Iran launched almost 200 missiles at Israel, though Israeli authorities said there were no injuries and scattered damage and fires from falling shrapnel.
By Associated Press
Palestinian fighters in Gaza fired a wave of rockets into Israel as the nation mourned the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that killed 1,200 people and set off a war that has engulfed Gaza and parts of Lebanon and threatened to ignite a wider regional conflict.
Israel, which has focused increasingly on Hezbollah militants in Lebanon in recent weeks, warned people in over a dozen towns and villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate.
The Hamas-led attack last year saw fighters stream into Israel, attacking communities and security outposts and battering the reputation of Israel’s vaunted military and intelligence services. Today, many of those communities are struggling to rebuild. Around 100 of some 250 hostages that terrorists took that day have not been released. About a third of those remaining are thought to be dead.
Hamas has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United States, Canada and the European Union.
Much of Gaza, meanwhile, is in ruins in the wake of Israel’s assault, with more than 41,000 Palestinians killed, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not differentiate between fighters and civilians.
