Axios

It's been one year since the attacks in which Hamas and allied militant groups killed around 1,200 people and kidnapped 251, sparking an Israeli offensive in Gaza that has killed over 41,000 Palestinians.

• The photos below span the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks, a brutal year of war in Gaza, and the more recent expansion to Lebanon as Israel conducts an invasion and airstrikes targeting Hezbollah.

A Russian court on Monday sentenced 72-year-old American citizen Stephen James Hubbard to roughly seven years in prison for allegedly serving as a mercenary in Ukraine.

The big picture: Hubbard is the first American that a Russian court has convicted of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine since the start of the war.

At least 114 journalists and 14 media workers have been killed since the Israel-Hamas war began last October, marking one of the deadliest conflicts for journalists in the past three decades, per the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Why it matters: The harsh conditions in Gaza raise the risk for journalists trying to cover the war, and also make it difficult for CPJ and other watchdog groups to fully account for all the journalists impacted.

The Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks unleashed a year of unthinkable violence in Israel, Gaza and across the Middle East.

• The arrival of a full-blown regional war now threatens the lives of millions more people.

The big picture: One year after the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, the bloodshed continues with no end in sight. Israel could soon be fighting the longest war in its 76-year history.

Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel sparked immediate fears of regional war. A year later, those fears are close to fruition.

The big picture: Israel is fighting on two fronts, against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, while engaging in an escalating tit-for-tat with Iran, a key patron of both militant groups.

Vice President Kamala Harris during her "60 Minutes" interview was pressed on the United States' relationship with Israel, according to an excerpt that CBS News released on Sunday.

Why it matters: The interview airs on Monday, which marks one year since Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks on Israel — and Harris provided a carefully worded response to CBS' Bill Whitaker on the question of whether the U.S. has "a real close ally" in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The United States has experienced more than 10,000 antisemitic incidents in the year since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, according to preliminary data from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).

The big picture: It's the highest number of antisemitic hate crimes, insults, bullying and vandalism ever recorded in any single-year period since ADL started tracking in 1979.

A year after presiding over the worst national security failure in Israel's history, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu isn't close to losing power — he's racking up political and strategic wins that are emboldening him more than ever.

Why it matters: Netanyahu has defied all odds by clinging to power through the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks. He now has the political capital for negotiations that could set the country's next budget and allow him to continue to call the shots for at least another year in the multi-front regional war Israel is fighting.