JD Vance Remembers October 7 Victims on Third Anniversary

U.S. Vice President JD Vance commemorated the victims of the October 7, 2023 terrorist attack in Israel in a statement posted on October 7, 2026, the attack’s third anniversary. Vance said that more than 1,000 Jews had been murdered in the attack, including 49 Americans. He described the killings as an Islamic terrorist attack and remembered the victims in a message published on his X account. The vice president closed his statement with the blessing, “May their memory be a blessing.”