Former Israeli generals link today’s hunt for Hamas terrorists to Golda Meir’s post-Munich strategy of retribution and deterrence, still shaping national defense five decades later.

The main memorial in Tel Aviv, planned for later in the evening and organized by the bereaved families, is separate from a ceremony that the government will hold on the anniversary next week according to the Hebrew calendar.

Palestinian health authorities say Israel's two-year-old ground and air campaign against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip has killed more than 67,000 people, with nearly a third of the dead under the age of 18.

The second anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks comes with peace talks underway, but with hostages still in Gaza, more than 67,000 Palestinians dead and Israel more isolated than ever before.

Over 1,000 synagogues and churches are honoring victims from Oct. 7 through a project that a South Jersey group helped coordinate.

The Israel-Premier Tech team is to drop Israel from its name from next season, with owner Sylvan Adams also stepping back from day-to-day operations.

The Vatican's top diplomat sharply criticised Israel's "ongoing massacre" in Gaza in comments published on Monday - one of the Catholic Church's strongest condemnations of Israel's war against the militant group Hamas.

Italy host Israel in an October 14 World Cup qualifier, in Udine where the football stadium only holds 6,000 spectators.