YOUNGSTOWN — Candles were lit Sunday evening to remember those lost and to honor the heroes from the attacks on Israel by Hamas nearly two years ago on Oct. 7, 2023.

Mark Huberman, president of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation, which hosted the event at the Jewish Community Center of Youngstown, said on that day, which was Simchat Torah, the sirens went off early in the morning.

“It was the deadliest attack in the country’s history,” Huberman said.

He said 1,000 Hamas terrorists invaded and infiltrated bases and the Nova Music Festival, which was attended by more than 3,000 young people who had gathered in a celebration of “friends, love and infinite freedom.”

Huberman said the Hamas terrorists took hundreds of hostages. There also were many lives lost, he said.

“The shock of tha

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