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Middle East crisis live: Joe Biden calls for end to war and civilian suffering as Israel remembers victims of 7 October
US president says deal to secure ceasefire that brings hostages home and allows humanitarian aid into Gaza must be priority
Pictures are beginning to come in from the site of the Nova music festival, where about 360 people were shot dead in last year’s Hamas attack, and where family and friends are holding commemorations.
President Isaac Herzog was among those holding a moment of silence there at 6.29am, when the attack began last year.
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