Israel is marking three years since the Hamas-led surprise attack on October 7, 2023, that killed 1,200 people, with 251 Israelis and foreign nationals taken hostage. In southern Israel, mourners gathered near Kibbutz Reim to commemorate hundreds of people who were killed and abducted at the Nova music festival. During a moment of silence, the booms of Israeli airstrikes on the nearby Gaza Strip could be heard ringing out. Ahead of today’s anniversary, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presided over a state memorial ceremony in Jerusalem for those killed in the October 7 attacks. He did not address reports he ignored warnings that Hamas had been planning a major operation. His speech was interrupted by a bereaved father, Yaakov Godo, whose son Tom was killed in the attacks.

Yaakov Godo: “You didn’t protect my son on October 7th. You didn’t protect 1,200 people who were murdered in one day on October 7th. Shame! Disgrace!”

In Gaza, Israeli forces killed at least three Palestinians today. Among the dead is Nimr Barbakh, a 16-year-old child shot in the head by Israeli soldiers east of Khan Younis, and Mohammad Tammous, a Civil Defense rescue worker who died of wounds from an Israeli airstrike near Kamal Adwan Hospital. Israel has killed over 74,000 Palestinians in Gaza since Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel three years ago. Several governments, human rights organizations and scholarly bodies, including the International Association of Genocide Scholars, have accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. According to the U.N., as of September, 94% of Gaza’s population remained in urgent need of shelter and basic household assistance, while 65% of households were living in tents or makeshift shelters.

Yemen’s Saudi-backed government says Houthi militias fired drones and missiles at the Aden International Airport, targeting a passenger terminal and striking a runway just minutes before a flight from Cairo was due to land. Elsewhere, Saudi officials said they had intercepted a missile fired by Houthis north of the Saudi capital, Riyadh. This comes amid a counteroffensive by Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces seeking to retake all remaining Houthi-held territory, including Yemen’s capital, Sana’a.

Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut said the Pentagon denied him access to ​Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar during a visit to the Middle East. His failed attempt came after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a directive restricting travel to the area earlier this year. Senator Murphy claimed he was denied access as part of the Trump administration’s effort to conceal the true cost of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.

Sen. Chris Murphy: “I have been to the Middle East probably a dozen times, at least, while I have been a member of Congress. I have never, ever been denied access to military facilities. This is part of a coordinated, deliberate campaign by the Department of Defense to try to hide the consequences and the true cost of this war.”

In France, more than 250,000 people marched in over 40 French cities Tuesday. It was the largest turnout yet in demonstrations that began more than two weeks ago, when high school students started blockading their schools. The students are protesting staff shortages, crowded classrooms and run-down buildings. Labor unions joined in support, along with parents, teachers and university students. Paris had the biggest march — about 56,000 people, according to the Interior Ministry. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said at least 215 teenagers and 85 school staff have been hurt in clashes with the police, calling it “the heaviest ⁠toll in decades paid by the school system.” This is a middle school science teacher in Strasbourg.

Erwan Le Clech: “This situation has been deteriorating for years, and always at an accelerated pace. And now to see so many demonstrations, so many mobilizations appearing like this everywhere, it clearly shows that there is a general awareness with our living conditions worsening in France.”

Spain’s government has approved two housing decrees rejected by parliament last week, which prompted Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to call a snap election. The housing package approved Tuesday caps rents, temporarily halts evictions and restricts companies from buying homes. The housing measures follow demonstrations in Barcelona that turned violent as tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest the eviction of an 87-year-old woman, Maricarmen, from her lifelong home in Madrid. This is a woman affected by a possible eviction.

Josefina Alfaro Teruel: “Make no mistake: If that Maricarmen business hadn’t happened and there weren’t so many journalists here, I’d already be out on the f—ing street in the rain. I swear to you.”

