A Ghanaian resident of the Israeli city of Tel Aviv shared his experience of participating in a memorial event commemorating the victims of the Hamas attack that occurred on Saturday.

Seth Cudjoe, a professional living in the Yehuda suburb, described how the community in his neighborhood honored the victims by lighting candles in the form of the Star of David on Thursday.

“They were led by Rabbis who told them to pray,” Mr Cudjoe said.

Many children joined the vigil with “colourful songs and dance, in remembrance of all those who lost their lives” during the attack, he said.

Mr. Cudjoe, an irrigation technician residing in Israel along with his wife and their four-month-old daughter, vividly remembered the "terrifying moment" when the sirens sounded on Saturday.

“I was scared because it was my first time in a bunker,” says Mr Cudjoe, who in the early hours of Saturday sought shelter with his family as sirens went off.

“You could hear the sound of rockets being intercepted by the Iron Dome,” remembers Mr Cudjoe, “but when there was a blast you could feel the vibrations”.

Over the weekend, Palestinian militants caused the deaths of over 1,300 individuals in Israel and abducted at least 150. In the Palestinian territories, particularly in Gaza, over 1,500 people have lost their lives due to Israeli retaliatory airstrikes.