About 200 University of Michigan students and community members gathered on the steps of Hatcher Graduate Library Tuesday evening for a vigil commemorating the two-year anniversary of Hamas’s attack on Israel. The Oct. 7, 2023 attack killed more than 1,200 people and resulted in about 250 more being taken hostage. The resulting Israeli military campaign in Gaza has killed more than 67,000 people and was classified as a genocide by the United Nations in September. The vigil was organized by the University’s chapter of Students Supporting Israel , and included a moment of silence and prayers for the Oct. 7 victims and the 48 hostages still held by Hamas.

Earlier Tuesday afternoon, SSI hosted a tabling event on the Diag, displaying images of the victims of the Oct. 7th attack

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