Overview

• The German president met privately with representatives of the Leipzig Jewish community at the central synagogue.
• His wife Elke Büdenbender joined the visit along with Saxony social minister Petra Köpping and Leipzig mayor Burkhard Jung.
• He received a briefing on the Sukkot harvest festival being observed by the community.
• Several memorial rallies and demonstrations were registered for the evening in Leipzig’s city center.
• Reporting recaps that about 1,200 people were killed in the Oct. 7, 2023 attack and more than 250 were abducted, with hostages still held by Hamas after Israel’s military response.