Rio de Janeiro law makes October 7 a memorial day for Israeli victims of Hamas
Proposed in 2024, the initiative means Hamas’s massacre is now formally recognized within the civic calendar.
Israeli flags and pictures symbolising victims are placed in Copacabana beach by NGO Rio de Paz, one month on from the October 7th attack by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil November 7, 2023. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes(photo credit: RICARDO MORAES/REUTERS)ByMATHILDA HELLER
