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Survivors of the Nova festival massacre said they were "heartbroken and deeply saddened by the death of our dear friend".

He referenced the city’s founding by the Muscogee Creek native people, the area’s oil boom and the 1921 race massacre that only recently resurfaced in the national conversation as evidence of its cultural pertinence.

"Two years on from the horrific massacre on October 7, we must also be honest: the same hatred that fuelled those barbaric attacks still festers today," she said.

Hamas on Saturday said Israel is continuing to commit "massacres" after strikes hit Gaza and urged global pressure on Israel.

Weiss, who once belonged to the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh that was the site of a shooting massacre in 2018, is a staunch Israel supporter.