmeraffirmed that his country “will not falter in the search for peace” in the Middle East.
“On this day of pain and sadness, we honor those we have lost and remain committed to recovering those who remain held,” he wrote on the social network X.
The Islamists also captured that day 251 peopleof which 97 remain captive in the Gaza Strip and 34 of them would have diedaccording to the Israeli army.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog called on the world to “support Israel in its fight against its enemies” and said that October 7 left “a scar on humanity.”
France, Spain and other leaders condemn the attack
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, whose country hosts the largest Jewish community in Europe, also estimated in X that “the pain is still just as vivid a year later, that of the Israeli people, ours, that of wounded humanity.”
The final solution is the two-state solution, that state of Palestine that coexists and coexists in peace and security.
From Madrid, the Spanish Foreign Ministry reiterated “its strongest condemnation of the atrocious terrorist attacks by Hamas” and called for “a ceasefire, the release of the hostages and access of humanitarian aid to civilians” in Gaza.
The chancellor Jose Luis Albares He said in an interview on public television that “the final solution is the two-state solution, that state of Palestine that coexists and coexists in peace and security.”
The German Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbockfor its part, estimated that “the terror of October 7 marked a cruel rupture for the people of Israel, as well as for the population of the Middle East and our country.”
The chancellor Olaf Scholz and the president Frank Walter Steinmeier They plan to attend the memorial ceremonies. In Berlin, marches have been announced at the initiative of the Jewish community and also of pro-Palestinian sympathizers.
In an open letter to Middle Eastern Catholics, Pope Francis He also criticized the international community’s “shameful inability” to end the conflict.
“A year ago, the fuse of hatred was lit, it was not extinguished but it exploded in a spiral of violence, in the shameful inability of the international community and the most powerful countries to silence the guns and put an end to the tragedy of the war,” he said.
A year ago, the fuse of hatred was lit, it was not extinguished but it exploded in a spiral of violence, in the shameful inability of the international community and the most powerful countries to silence the guns and put an end to the tragedy of the war
Japan “unequivocally condemned” the Hamas attack and added that it is “gravely concerned about the critical humanitarian situation that continues in the Gaza Strip.”
In Netherlandswhere a giant Israeli flag will be displayed in a large square in Amsterdam, pro-Palestinian demonstrations are also expected, with events at several train stations. The prime minister Dick Schoof He will attend a ceremony organized in a synagogue in the capital by the Israeli embassy.
The Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloniexpressed concern about “latent and rampant anti-Semitism” during a ceremony at the Great Synagogue in Rome. “Remembering and strongly condemning what happened a year ago is not a simple ritual, but a prerequisite for any political action we must take to bring peace to the Middle East,” he said.
The president of the United States, Joe Bidenand the Democratic presidential candidate, Kamala HarrisFor their part, they regretted this Monday the attack by Hamas against Israel a year ago, while deploring the civilian victims in Gaza.
“Let us witness the unspeakable brutality of the October 7 attacks” last year, Biden said.
I am devastated by the loss and pain of the Israeli people.
Harris added that he will “never forget the horror” of that day. “I am devastated by the loss and pain of the Israeli people,” the candidate and current vice president said in a statement. In her statement, Harris also said she was “heartbroken by the amount of death and destruction in Gaza over the past year.”
Biden indicated for his part that October 7 will also be remembered “as a black day for the Palestinian people due to the conflict that Hamas unleashed.” “Too many civilians have suffered too much during this year of conflict,” he added.
In their statements, Biden and Harris stressed their commitment to the US military alliance with Israel.
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