Hamas launches rockets from Gaza one year after Oct. 7 attacks, while IDF strikes terror targets

The Israel Defense Forces announced Monday that aggregate rockets were fired toward Israel from the Gaza Strip connected the one-year day of the Hamas violent onslaught that launched the war. 

Military officials accidental the Israeli Air Force "intercepted 5 launches that crossed from the northbound of the Gaza Strip" into Israel. The Jerusalem Post reported that 2 radical were lightly injured aft being deed with shrapnel. 

"Sirens sounded successful Israeli communities surrounding Gaza a fewer moments ago," the IDF wrote connected X. "At precisely this clip past year, sirens were sounded each implicit Israel, marking the opening of Hamas’ October 7 massacre." 

The Israeli subject said anterior to the attack, its troops "struck Hamas panic targets and launchers passim the Gaza Strip" successful bid to thwart "an contiguous threat." 

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Firefighters respond to a warehouse successful Kfar Chabad, southeast of Tel Aviv, Israel, connected Oct. 7 aft rockets were fired from Gaza. (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)

"A abbreviated portion ago, the Israel Air Force (IAF) struck Hamas motorboat posts and underground violent infrastructure," the IDF added. "Furthermore, overnight, the IAF and IDF artillery struck targets successful the cardinal Gaza Strip that posed a menace to IDF troops operating successful the area." 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited a memorial successful Jerusalem connected Monday for civilians, archetypal responders and soldiers killed successful Hamas’ onslaught connected Oct. 7, 2023. 

"We retrieve our fallen, our hostages – whom we are committed to instrumentality – our heroes who fell successful defence of our homeland and country. We went done a unspeakable massacre a twelvemonth agone and we arose arsenic a federation arsenic lions," helium said. 

ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF OCT. 7 ATTACKS ARRIVES WITH LASTING TRAUMA FOR ISRAELIS, AMERICAN JEWS: EXPERT 

The country astatine a warehouse successful Kfar Chabad, Israel connected Oct. 7 aft Hamas fired rockets connected the 1 twelvemonth day of the violent onslaught that launched the warfare successful Gaza.  (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)

There are inactive 101 hostages who person been held successful Gaza by Hamas since the commencement of the war. Thirty-six of them are declared dormant and their bodies are being held by the violent group. 

Idan Shtivi, a 28-year-old who volunteered to photograph the Nova euphony festival successful confederate Israel that Hamas attacked connected Oct. 7, was declared dormant connected Monday. 

Idan, an biology sciences student, loved nature, camping, and music. He was readying to enactment successful the vigor assemblage to combat clime alteration and articulation an African unpaid programme that immunodeficiency children. 

Idan Shtivi, 28, was declared dormant Monday aft being taken hostage by Hamas. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

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"On October 7, Idan arrived astatine the Nova Festival successful the aboriginal greeting to papers his friends' performances and workshops. However, helium ne'er made it inside," the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said successful a statement. "When the onslaught began, Idan helped 2 strangers helium had conscionable met flight from the site. This selfless prime yet led to his abduction." 

Fox News’ Yonat Friling and the Associated Press contributed to this report.