REUTERS/Irina Dambrauskas/People around the world held vigils, ceremonies and protests to mark Monday's first anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza, as fighting raged on in the enclave. The militants killed some 1,200 people and took about 250 hostages to Gaza on Oct. 7 last year, according to Israeli figures. Nearly 42,000 people have been killed in Gaza, according to Palestinian health authorities, and most of the 2.3-million-strong population displaced. ISRAELCeremonies began at about 6:29 am, the time when Hamas-led militants launched rockets into Israel at the start of the Oct. 7 attack last year. Hamas said it fired a missile salvo at Tel Aviv, with the Israeli military saying sirens sounded in central Israel.
