Lawmakers and other in Washington, D.C., marked on Tuesday the second anniversary of the attacks by the militant group Hamas on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
Amid the remembrances of the horrific attacks, ceasefire talks are underway in Egypt and it appears an end of the war could be in sight after two years of conflict and multiple days of negotiations.
In the initial 2023 attack, Hamas killed more than 1,000 people and took more than 250 hostages, sparking an Israeli counteroffensive that has killed thousands of Palestinians.
In a letter shared online by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, authored by President Donald Trump, the president and first lady Melania Trump thanked the organization for the nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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