JERUSALEM (VINnews) — World leaders marked the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Wednesday with statements mourning the dead, condemning the massacre and pledging to stand with Israel and Jewish communities facing a rise in antisemitism.

Hamas-led terrorists killed about 1,200 people in southern Israel that morning and abducted about 250 others into Gaza. Dozens of the dead were Americans. The attack fell on Shabbat and Simchat Torah. It was the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust.

This is the first anniversary on which every hostage taken that day is out of Gaza, the living returned to their families and the dead brought home for burial, U.S. officials have said.

The White House said the attacks “were a horrific atrocity, and we remember all the victims who were killed at the hands of Hamas.” Spokeswoman Olivia Wales said that three years later there is a ceasefire and that all hostages are home. She said President Trump “remains committed to ensuring Hamas can never pose this kind of threat again while helping the people of Gaza start a new chapter free from the tyranny of Hamas.”

The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem said the United States honors “the innocent lives murdered by Hamas terrorists” and “the heroes who risked everything to save others.” The post ended: “We remember. We stand with Israel.”

Ambassador Mike Huckabee, in a statement from the embassy, called the assault the deadliest attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust and said Hamas killed more than 1,200 men, women and children, including dozens of Americans, and dragged about 250 into captivity. He said the United States stands “shoulder-to-shoulder with Israel” and prayed that the victims’ memories be a blessing.

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas wrote that the attacks “were a barbaric act of terror” and that “today, we stand with Israel in remembering every life taken and destroyed at the hands of the Hamas terrorists.” She said Hamas must disarm so that peace efforts in Gaza can move forward, and she called on Europe to reject antisemitism so Jewish communities can live without fear.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham told Britain’s Jews, “We stand with you. Abuse and violence against you, in any form, will not be tolerated,” and said that applied on the streets, online and in schools and universities. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband called Oct. 7 “the most appalling atrocities against the Israeli people” and said Britain “stands emphatically against Hamas and their murderous antisemitic ideology.”

French President Emmanuel Macron said France shares “the grief of the State of Israel and the bereaved families” and will not forget the names and faces of the dead, including 51 French nationals. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called the massacre a profound turning point, writing, “We mourn the victims and share in their pain,” and said antisemitism must be confronted so Jews can live without fear.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the pain of Oct. 7 endures for families, survivors and those whose lives were changed. “I mourn those who were killed in the attacks and those who died in captivity,” he said, and he urged that a Gaza peace plan be carried out.

In New York on Tuesday, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz told an Israeli mission commemoration that the attack “completely, and I think irreversibly has backfired” on Iran and its proxies. “October 7 can never ever happen again, and it will not ever happen again, and certainly not under this president’s watch,” he said.