New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani commemorated the 'horrific war crimes of October 7' but critics have criticised him over what they described as anti-Israel rhetoric. On social media, Mamdani said: 'Hamas killed more than 1,100 Israelis and abducted 251 others. We grieve alongside our many friends and neighbors who still carry that unthinkable loss.'
But it was what followed that grated on some people, particularly right-wing elected officials. 'The suffering did not begin nor end that day. It instead continued through the Israeli government's devastating, ongoing genocide in Gaza, in which it has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians—including more than 21,000 children,' he said.
