{"id":80842,"date":"2024-10-07T18:39:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T18:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/10\/07\/israel-marks-a-year-since-hamas-oct-7-attack-as-war-rages-on\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:29:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:29:30","slug":"israel-marks-a-year-since-hamas-oct-7-attack-as-war-rages-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2024\/10\/07\/israel-marks-a-year-since-hamas-oct-7-attack-as-war-rages-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel marks a year since Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7 attack as war rages on"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

RE\u2019IM, Israel (AP) \u2014 Israelis held somber ceremonies Monday to mark a year since the deadliest attack in the country\u2019s history<\/a>, a Hamas-led raid that shattered its sense of security and has since spiraled into wars on two fronts with no end in sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hamas marked the anniversary of its Oct. 7, 2023, attack by firing a barrage of rockets at Tel Aviv, underscoring its resilience after a year of war and devastation in Gaza<\/a>. Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah, which began firing rockets at Israel on Oct. 8 in support of its ally Hamas, fired more than 170 rockets despite its recent losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conflict soon drew in the United States military as well, and troops levels there remain higher than normal in order to prevent a bigger war from breaking out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few weeks after Hamas\u2019 attack, on Oct. 19, the Navy destroyer Carney became the first American warship to take out a salvo of drones and missiles fired by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That back-and-forth between the Houthis and the Navy has continued on a near-daily clip for the past year in the Red Sea and Gulf of Oman, and Navy ships have also played a role in shooting down Iranian missiles fired at Israel on two occasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. ground forces have also endured months of attacks by Iran-backed militias in Syria and Iraq, although the frequency of such attacks has lessened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, a January attack on the Tower 22 base on Jordan\u2019s border with Syria killed three U.S. troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are Sgt. Kennedy Sanders, Sgt. Breonna Moffett and Staff Sgt. William Rivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From left, U.S. Army Reserve soldiers Sgt. Kennedy Sanders, Staff Sgt. William Jerome Rivers and Sgt. Breonna Moffett were killed in a drone strike on Jan. 28, 2024, at their base in Jordan near the Syrian border. (AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Questions have also emerged about how long the U.S. military \u2014 and the Navy in particular \u2014 can keep expending finite resources in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to press Israel\u2019s campaigns on all sides, the military bombarded southern Lebanon with more than 120 strikes in an hour Monday, saying it was targeting Hezbollah positions. An earlier strike killed at least 10 Lebanese firefighters, the latest of dozens of first responders<\/a> killed in recent weeks, according to Lebanon \u2018s Health Ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a possible sign of the expansion of its campaign, the military said it would soon launch operations on Lebanon\u2019s southern coast, telling residents to stay off the beaches and the sea for a 36-mile stretch along the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Israeli troops shot and killed a 12-year-old Palestinian boy in a refugee camp, Palestinian health officials said. The military said it opened fire on Palestinians throwing stones at its forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A year since Hamas\u2019 surprise cross-border attack<\/a>, the war in Gaza rages on even as Israel is fighting a new war against Hezbollah<\/a>, escalating its bombing campaign in Lebanon the past three weeks. There is also a mounting conflict with Iran<\/a> \u2014 which backs both Hamas and Hezbollah \u2014 that threatens to drag the region into an even more dangerous conflagration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And within Israel, two main commemorations for the day underscored the country\u2019s divisions. One was held by the government, the other in Tel Aviv by families of those killed on Oct. 7 and of hostages still held in Gaza who refused to join the official ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a sign of how Israelis\u2019 faith in their leaders and military were shaken when the militants stormed out of Gaza, catching the country unprepared on a major Jewish holiday. The militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted another 250. Around 100 hostages have not been returned, a third of whom are believed to be dead, and cease-fire efforts have ground to a halt.<\/p>\n\n\n\t