Israel’s Foreign Ministry blasted Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on the second anniversary of the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks, after he marked the day with a post criticizing Israel and the U.S. and calling to end what he described as «occupation and apartheid.»

«Two years after Hamas launched its barbaric massacre against Israel and the Jewish people, Mamdani has chosen to act as a mouthpiece for Hamas propaganda — spreading Hamas’s fake genocide campaign,» wrote the ministry.

The Israel Foreign Ministry said that «by repeating Hamas’s lies, he excuses terror and normalizes antisemitism.»

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«He stands with Jews only when they are dead. Shameful,» the ministry added.

Fox News Digital reached out to Mamdani’s campaign for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

In his statement, Mamdani acknowledged that «two years ago today, Hamas carried out a horrific war crime, killing more than 1,100 Israelis and kidnapping 250 more.»

He wrote, «I mourn these lives and pray for the safe return of every hostage.»

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Mamdani criticized Israel and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for having «launched a genocidal war» with a death toll he said, «far exceeds 67,000: with the Israeli military bombing homes, hospitals, and schools into rubble.» (Deirdre Heavey/Fox News Digital)

At the same time, Mamdani also criticized Israel and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for having «launched a genocidal war» with a death toll that, he said, «far exceeds 67,000: with the Israeli military bombing homes, hospitals, and schools into rubble.»

«Every day in Gaza has become a place where grief itself has run out of language,» Mamdani wrote, adding, «our government has been complicit through it all.»

Mamdani also wrote that «the occupation and apartheid must end» and that the U.S. «must hold those responsible to account.»

«The last two years have demonstrated the very worst of humanity. We must answer it by modeling the very best: a relentless pursuit of our higher ideals and an unwavering commitment to universal human rights,» wrote Mamdani.

Jewish leaders and advocates have criticized 33-year-old socialist Zohran Mamdani since he secured the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York City, particularly for his hesitancy to condemn the phrase «globalize the intifada.»

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A pro-Gaza ceasefire tent encampment at Columbia University in New York City on April 28, 2024. (Getty Images)

After months of refusing to condemn the anti-Israel rallying cry, which, according to the American Jewish Committee, «calls for people from around the globe to participate in rising up against Israel,» Mamdani shared with business leaders during a closed-door meeting in July that he would not use the slogan and would discourage others from using it moving forward.

However, his previous record has left many still very concerned.

«If Zohran Mamdani is elected, expect a Jewish exodus out of New York City,» Yuval David, an actor, filmmaker and Jewish activist told Fox News Digital.

In an interview with «Meet the Press» host Kristen Welker in June, Mamdani was asked to condemn the phrase three times but refused. He attempted to justify his position, saying, «My concern is, to start to walk down the line of language and making clear what language I believe is permissible or impermissible, takes me into a place similar to that of the president, who is looking to do those very kinds of things, putting people in jail for writing an op-ed, putting them in jail for protesting.»

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Israeli soldiers watch the northern Gaza Strip from southern Israel, Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (Ohad Zwigenberg/AP Photo)

«Ultimately, it is not language that I use. It is language, I understand there are concerns about, and what I will do is showcase my vision for the city through my words and my actions,» he said.

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Mamdani has also been criticized for supporting a slate of anti-Israel positions such as supporting BDS, an acronym for boycott, divestment and sanctions, and sanctions against Israel.

After Mamdani’s Oct. 7 post, the antisemitism awareness group Canary Mission also criticized him, saying he «pays lip service to condemning the Hamas massacre» while he «reserves much more vitriol for Israel, which he accuses of perpetuating a Nakba, occupation and apartheid on a regular basis- including in his October 7 statement itself!»

Fox News Digital’s Deirdre Heavey contributed to this report.

Aproximadamente el 11% de la población de Gaza ha muerto o ha sido herida

Casi toda la población está desplazada y miles están desaparecidos

Ruins of apartments destroyed by Israeli strikes litter the area next to Khaled Nassar’s home in the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza City Feb. 9, 2025. Nassar’s daughter, Dalia, and his son, Mahmoud, were killed in separate airstrikes, leaving both buried under their homes. (AP Photo/Abdel Hana)

Israel ocupa la gran mayoría de Gaza

Al menos el 30% de las personas pasan días sin comer

Las ciudades han sido arrasadas

Una imagen satelital facilitada por Vantor muestra una vista general de la ciudad de Gaza y el norte de Gaza el 27 de septiembre de 2023. Foto EFE

Una imagen satelital facilitada por Vantor muestra una vista general de la ciudad de Gaza y el norte de Gaza el 11 de septiembre de 2025. Foto EFE

Exactly two years ago, Hamas terrorists stormed the Israeli border from Gaza, killing young families living on a small kibbutz and hunting down young people attending an outdoor music festival. The attackers killed more than 1,200 Israelis and took 251 hostages.

Fox’s Trey Yingst was on the scene several days after the massacre in Beeri. This is what he saw:

«The kitchen floors are stained with blood. People were home at the time. It was early in the morning on Saturday when Hamas militants stormed into their homes. The soldiers here tell us they found bodies that appeared to be executed. People with hands tied behind their backs, mothers holding their small children, bodies decapitated. Pure horror in this small town,» Yingst reported.

TWO YEARS AFTER HAMAS’ OCT. 7 MASSACRE, 48 HOSTAGES — DEAD AND ALIVE — REMAIN IN CAPTIVITY

Forty-eight hostages remain in Gaza. Twenty are believed to be alive. Aviva Siegel was held for 51 days, while her husband, Keith, was held for more than 400.

«When they came in to kidnap us, they shot us. And one of the bullets hit Keith. And it didn’t hit me because I was lucky, but it could have been different. And we were taken underneath the ground and we just didn’t have any air to breathe. And I really felt that it’s gonna be my last hours of my life,» Siegel told Fox News on the second anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks.

She remembers arriving in Gaza and seeing Palestinian families cheering and jeering at the wounded hostages.

Israeli forces are seen among the rubble of buildings destroyed after Palestinian terrorists attacked parts of southern Israel, in Be’eri, Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. (Nir Keidar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

«Everybody was just waiting for us. They knew we were coming. And we were taken immediately underneath the ground. And I’ll never forget the picture that I’ve got in my head of the terrorist, telling me to come down this ladder. It’s very narrow to go underneath the ground. I’m shaking. I’ll never forget his smile,» Siegel said on the second anniversary of the attacks and the start of her captivity.

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American Israeli citizen Keith Siegel walks toward his release by Hamas terrorists during a U.S.-brokered ceasefire in February 2025. (Omar-Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images)

Her husband Keith was kept in solitary confinement for six months.

«I was moved 13 times in 51 days while I was there. While Keith stayed there for 484 days, we were tortured, we were starved. They used to eat in front of us. I lost 10 kilos. Keith came home looking like a skeleton. He was just so thin. I couldn’t walk when I came back. I was so ill,» Aviva said.

Tens of thousands of Gazans have been killed in the aftermath by the Israeli military, which now controls 80% of the Gaza Strip. Israel says it does not target civilians but more than 90% of Gaza is now destroyed.

Keith Siegel meets his family at the Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv. (GPO)

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«I’m a witness to the Hamas terrorist touching the girls and doing whatever they wanted. I’m witness of the Hamas terrorists beating one of the girls that was with us and threatening her that they’re gonna kill her just because they thought she was lying,» Siegel said. «For me, it was like I was killed. For me not to be able to help them and to help Keith when he was tortured was the worst thing that I could go through. It was worse than when I was tortured. And I was tortured. I was pulled by my hair. I was pushed. I was starved. I was laughed at. I was threatened. I went to hell.»