02:22Berlin's Jewish community and supporters gathered on Monday, during the one-year anniversary of the ongoing war in Gaza, to commemorate the lives lost during Hamas's October 7 attack on southern Israel.
Footage shows a collage of the victims' portraits on display at the demonstration site. Attendees can be seen waving Israeli flags, watching performance, listening to a prayer and observing a minute of silence to honour the lives lost in the attack.
"I find it absolutely terrible. For a year, a year ago, I thought I would be shocked that something like this was possible today. First of all, the attack itself and then the reactions to it. I find that so unbelievable. And that's why it's important to me to be here," one demonstrator said.
"The Israelis should overthrow their right-wing government," another added. "But that's not happening. That's a real shame. I read in the newspaper today that the media in Israel aren't reporting what's actually happening in Gaza and that people aren't even informed about what's happening there. I think that's really, really bad."
According to local media, more than 2,000 police officers in Berlin patrolled a number of memorial events honouring the victims of the attack.
Similar rallies commemorating the victims of the October 7 attack were also held in other cities around the globe this week, including in Berlin, Vancouver and London.
On October 7, 2023, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups launched an unprecedented assault on southern Israel. Israel reported that 1,139 people were killed, mostly civilians and that Hamas fighters had seized at least 251 hostages before returning to Gaza.
In response, Israel initiated an air campaign and a ground offensive into Gaza, where Palestinian authorities claim over 40,000 people have since been killed, although the death toll is thought to be higher.
Israel has strongly denied allegations of 'genocide', also made by a number of countries at the International Criminal Court, and says its actions in Gaza are in self-defence and against Hamas operatives and infrastructure.
A number of hostage-prisoner swaps have taken place, although talks to agree a permanent ceasefire have stalled. The conflict recently spread to Lebanon, where Israel launched a 'limited' ground incursion against militant group Hezbollah following a campaign of airstrikes. The sides have conducted cross-border strikes since the outbreak of the Gaza war.
'I find it absolutely terrible' - Berlin's Jewish community mourns victims on one-year anniversary of October 7
Berlin's Jewish community and supporters gathered on Monday, during the one-year anniversary of the ongoing war in Gaza, to commemorate the lives lost during Hamas's October 7 attack on southern Israel.
Footage shows a collage of the victims' portraits on display at the demonstration site. Attendees can be seen waving Israeli flags, watching performance, listening to a prayer and observing a minute of silence to honour the lives lost in the attack.
"I find it absolutely terrible. For a year, a year ago, I thought I would be shocked that something like this was possible today. First of all, the attack itself and then the reactions to it. I find that so unbelievable. And that's why it's important to me to be here," one demonstrator said.
"The Israelis should overthrow their right-wing government," another added. "But that's not happening. That's a real shame. I read in the newspaper today that the media in Israel aren't reporting what's actually happening in Gaza and that people aren't even informed about what's happening there. I think that's really, really bad."
According to local media, more than 2,000 police officers in Berlin patrolled a number of memorial events honouring the victims of the attack.
Similar rallies commemorating the victims of the October 7 attack were also held in other cities around the globe this week, including in Berlin, Vancouver and London.
On October 7, 2023, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups launched an unprecedented assault on southern Israel. Israel reported that 1,139 people were killed, mostly civilians and that Hamas fighters had seized at least 251 hostages before returning to Gaza.
In response, Israel initiated an air campaign and a ground offensive into Gaza, where Palestinian authorities claim over 40,000 people have since been killed, although the death toll is thought to be higher.
Israel has strongly denied allegations of 'genocide', also made by a number of countries at the International Criminal Court, and says its actions in Gaza are in self-defence and against Hamas operatives and infrastructure.
A number of hostage-prisoner swaps have taken place, although talks to agree a permanent ceasefire have stalled. The conflict recently spread to Lebanon, where Israel launched a 'limited' ground incursion against militant group Hezbollah following a campaign of airstrikes. The sides have conducted cross-border strikes since the outbreak of the Gaza war.
Berlin's Jewish community and supporters gathered on Monday, during the one-year anniversary of the ongoing war in Gaza, to commemorate the lives lost during Hamas's October 7 attack on southern Israel.
Footage shows a collage of the victims' portraits on display at the demonstration site. Attendees can be seen waving Israeli flags, watching performance, listening to a prayer and observing a minute of silence to honour the lives lost in the attack.
"I find it absolutely terrible. For a year, a year ago, I thought I would be shocked that something like this was possible today. First of all, the attack itself and then the reactions to it. I find that so unbelievable. And that's why it's important to me to be here," one demonstrator said.
"The Israelis should overthrow their right-wing government," another added. "But that's not happening. That's a real shame. I read in the newspaper today that the media in Israel aren't reporting what's actually happening in Gaza and that people aren't even informed about what's happening there. I think that's really, really bad."
According to local media, more than 2,000 police officers in Berlin patrolled a number of memorial events honouring the victims of the attack.
Similar rallies commemorating the victims of the October 7 attack were also held in other cities around the globe this week, including in Berlin, Vancouver and London.
On October 7, 2023, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups launched an unprecedented assault on southern Israel. Israel reported that 1,139 people were killed, mostly civilians and that Hamas fighters had seized at least 251 hostages before returning to Gaza.
In response, Israel initiated an air campaign and a ground offensive into Gaza, where Palestinian authorities claim over 40,000 people have since been killed, although the death toll is thought to be higher.
Israel has strongly denied allegations of 'genocide', also made by a number of countries at the International Criminal Court, and says its actions in Gaza are in self-defence and against Hamas operatives and infrastructure.
A number of hostage-prisoner swaps have taken place, although talks to agree a permanent ceasefire have stalled. The conflict recently spread to Lebanon, where Israel launched a 'limited' ground incursion against militant group Hezbollah following a campaign of airstrikes. The sides have conducted cross-border strikes since the outbreak of the Gaza war.