What Happened on October 7, 2023

Historical Events

Hamas Attacks Israel

Hamas launches a major air and ground attack on Israel from Gaza, killing over a thousand people and taking hundreds of hostages, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare "We are at war." [1]

Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu

Two 6.8 magnitude earthquakes strike Afghanistan's Herat Province, killing at least 2,400 people [1]

Events in 2023

Famous Deaths

Eric Griffin, American boxer (World C'ship gold Light Flyweight 1989, 1991), dies at 55
Park Jong-hwan, South Korean soccer manager (South Korea 1983-84, 86-88, 90, 95-96; Seoul FC), dies at 85
Phyllis "Pippa" Latour, British secret agent in France during WWII (MBE, French Legion of Honour), dies at 102

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