Australia's Jewish community is marking two years since the October 7 attacks in Israel that claimed the lives of 1,200 people, but the commemorations have been overshadowed by pro-Hamas graffiti in Melbourne.

Events commemorating October 7 were being held in several states on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese remembered the 2023 attack as "a day of pain and terror" for Jewish people around the world.

"The attack on innocent people at a music festival that promoted 'friends, love and infinite freedom' underlined a core truth, that Hamas stands in opposition to all humanity, and all that we value as human beings," he said.

"Two years on, we remember all those who were lost on that day, the largest loss of Jewish life on any single day since the Holocaust. Over 1,200 innocent live

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