Philadelphia Jewish, Palestinian Organizations Partner For Days Of Action To Honor Victims Of Oct. 7 Hamas Attack

CBS Philadelphia

October 8, 2024

The Philadelphia region remembered the victims of Hamas' horrific terror attack in Israel one year later on Monday.

The conflict in the Middle East over the past year between Hamas and Israel has unexpectedly led to presumed enemies rooted in differences of faith becoming unlikely allies.

In Jewish tradition, Yahrzeit marks the anniversary of a death. A ceremony at Fairmount Water Works commemorated a year of mourning since the deadly Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel. But, this Yahrzeit was untraditional given the presence of Palestinians alongside Jews.

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