October 7
English
Alternative forms
- 7/10, 7-10
- October 7th
Etymology
From the date, by metonymy.
Proper noun
- (metonymic) The attacks against Israel by Hamas on October 7, 2023.
- Coordinate term: October 8th Jew
- 2023 November 7, Bret Stephens, “For America’s Jews, Every Day Must Be Oct. 8”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 3 November 2025:
- Our friends are not those in organizations like Jewish Voice for Peace, which helped organize a much-photographed protest at New York’s Grand Central Terminal, and which could hardly bring itself to say a word of condemnation for Oct. 7 before launching into lengthy justifications.
- 2024 January, Toufic Haddad, “Palestinian Resistance and the Wa in Gaza: An Interview with Toufic Haddad”, in New Politics[2], volume 19, number 4, via EBSCOhost, →ISSN, page 17:
- In any case, it’s too early to say how the major social and political rifts in Israel will be affected by this, as the impact of October 7 on Israeli society is perhaps most prominently felt around the question of popular trust in the government. Moreover, the traumatic nature of October 7 will also affect it for generations to come, as areas like the Western Negev will hardly be seen as a viable or safe place to reside. In this respect, October 7 killed the Israeli national project to “Judaize the Negev,” at least for the time being and likely for a long time to come.
- 2025 October 7, Lianne Kolirin, “October 7 prompted some Jews to leave Israel. For others, the country offers shelter from rising global antisemitism”, in CNN[3], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 7 October 2025:
- “I had been observing this shift and monitoring it for about 10 years so I understood immediately after October 7 what I had witnessed and that things would only get worse,” she said.
Derived terms
Translations
October 7 attacks
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