2024 presidential election live: October 7 anniversary of Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel sparks ceasefire calls from Joe Biden and Kamala Harris

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

Donald Trump slammed ‘dope’ late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel and reposted a clip of him reading a social media post of the former president on-stage at the Oscars earlier this year.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote along with the video:

Remember this? What a dope! His wife and agent begged him not to do it, and just before BEST PICTURE AWARD, yet.

He suffers from TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME. All of this on top of really bad ratings for Jimmy, just like failing Bill Maher and the two clowns on CBS and NBC! NO TALENT EQUALS BAD RATINGS!!!

The latest attack comes just hours before Democratic vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will appear for an interview with the host.

Comedian Jimmy Kimmel read out loud on-stage at the Oscars earlier this year a Truth Social post that former President Donald Trump made in the middle of the broadcast criticizing his hosting abilities

Kamala Harris was forced, once again, to defend the fact that she doesn’t have any biological children during her interview on the often-raunchy, female-focused podcast Call Her Daddy.

Speaking with host Alex Cooper, Harris hit back at Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders who said the vice president doesn’t have anything to keep her ‘humble’ because she doesn’t have children of her own.

‘This is not the 1950s anymore,’ said Harris, who has two stepchildren through husband Doug Emhoff. ‘Families come in all kinds of forms.’

‘I don’t think she understands that there are a whole lot of women out here who, one, are not aspiring to be humble,’ Harris added. ‘Two, a whole lot of women out here who have a lot of love in their life, family in their life, and children in their life.’

Harris, 59, has faced a slew of criticism from conservatives and advocates of ‘traditional families’ and has been at the center of the controversy over the ‘childless cat lady’ comments made by Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance years ago.

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By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

Donald Trump accused the White House of ‘abandoning’ Americans and ignoring the plights of North Carolinians devastated by Hurricane Helene.

The red-leaning battleground state was rocked by the storm and many accuse President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris of not doing enough to provide relief and aid to residents.

Former President Trump said that Biden and Harris are giving emergency funds to illegal immigrants instead of Americans facing fallout from the hurricane.

He wrote on Truth Social on Monday:

The GREAT people of North Carolina are being stood up by Harris and Biden, who are giving almost all of the FEMA money to Illegal Migrants in what is now considered to be the WORST rescue operation in the history of the U.S. On top of that, Billions of Dollars is going to foreign countries!

The 2024 Republican presidential nominee continued in all caps:

NORTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN VIRTUALLY ABANDONED BY KAMALA!!! DROP HER LIKE SHE DROPPED YOU – VOTE FOR PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP. MAGA2024!

Above: Vice President Kamala Harris helps put together emergency aid packages at a resource donation center in Charlotte, North Carolina to send out to residents hit by Hurricane Helene

On October 7, 2023, thousands of terrorists led by Hamas flooded out of Gaza into Israel to perpetrate the single-worst slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust.

The merciless violence claimed 1,200 lives, mostly civilians, and saw thousands more injured, raped and brutalised. Hundreds were taken back to Gaza as hostages.

A year on, the dust has still not settled.

Here, we recap every twist and turn of the ‘war that will never be won’, and look ahead to how the conflict might escalate given Israel’s incursion into Lebanon and Iran’s missile barrage…

Hamas’ October 7 attacks of last year returned Israel back to ‘square zero’, a senior official gloated this morning one year on from the atrocity as rockets soared over the border and impacted targets in Tel Aviv and elsewhere.

‘The Al-Aqsa flood returned the occupation to square zero and threatened its existence,’ Khaled Meshaal, the former head of Hamas, said on the Al Arabiya TV station, using the Palestinian group’s official name for the attack.

The comments came as Israel began commemorating the anniversary of the horrific assault – one of the darkest days in Jewish history since the Holocaust.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog began the day with a minute of silence at 6:29am – the moment the attack started – at the site of the Nova music festival near Re’im where heavily armed Hamas fighters killed at least 370 people.

Minutes later the service was marred by air raid sirens as Hamas declared it launched projectiles at the ‘enemy gatherings’ just a few kilometres from the border with Gaza, as well as at Tel Aviv.

Images emerged later this morning showed civilians and rescue workers inspecting damage at various buildings caused by rockets or falling shrapnel, while videos showed smoke trailing from craters near Israel’s cultural and commercial capital.

The Israeli army said several rockets were downed by air defence systems, adding that it had foiled what would have been a much larger attack after it ‘struck Hamas launch posts and underground terrorist infrastructure throughout the Gaza Strip’.

But some projectiles still hit their targets, prompting an IDF spokesperson to issue an evacuation order to residents in several regions of southern Gaza ahead of an ‘extreme response’.

‘Due to Hamas’ terrorist acts, which will be met with extreme force, you must evacuate these areas immediately and move to the humanitarian area an Al-Mawasi,’ the IDF’s Arabic spokesman Avichay Adraee declared.

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are locked in a neck-and-neck battle for the White House with just one month to go before Election Day.

Polls show that in a nation of over 300 million, the closest presidential race in modern history is likely to be decided by just thousands of voters in seven battleground states.

When the data is processed through the DailyMail.com/J.L. Partners model, it shows the ex-president winning in 56.7 percent of the simulations over Harris.

Voting by mail is already underway in a few states including North Carolina with more joining in the coming weeks. Early voting in person has also begun in a couple of states including Virginia and South Dakota.

At the same time, voter registration cutoffs started Sunday, with 15 states hitting their deadline date in the next few days including several battleground states.

