Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a letter to the Jewish people and its supporters:
Two years have passed since the October 7 attack - the horrific massacre of our brothers and sisters, residents of the Western Negev and participants in the Nubia party.
We paid a very painful price. Babies, children, adults and the elderly were murdered with shocking cruelty by Hamas terrorists. 251 men and women were kidnapped into the terror tunnels in the Gaza Strip.
My wife and I bow our heads in memory of our martyrs and fallen, whose images will be engraved in our hearts forever. We embrace the grieving families with love, wish a full recovery to the wounded in body and mind, and of course continue to work in every way to return all the abductees - both the living and the fallen.