In Tennessee, Christa Pike has reportedly regained consciousness after surviving a botched execution last week. According to her attorneys, the death row prisoner is off a ventilator and speaking from a hospital bed, where she remains handcuffed and shackled as she recovers from two injections of pentobarbital that were meant to kill her. Her prognosis remains unclear, and her lawyers say she faces a long road to recovery. Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee has ordered an independent review of Pike’s failed execution and canceled the only other scheduled execution of the year. Death penalty abolitionists have called on Governor Lee to commute Christa Pike’s death sentence.

The Pentagon has scheduled the execution of 2009 Fort Hood attacker Nidal Hasan by firing squad on December 3, marking the first military execution since 1945. President Trump has approved Hegseth’s order.

Cornell University trustees announced Tuesday that former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates will investigate how the university handles sexual misconduct complaints. Yates’s appointment follows outrage and protest over Cornell’s response to a complaint from a woman known only as Jane Doe, who alleged that she was gang raped by multiple Chi Phi fraternity brothers after being pressured into drinking and taking drugs. No criminal charges have been filed. Jane Doe sued the university, seven former students and the fraternity last month, alleging that Cornell failed to protect her and punish the accused students. Members of the Cornell University Faculty Senate have introduced a resolution for a vote of no confidence in administrators over their handling of the case. There are also growing calls for Cornell University’s president to step down.

Paramount Skydance has completed its $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery. The combined company will be called “Skydance,” made up of film studios, streaming services, broadcast and cable TV, sports channels and news outlets CNN and CBS News. With the deal now complete, CEO David Ellison will receive a $150 million payday, making him a billionaire. Ellison’s father, Larry Ellison, is the multibillionaire co-founder of Oracle and a major investor in Skydance. Both Ellisons are major Trump supporters.

In India, police have detained several opposition leaders, breaking up a protest by Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the Congress Party, and other MPs who are demonstrating against a controversial move that purged 130 million names from voter rolls nationwide. Tuesday’s protests come just days after the Gen Z-led Cockroach movement organized demonstrations in Mumbai and Delhi calling for the resignation of India’s Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. This is Jairam Ramesh from the National Congress party, the main opposition to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP.

Jairam Ramesh: “This whole campaign is to highlight the fact that a constitutional functionary, the chief election commissioner, has violated the Constitution in letter and spirit. He has lied to the Supreme Court. He has lied to the country. And clearly he cannot stay in office any longer.”

According to a ProPublica report, 506 U.S. citizens have been detained by immigration agents during the Trump administration. More than 100 Americans were held after agents questioned their citizenship — nearly all were people of color. At least 70 American children and teens were detained, some of whom were handcuffed. Thirty-six Americans were held for at least a day without being able to contact a lawyer or their family. And roughly a dozen citizens were deported, mostly children. This comes as the Justice Department moved to strip citizenship from 40 naturalized citizens who have committed crimes.

In Georgia, dozens of immigrants jailed at the Folkston ICE Processing Center launched a hunger strike Tuesday, demanding their release and calling on Congress, judges and advocates to highlight their plight. They’re also demanding protection from deportation and reunification with loved ones. Some of the men have been jailed since October 2023. They’ve described inadequate medical and dental care, unhealthy and spoiled food, noisy and cramped living quarters, isolation from loved ones, a lack of communication from ICE officers, xenophobic and hostile behavior from guards and a lack of access to sunlight and fresh air.

In New Jersey, an immigrant who led labor and hunger strikes by prisoners at the Delaney Hall ICE jail walked free on Tuesday after eight months behind bars. Martín Soto was transferred from Delaney to an ICE jail in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in May, after he helped organize protests against spoiled food, overcrowding and inadequate medical care at Delaney Hall in Newark, where detainees are forced to work for around $1 per day. In retaliation against the strike, guards at Delaney Hall reportedly beat participants and temporarily suspended family visitations. Soto was held in solitary confinement for about two months. On Tuesday, he was released from the Elizabeth Detention Center with an ankle monitor and greeted by supporters and his wife Gabriela and their two children.

Gabriela Soto: “I am so thankful for everybody that has helped me. These months have been very, very difficult. Not only did I lose our home, not only did I lose our child, but it made me — this experience made me stronger to keep fighting to have the reunitement of our family.”