Torontonians mark anniversary of Oct. 7 attack, aftermath [Video]

Jewish communities in Toronto are holding a number of events across the city to mark one year since Hamas’s attacks in Israel. CBC’s Tyler Cheese has the details.

One year ago, Toronto resident Aharon Brodutch’s sister-in-law, Hagar, and her three children were taken from their home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza in Israel when the Hamas militant group that rules the Gaza Strip launched the deadliest attack on Jewish people since the Holocaust.

The family was released seven weeks later as part of a series of hostage-prisoner exchanges, but the trauma from the harrowing experience still haunts them.

“It’s tough and, unfortunately, they continue living this because, you know, it hasn’t ended,” Brodutch told CBC Radio’s Metro Morning on Monday.

“There’s still a war going on, and there are still hostages there, and it’s weighing on them.”

Brodutch is among many in Toronto, and across the world, marking the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023 attack …