Ivey orders flags at half staff in honor of Hamas attack victims

In a sign of solidarity with one of America’s chief allies, Gov. Kay Ivey has announced that flags throughout the state will be lowered to half staff in honor of the more than 1,100 people killed in the Hamas attack in Israel last Friday. Eleven Americans have so far been identified as killed in the attacks, while several others were taken hostage. “I am directing flags to be lowered to half-staff immediately in honor and remembrance of the lives lost in Israel at the hands of Hamas terrorists on Saturday, October 7th, 2023, which was the Jewish holy day of Simchat Torah,” Ivey said in a state