Vice President Kamala Harris said she will ‘never forget the horror of October 7, 2023’ in her statement on the anniversary of the attacks.

‘Women raped on the side of the road. 250 people kidnapped. It was the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust,’ she said.

The Demcoratic presidential candidate vowed to make sure the threat of Hamas is ‘eliminated’.

She also said: ‘It is far past time for a hostage and ceasefire deal to end the suffering of innocent people.’

I will never forget the horror of October 7, 2023.  1,200 innocent people, including 46 Americans, were massacred by Hamas terrorists. Women raped on the side of the road. 250 people kidnapped. It was the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust. What Hamas did that day was pure evil – it was brutal and sickening. And it has rekindled a deep fear among the Jewish people not just in Israel, but in the United States and around the world.

The long, extraordinary arc of Jewish history is full of pogroms and prejudice, slaughter and separation. And now, in our own generation, there is another moment that the world must never forget.

I am devastated by the loss and pain of the Israeli people as a result of the heinous October 7 attack. Doug and I pray for the families of the victims and hope they find solace in remembering the lives their loved ones lived.

We also pray for the safety of Jewish people all around the world. We all must ensure nothing like the horrors of October 7 ever happen again. I will do everything in my power to ensure that the threat Hamas poses is eliminated, that it is never again able to govern Gaza, that it fails in its mission to annihilate Israel, and that the people of Gaza are free from the grip of Hamas. I will never stop fighting for the release of all the hostages, including the seven American citizens, living and deceased, still held: Omer, Edan, Sagui, Keith, Judy, Gad, and Itay. I will never stop fighting for justice for those who murdered Hersh Goldberg-Polin and other Americans. And I will always ensure Israel has what it needs to defend itself against Iran and Iran-backed terrorists like Hamas. My commitment to the security of Israel is unwavering.

Hamas’s terrorist attack on October 7 launched a war in Gaza. I am heartbroken over the scale of death and destruction in Gaza over the past year—tens of thousands of lives lost, children fleeing for safety over and over again, mothers and fathers struggling to obtain food, water, and medicine. It is far past time for a hostage and ceasefire deal to end the suffering of innocent people. And I will always fight for the Palestinian people to be able to realize their right to dignity, freedom, security, and self-determination. We also continue to believe that a diplomatic solution across the Israel-Lebanon border region is the only path to restore lasting calm and allow residents on both sides to return safely to their homes.

Today, as we mourn the lives lost on October 7, I know many Jews will be reciting and reflecting on the Jewish prayer for mourning – the Kaddish. The words of the Kaddish, however, are not about death. The prayer is about still believing in God and still having faith. I know that is difficult amidst so much trauma and pain. But it is with that spirit that I commemorate this solemn day. We will not forget, and we will not lose faith. And in honor of all those souls we lost on October 7, we must never lose sight of the dream of peace, dignity, and security for all.

President Joe Biden paid tribute to the 1,200 innocent people – including 46 Americans – killed during the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.

The commander-in-chief used the statement to say the U.S. would continue to push for a ceasefire deal in Gaza and said far too many civilians have suffered far too much during this year of conflict.

On this day last year, the sun rose on what was supposed to be a joyous Jewish holiday. By sunset, October 7 had become the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust. Today marks one year of mourning for the more than 1,200 innocent people of all ages, including 46 Americans, massacred in southern Israel by the terrorist group Hamas. One year since Hamas committed horrific acts of sexual violence. One year since more than 250 innocents were taken hostage, including 12 Americans. One year for the survivors carrying wounds, seen and unseen, who will never be the same. And one year of a devastating war. On this solemn anniversary, let us bear witness to the unspeakable brutality of the October 7th attacks but also to the beauty of the lives that were stolen that day.

The October 7th attack brought to the surface painful memories left by millennia of hatred and violence against the Jewish people. That is why, soon after the attack, I became the first American President to visit Israel in a time of war. I made clear then to the people of Israel: you are not alone. One year later, Vice President Harris and I remain fully committed to the safety of the Jewish people, the security of Israel, and its right to exist. We support Israel’s right to defend itself against attacks from Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, and Iran. Last week, at my direction, the United States military once again actively assisted in the successful defense of Israel, helping to defeat an Iranian ballistic missile attack.

Today and every day, I think of the hostages and their families. I have met the families of the hostages and grieved with them. They have been through hell. My Administration has negotiated for the safe release of more than 100 hostages, including Americans. We will never give up until we bring all of the remaining hostages home safely.

I also strongly condemn the vicious surge in antisemitism in America and around the world. It is unacceptable. All of us must stand united against antisemitism and against hate in all its forms.

I believe that history will also remember October 7th as a dark day for the Palestinian people because of the conflict that Hamas unleashed that day. Far too many civilians have suffered far too much during this year of conflict — and tens of thousands have been killed, a human toll made far worse by terrorists hiding and operating among innocent people. We will not stop working to achieve a ceasefire deal in Gaza that brings the hostages home, allows for a surge in humanitarian aid to ease the suffering on the ground, assures Israel’s security, and ends this war. Israelis and Palestinians alike deserve to live in security, dignity, and peace. We also continue to believe that a diplomatic solution across the Israel-Lebanon border region is the only path to restore lasting calm and allow residents on both sides to return safely to their homes.

On this day of remembrance, which also falls during the holiest days of the Jewish calendar, we honor the indomitable spirit of the Jewish people and mourn the victims of October 7th. May their memory be a blessing.