Was Hamas' attack the bloodiest day for Jews since the Holocaust?

Others have tried to put the death toll — now at 700 soldiers and civilians — in perspective by setting it against a far bloodier tragedy: the Holocaust.

Palestinian Hamas militants take part in a rally during the 35th anniversary of Hamas founding, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, December 14, 2022.

(photo credit: REUTERS/IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA)

ByJTA STAFF

OCTOBER 9, 2023 01:27

Updated: OCTOBER 9, 2023 01:46

Was Hamas' attack the bloodiest day for Jews since the Holocaust?

Others have tried to put the death toll — now at 700 soldiers and civilians — in perspective by setting it against a far bloodier tragedy: the Holocaust.

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Was Hamas' attack the bloodiest day for Jews since the Holocaust?

Others have tried to put the death toll — now at 700 soldiers and civilians — in perspective by setting it against a far bloodier tragedy: the Holocaust.

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