David Lammy remembers 7 October attack victims one year on

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David Lammy remembers 7 October ******* victims one year on

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The foreign secretary attended commemorations for victims of the 7 October attacks at South Tottenham ******* Synagogue

Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said it was “a day of deep reflection and pain”, as he commemorated the victims of ******’s 7 October ******* on *******.

Lammy described the ******* last year, which ******* about 1,200 people, as “the worst ******* on the ******* community since the Holocaust”.

Speaking at South Tottenham Synagogue, he said he was thinking of the “many hostages that are still held in Gaza” – particularly Emily Damari, the only British-******** ******** still in captivity.

Ms Damari, 28, was taken ******** into Gaza along with 250 others. Her family have “no word of her fate or how she is doing”, Lammy added.

A total of 97 hostages remain unaccounted for.

******* responded to ******’s ******* with a military campaign in Gaza, which has ******* thousands in the ************ territory.

“This is a painful day for the ******* community across this country and across the diaspora,” Lammy told reporters.

“It is a day of deep reflection and pain thinking about 7 October, the worst ******* on the ******* community since the Holocaust,” he added.

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Emily Damari’s family have had “no word of her fate or how she is doing”, Lammy said

Addressing a memorial event in London on Sunday, Ms Damari’s mother Mandy said that hostages released last November told her they had had contact with Emily in captivity.

Mandy said Britain and other countries need to do more to secure the release of her daughter and the other hostages.

“How is it that she is still imprisoned there after one year? Why isn’t the whole world, especially Britain, fighting every moment to secure her release? She’s one of their own,” she said.

On Sunday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the country must “unequivocally” stand with the ******* community and described 7 October as the “darkest day in ******* history since the Holocaust”.

“As a father, a husband, a son, a brother – meeting the families of those who lost their loved ones last week was unimaginable. Their grief and pain are ours, and it is shared in homes across the land,” Sir Keir said.

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