Montreal marks six months since Israel-Hamas war
Global News
Hundreds in Montreal turned out for separate events Sunday to mark six months since the Oct. 7th attacks triggered the war between Israel and Hamas.
Six bloody months, tens of thousands dead, more than a hundred still in captivity and thousands on the verge of famine.
It’s against this backdrop that hundreds turned out in separate events Sunday to mark six months since the October 7th attacks triggered the war between Israel and Hamas.
At an auditorium in Côte-des-Neiges where members of Montreal’s Jewish community gathered, Margaret Mankin remembers her nephew Omer Shem Tov.
“Who was captured on October 7th at the Nova music festival,” she told Global. “We’ve had very little news about him all this time.”
Federal Liberal MP Anthony Housefather says his mind is also on the hostages.
“I’ve been in direct touch with many of the families of the hostages,” he says. “I’ve met with many of them and they don’t sleep, they don’t eat.”
According to the Israeli government, 133 hostages are still being held by Hamas in Gaza, taken in the deadly chaos of October 7th. Those in Montreal concerned about the hostages and the conflict marched through Côte-des-Neiges and Hampstead before gathering at the Federation CJA building.
Later, at Dorchester Square in downtown Montreal those with family and connections in Gaza protested Israel’s ongoing military action, continuing their long-standing calls for a ceasefire.
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