Oct. 7

Oct. 7 commemoration encourages community to reflect and ‘live meaningfully’

By Adam Reinherz

Although years taken can never be returned, ‘what we can do is to choose what we do with ours’

IDF soldiers prepare for a ground operation in Gaza on Oct. 29.( Photo by IDF Spokesperson's Unit, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=140173756)

Oct. 7World leaders solemnly mark 3 years since Oct. 7, as Hamas and Iran celebrate anniversary

By Nava Freiberg, Nurit Yohanan, Agencies and ToI Staff

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October 8, 2026, 9:21 pm

Oct. 7 commemoration encourages community to reflect and ‘live meaningfully’

Although years taken can never be returned, 'what we can do is to choose what we do with ours'

By Adam Reinherz

A protester holds a Pro-Palestinian protesters overwhelm the area of New York City's Union Square where an Israeli peace group planned to hold an Oct. 7 vigil on Oct. 7, 2026. (Joe Strauss/JTA)

October 8, 2026, 11:21 am

Protesters overrun Oct. 7 Israeli peace vigil attended by Mamdani

Demonstrators mocked and yelled at participants in the event organized by the left-wing group Israelis for Peace.

By Joseph Strauss

October 7, 2026, 10:47 am

World leaders solemnly mark 3 years since Oct. 7, as Hamas and Iran celebrate anniversary

UK’s Burnham condemns ‘senseless’ attack, laments ‘disturbing rise in antisemitism’; Macron calls onslaught ‘barbaric’ as French FM visits Israel to commemorate victims, hostages

By Nava Freiberg, Nurit Yohanan, Agencies and ToI Staff

October 6, 2026, 6:29 pm

Chronicle poll results: Feelings about being Jewish post-Oct. 7

We asked our readers if the way they feel about being Jewish has changed since Oct. 7, 2023. Here's what they said.

By Toby Tabachnick

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, Israel Police Commissioner Danny Levi, and Shin Bet chief David Zini meet at Zamir’s office in Tel Aviv, October 6, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

October 6, 2026, 6:19 pm

Israel’s National Security Council warns Iran could attack Israel, Jews on Oct. 7

Israelis abroad urged not to speak Hebrew in crowded places or approach demonstrations; heads of IDF, Shin Bet and police discuss plans to keep Oct. 27 election ‘orderly and safe’

By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff

Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, October 04, 2026. (Photo by Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

October 6, 2026, 3:24 pm

‘Remember 7.10.23’: In Israel, Hostage Square bears few remnants of a national crisis – but trauma lingers

Israelis grapple with the effects of the worst attack in the country’s history, and fears that another could occur.

By Michele Chabin

A composite of 170 Gazans who, according to the IDF, were identified as journalists but who were in fact members of terror groups, October 1, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

October 2, 2026, 11:29 am

IDF documents terror affiliations of 170 Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza war

Army’s online database lists Palestinians who worked for major international media outlets, which it slams for ‘repeatedly accusing Israel… of deliberately harming journalists’

By Emanual Fabian

September 29, 2026, 6:37 pm

Chronicle poll question

How has Oct. 7 changed the way you feel about being Jewish?

Protesters outside The New York Times offices in New York City, May 14, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

September 17, 2026, 5:28 pm

New York Times walks back line that seemed to question if Israelis were victims on Oct. 7

The statement marked the second time the newspaper addressed criticism of its Israel coverage this week.

By Luke Tress

Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor with the Special Jury Prize for "Naza" during the Venice International Film Festival (Photo by Ondine Goat, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)

September 14, 2026, 3:35 pm

‘Blood libel’: Israeli politicians assail Israeli film alleging AI-powered killing in Gaza

After IDF rejects claims made in ‘NAZA,’ chief of staff reportedly to hold meeting on response; MK Lazimi assails culture minister for bid to revoke filmmakers’ citizenship

By Michael Horovitz

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) speaks to then-Mossad chief David Barnea at Mossad headquarters during a New Year toast on September 14, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

September 8, 2026, 7:40 am

Days before Oct. 7, UAE leader warned Netanyahu Hamas was planning war, but PM did nothing with the info – report

In month before massacre, Sinwar said to convey message via UAE he was ready to launch ‘earthquake’ amid moribund talks with Israel, PM didn’t inform Shin Bet of Emirati president’s warning; Bennett: Report is true

By ToI Staff

August 19, 2026, 2:42 pm

Chronicle poll question

Have you been to Israel since Oct. 7, 2023?

Sapir Cohen and Sasha Troufanov share their experiences of being kidnapped by Hamas and held hostage in Gaza at the Jewish Community Center of Houston on May 29, 2025. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

July 6, 2026, 11:25 am

Former Israeli hostages Sasha Trufanov and Sapir Cohen wed in emotional ceremony

An Israeli negotiator who said government decisions had cost hostages’ lives was among the attendees.

By Philissa Cramer

Amir Tibon (L) and his book, “The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival, and Hope in Israel’s Borderlands." (Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature)

June 16, 2026, 4:12 pm

Journalist Amir Tibon wins Sami Rohr Prize for book on his family’s Oct. 7 survival

2026 Jewish literature prize awarded for book recounting how Tibon’s father, a retired IDF major general, saved his son and family during the massacre in Kibbutz Nahal Oz

By ToI Staff

Hamas’s Gaza Strip leader Yahya Sinwar in a tunnel in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, October 10, 2023 (IDF Spokesman)

June 15, 2026, 2:36 pm

Hamas documents show Oct. 7 attack aimed at thwarting Israel-Saudi normalization

Kan reveals minutes from Gaza meetings in run-up to terror onslaught, recording then-chief Sinwar’s decision to launch ‘exceptional action’ to spoil regional rapprochement

By ToI Staff