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Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: Israeli leaders, protesters mark Oct. 7 anniversary
Tens of thousands have been killed in one year of war across multiple fronts.
Israel is marking the first anniversary of Hamas' Oct. 7 attack as its Lebanon operation continues and leaders consider their response to Iran's latest long-range missile attack.
Hundreds of Iranian missiles were fired into the country last week, according to Danny Danon, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations.
Iran said the unprecedented attack was retaliation for a wave of assassinations carried out by Israel over the last several weeks targeting Hezbollah, including leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Most of the missiles were intercepted, but "several hits were identified, and the damage is being assessed," an Israeli security official said.
Tune in to ABC News Live at 4 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 7, for "Oct 7th: Race to Survive" -- special coverage of the anniversary of the conflict. Veteran correspondent Matt Gutman highlights voices of Israelis and Palestinians impacted by the war and the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
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Hostage families protest outside Netanyahu’s residence
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum rallied outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Jerusalem residence on Monday morning to mark one year since hundreds were taken as hostages during Hamas' Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel.
Attendees sounded a two-minute siren outside Netanyahu's home, "urging him to end the abandonment of their loved ones and to bring back all the hostages in a deal -- the living for rehabilitation and the deceased for proper burial," the group wrote in a statement.
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum has been a part of massive public pressure on Netanyahu to reach a cease-fire and hostage-release deal with Hamas in Gaza.
There are around 101 hostages still being held by militants inside the strip, around two thirds of whom are thought to be alive.
-ABC News' Jordana Miller
Additional Israeli division joins Lebanon attack, IDF says
Another division joined Israel's cross-border assaults into Lebanon on Sunday, Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Avichay Adraee said.
The 91st Galilee Division "began a limited and targeted ground operation in southern Lebanon," Adraee said in a post on X.
"Since the beginning of the war, the Galilee Division has been fighting defensively in tandem with numerous offensive operations targeting the enemy and its infrastructure in southern Lebanon from the air and on the ground," he said.
"Over the past few weeks, the division's forces have carried out hundreds of attacks and eliminated dozens of terrorists."
Israeli president begins Oct. 7 memorial visits
Israeli President Isaac Herzog began a series of planned visits to border communities impacted in Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks with a stop at the site of the Nova Festival in Re'im on Monday.
Hamas fighters killed 364 people at the site close to the Gaza frontier on Oct. 7. More than 40 people were taken back into Gaza as hostages.
Herzog -- who was joined by bereaved families -- observed a moment of silence at the site in memory of the victims, after which he laid a wreath and lit memorial candles.
-ABC News' Jordana Miller
Palestinian-American doctor says suffering in Gaza is 'immeasurable'
Palestinian-American physician and writer Dr. Fady Joudah spoke with Phil Lipof on ABC News Live about his experiences and perspective ahead of the first anniversary of Oct. 7.
Joudah described the losses in Gaza since then as "immeasurable," saying to ABC News that no political or historical explanation can justify it.
As the Israel-Hamas war reaches the one-year mark, nearly 42,000 Palestinians have been killed in the territory, and just over half the dead have been women and children, according to local health officials.
"Even if the war stops tomorrow or the next minute, the suffering of the Palestinian people is immeasurable at this point," he said.