Pro-Palestinians Rally In San Francisco Nearly A Year After Oct. 7 Attacks

CBS Bay Area

October 7, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO – Monday marks one year since the brutal surprise attack by Hamas on Israel that left nearly 1,200 people dead and hundreds kidnapped and held hostage. Since then, Israel's response has taken the lives of more than 40,000 Palestinians. It's a conflict that has split the Bay Area, including the Jewish community.

Sunday was just one day shy of a year since the Hamas attacks on Israel threw the Middle East into war and pulled the world into the open sore that is the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. But Rabbi Mark Bloom with Oakland's Temple Beth Abraham said it feels like only yesterday.

"October 7th this year is a terrible anniversary for the Jewish people and I would say the trauma still seems fresh and raw," he said. "I would say most of the members of our congregation are still in a state of sadness. And even though life goes on, there's still some lingering sadness that doesn't seem to be disappearing any time soon."

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