The Minister of State and Foreign Affairs today expressed Portuguese solidarity with the Israeli people, when three years of the Hamas attack in Israel was carried out, which considered the most serious anti-Semitic terrorist massacre after the holocaust.
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07/10/2026
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“Today three years have passed on the most serious anti-Semitic terrorist massacre after the ‘Shoah’”, writes Paulo Rangel, in a message on social network X, expressing Portugal’s solidarity with the families of the victims – “including Portuguese” – and the Israeli people.
In the message, Paulo Rangel also considers that October 7, 2023 cannot be forgotten and that “anti-Semitism must always be condemned and combated”.
Hamas' attack of October 7, 2023 in Israel, in a place where an electronic music festival took place, caused the death of 1,200 people and more than 251 people were abducted.
They spend three years today on the most serious anti-Semitic terrorist massacre after the Shoah.
October 7 cannot be forgotten. Anti-Semitism must always be condemned and combated.
Portugal today reminds all victims, including Portuguese women, showing solidarity..
— Foreign Affairs EN (@mne pt) October 7, 2026
This attack triggered a devastating war in Gaza, leaving much of the territory in ruins and its population of two million people living in precarious conditions.