The State Department postponed a memorial for the American victims of Oct. 7, which was scheduled for Sept. 30, JNS has learned.
The department hadn’t announced the event officially, but multiple sources in the department and with knowledge of its plans confirmed that it was set, as JNS reported exclusively.
The Harry S. Truman Federal Building, headquarters of the US Department of State, is pictured on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, in Washington, DC. Getty ImagesImages of victims from the Hamas attack on Israel are displayed during an Oct. 7, 2023 remembrance event at the Trump National Doral Golf Club in Doral, Florida, on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. Getty ImagesThe 2024 event was held to commemorate Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists mounted a series of attacks and raids on Israeli towns near Gaza, killing 1,145 people and taking 251 hostages. Getty Images
The decision to postpone appeared to have been made on Tuesday morning.
