News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Israelis across the country blared sirens and took a minute to stand in silence at sunrise on Monday to mark one year since the beginning of a Hamas-led attack on Israeli border communities. https://t.co/MeSiOXMX7i pic.twitter.com/cmA8bri1RF
— ABC News (@ABC) October 7, 2024
President Biden and Vice President Harris mark one year since Oct. 7 attack https://t.co/yIduyKvKwd
— The Hill (@thehill) October 7, 2024
"Every moment was worse than the other … I was sure we were going to die."
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 7, 2024
63-year-old Aviva Siegel, who was held hostage in Gaza for 51 days, and whose husband Keith remains in Hamas captivity, recounts her time trapped inside the Hamas tunnels. pic.twitter.com/ijn1yebNS1
Gaza is likely to get a new governing structure in the coming year, Israel’s EU envoy has said.https://t.co/VFqDXfl100
— POLITICOEurope (@POLITICOEurope) October 7, 2024
BREAKING: The Israeli military says it will soon launch operations on Lebanon's southern coast, warning residents to stay off beaches. https://t.co/Ee7QuD9XXz
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 7, 2024
Hezbollah launched rockets at Haifa, Israel's third-largest city, as Israeli forces geared up for ground incursions into southern Lebanon. This coincided with the anniversary of the Gaza war, underscoring the conflict's expansion across the Middle East https://t.co/qL75zxxYGy pic.twitter.com/wWLF2rtVOa
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 7, 2024
Russian court sentences US citizen to six years in prison for fighting for Ukraine, according to state media.https://t.co/ohlhdbl3J7
— CNN (@CNN) October 7, 2024
BREAKING: Milton rapidly intensified to a Category 5 hurricane late Monday morning.
— ABC News (@ABC) October 7, 2024
Follow live updates: https://t.co/LF1joG2enD pic.twitter.com/qyw8tmqXbN
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is not taking calls from VP Harris about storm recovery just over a week after Hurricane Helene hammered parts of his state. https://t.co/fryqMowMXl
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 7, 2024
The Georgia Supreme Court restored the state's six-week abortion ban, halting a judge's ruling a week ago that the six-week ban is unconstitutional and abortions could continue past six weeks. https://t.co/gQREG5mBeJ
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 7, 2024
BREAKING: The Supreme Court lets stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate Texas ban https://t.co/ZrKDWGTfDM
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 7, 2024
The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft rocketed away on a two-year journey to a small, harmless asteroid rammed by NASA two years ago in a dress rehearsal for the day a space rock threatens Earth. https://t.co/dQBOz72UhO
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 7, 2024
