Day of pain: Jewish anguish still raw on attack date

Australia's Jewish community will never forget the pain, sorrow and trauma that flowed from Hamas's deadly attack two years ago.

Vigils and gatherings were held nationwide on Tuesday to commemorate and remember those killed and taken hostage on October 7, 2023.

Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-chief executive Alex Ryvchin said the terror attack created a deep wound that hadn't healed due to the unfolding horrors occurring both in the Middle East and on home soil.

"This is a day that will live with us forever," Mr Ryvchin told AAP.

"Everything from terror on home soil, arranged by a foreign regime, to daily abuse that ordinary community members are facing in the streets, in their workplaces, the rallies ... all of this has exacerbated the hurt and the pain that we felt two years