Nova music festival victims remembered; Rocket fire continues

Multiple projectiles were fired from the Gaza Strip just minutes after Israel began to formally commemorate last year’s October 7 attacks. Follow the updates.

Relatives of people who were killed at the Nova Festival on October 7 have gathered at a memorial to mark one year since the brutal attack by Hamas terrorists.

The final music track that was playing at the festival when militants invaded will be played and then cut off at the moment of the attack 12 months ago. A minute’s silence will be observed.

It comes as multiple projectiles were fired from the Gaza Strip just minutes after the country began to formally commemorate last year’s October 7 attacks, the Israeli military said.

“Following the sirens that sounded at 06.31am in several communities near the Gaza Strip, four projectiles were identified crossing from the southern Gaza Strip. Three of the projectiles were intercepted by the IAF (air force) and a fallen projectile was identified in an open area,” the military said in a statement.

Family members and friends of the lost and kidnapped gather at the site of the Nova Festival to mark the one year anniversary of the attacks by Hamas. Picture: Getty Images

A woman breaks down at the memorial to Yulia Waxer Daunov, as family members and friends of the lost and kidnapped gather at the site of the Nova Festival to mark the one year anniversary of the attacks by Hamas, on October 07, 2024 in Re'im, Israel. Picture: Getty Images

The armed wing of Hamas said it had fired rockets into southern Israel at “enemy gatherings” at Rafah crossing, Kerem Shalom crossing and kibbutz Holit near the border with Gaza.

The Israeli military said it had also prevented an “immediate threat” from Hamas’ intentions to fire rockets.

“The IAF (air force) struck Hamas launch posts and underground terrorist infrastructure throughout the Gaza Strip,” the military said.

“Furthermore, overnight, the IAF and IDF (Israeli army) artillery struck targets in the central Gaza Strip that posed a threat to IDF troops operating in the area.”

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli air strike that targeted a neighbourhood in Beirut’s southern suburb late on October 6, 2024. Picture: AFP

The military said sirens also sounded in the Upper Galilee area of northern Israel, with no let-up in the daily rocket fire from neighbouring Lebanon, where Israeli forces are fighting Hezbollah militants.

Earlier on Monday the military said it had also intercepted two “suspicious aerial targets” that were launched from the east.

It comes as hundreds of Australians fleeing Lebanon are expected to return home after being evacuated on government-assisted flights via Cyprus, according to Newswire.

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