SDEROT, Israel (AP) — Israelis mark three years since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack with memorials at homes, roadsides and the Nova festival site, as voters prepare to channel anger and frustration into this month's first election since the war began.
Jews wearing prayer shawls for the holiday of Sukkot visit the site of the Nova music festival, where hundreds of revelers were killed and abducted three years prior in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, near Kibbutz Reim in southern Israel, Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Members of the Yesha community attend military training during the simulation of a militant attack, under the direction of volunteers from a group called Magen48, in southern Israel along the border with Gaza, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Israelis stand on the sidewalk outside a police station where a memorial stands for victims of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas three years prior, in Sderot, southern Israel, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Visitors gather on a hill overlooking the Gaza Strip in Sderot, southern Israel, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Graffiti in Hebrew on a concrete wall reads: "Gaza is ours forever" near Kibbutz Netiv HaAsara, which is near the Israel-Gaza border in southern Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Israelis mark the Simchat Torah Jewish holiday on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026, in Sderot, one of the areas in southern Israel attacked by Hamas three years prior on Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A member of the Yesha community attends military training during the simulation of a militant attack, under the direction of volunteers from a group called Magen48, in southern Israel along the border with Gaza, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
People visit a memorial at a police station attacked by Hamas on Oct. 7 three years prior, in Sderot, southern Israel, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Amir Zini shares with visitors the story of how his son Nirel Zini and Nirel's partner Niv Raviv were killed three years prior in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, at the entrance of the couple's home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel, Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
People spend the day on Zikim Beach, one of the sites targeted on Oct. 7 three years prior during the Hamas attack, in southern Israel near the Israel-Gaza border, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Alarm sirens stand at the site of the Nova music festival, where hundreds of revelers were killed and abducted in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack three years prior, near Kibbutz Reim in southern Israel, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A person's shadow is cast on a large photo of the site of the Nova music festival, taken after hundreds of revelers were killed and abducted there three years prior in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, on display at the site of the attack near Kibbutz Reim in southern Israel, Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Levana Hadad watches testimonies from the survivors of Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel three years prior as part of a project titled "Real Time Oct. 7," at the Sderot Visitors Center in Sderot, southern Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
People visit a memorial made up of the vehicles that were burned and damaged during the Oct. 7 cross-border attack by Hamas militants three years prior, on the outskirts of Netivot in southern Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Visitors look at the damage inside the home of Nirel Zini and his partner Niv Raviv, who were killed three years prior in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel, Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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Jews wearing prayer shawls for the holiday of Sukkot visit the site of the Nova music festival, where hundreds of revelers were killed and abducted three years prior in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, near Kibbutz Reim in southern Israel, Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Members of the Yesha community attend military training during the simulation of a militant attack, under the direction of volunteers from a group called Magen48, in southern Israel along the border with Gaza, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Israelis stand on the sidewalk outside a police station where a memorial stands for victims of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas three years prior, in Sderot, southern Israel, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Visitors gather on a hill overlooking the Gaza Strip in Sderot, southern Israel, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Graffiti in Hebrew on a concrete wall reads: "Gaza is ours forever" near Kibbutz Netiv HaAsara, which is near the Israel-Gaza border in southern Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Israelis mark the Simchat Torah Jewish holiday on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026, in Sderot, one of the areas in southern Israel attacked by Hamas three years prior on Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A member of the Yesha community attends military training during the simulation of a militant attack, under the direction of volunteers from a group called Magen48, in southern Israel along the border with Gaza, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
People visit a memorial at a police station attacked by Hamas on Oct. 7 three years prior, in Sderot, southern Israel, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Amir Zini shares with visitors the story of how his son Nirel Zini and Nirel's partner Niv Raviv were killed three years prior in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, at the entrance of the couple's home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel, Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
People spend the day on Zikim Beach, one of the sites targeted on Oct. 7 three years prior during the Hamas attack, in southern Israel near the Israel-Gaza border, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Alarm sirens stand at the site of the Nova music festival, where hundreds of revelers were killed and abducted in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack three years prior, near Kibbutz Reim in southern Israel, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A person's shadow is cast on a large photo of the site of the Nova music festival, taken after hundreds of revelers were killed and abducted there three years prior in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, on display at the site of the attack near Kibbutz Reim in southern Israel, Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Levana Hadad watches testimonies from the survivors of Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel three years prior as part of a project titled "Real Time Oct. 7," at the Sderot Visitors Center in Sderot, southern Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
People visit a memorial made up of the vehicles that were burned and damaged during the Oct. 7 cross-border attack by Hamas militants three years prior, on the outskirts of Netivot in southern Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
