FACT CHECK · OCTOBER 7
Claim: 7 October: what happened, three years on
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
AFP count: 1,195 killed, 815 of them civilians, 36 children in the civilian count. 251 taken hostage into Gaza. The deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust.
SOURCE
AFP tally; Israeli government data
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