Oct 7, 2026. Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro recalled the October 7 massacre today. He stated that the anniversary of the attack by Hamas requires a "profound reflection" on the "detonator" of a crisis that has engulfed the Middle East. Montenegro also expressed deep regret and lamented the inability of the international community to step in and find a viable, lasting solution to the ongoing conflict.
In turn, the Minister of State and Foreign Affairs, Paulo Rangel, released an official statement marking the third anniversary of the tragedy. "Today marks three years since the most serious anti-Semitic terrorist massacre after the Shoah. October 7 cannot be forgotten. Antisemitism must always be condemned and fought. Portugal remembers today all the victims, including the Portuguese ones, showing solidarity with their families and the Israeli people."
In the message published through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the government explicitly referenced the victims—including those of Portuguese nationality—and reaffirmed its stance against antisemitism. The Ministry categorized the attacks as the worst antisemitic atrocity since the Holocaust and stated that hatred against Jewish people must be actively combated.
The attack resulted in the deaths of approximately 1,200 people, with 25 Portuguese-Israeli citizens directly impacted—17 were murdered and 8 were taken hostage and subsequently rescued.
We remember the names of Ran Guili (great-grandson of Eduardo Nada, "protected Spaniard" in Alexandria), Ofer Kalderon (from a Greek Sephardic family from KK Portugal), Adina Moshe Galante (from a Turkish family from KK Portugal), Orin Bira Kasorlla and his daughter Tair Kasorlla (from a Paredes family from the former Yugoslavia), Gila Peled Cohen and his son Daniel (from a family from the "Portuguese Jewish community of Tunis"), Dror Or Ermoza (from a Ottoman family who spoke Ladino and inspired the series "The Beautiful Queen of Jerusalem", Idan Shtivi (from the Benveniste family of Bulgarian origin), and, even more, Ariel Cunio and his brother David Cunio (from a Turkish Sephardic family), Or Levy (from a Turkish Sephardic family), Gilad Ben-Yehuda (from a Turkish Sephardic family), Tsachi Idan Eini and his daughter Maayan Idan (from a Turkish and Egyptian Sephardic family), Moshe Moshiko Saadyan (from a Turkish and Moroccan Sephardic family), Yossi Sharabi (from a Moroccan Sephardic family surnamed Turgeman), Dorin Atias (from an Ottoman and Moroccan Sephardic family), Liraz Assulin Shitrit (from a Moroccan Sephardic family), Nevo Arad Edry (from Moroccan Sephardic family), Eli Sharabi (from Moroccan Sephardic family surnamed Turgeman), Omer Shem Tov (from Moroccan Sephardic family), Segev Halfon (from Moroccan and Tunisian Sephardic family), Ravid Katz (from Bulgarian Sephardic family), and Rotem Neumann Kadosh (also from Balkan Sephardic family).
