TEANECK, N.J. — Three years to the day after Hamas terrorists stormed into Israel from Gaza on Shmini Atzeres, Young Muslims Teaneck and Darul Islah are planning a Gaza fundraiser at Votee Park.

The Hamas terrorists killed more than 1,200 people. They raped and tortured victims, hurt and burned people and took 251 hostages back to Gaza.

It was the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust.

It was also the morning Teaneck Jews woke up to shocking news from Israel and in many cases had their entire sense of safety shattered. As the attacks spread, Jewish communities around the world feared that the violence could reach their own streets.

Now, three years later, the same date on the Jewish calendar will bring a Gaza 5K to Teaneck.

The “Teane5K for Gaza” is set for 10 a.m. Shimini Atzeres morning at Votee Park. The fliers invite people to walk, jog or run five kilometers. Afterward, there will be a charity auction, food and drinks. Organizers say the money raised will go to Gaza.

The date is not just close to Oct. 7.

It is Oct. 7 on the Jewish calendar.

The Hamas attack began in the early hours of Shmini Atzeres. Terrorists crossed from Gaza into Israel and attacked towns, a music festival and military posts. They killed civilians and soldiers, raped, tortured, maimed and took hundreds of hostages into Gaza.

For Teaneck Jews, the horror did not stay in Israel.

For months after Oct. 7, pro-Hamas car rallies paraded through Teaneck, stopping traffic while drivers blasted their horns, yelled slurs and antagonized Jewish residents walking in the street. Pro-Terror protests were held outside shuls and other Jewish places.

There were also attacks from passing cars. In one case, a Jewish Teanecker was targeted with a gel pellet gun.

The war in Israel had come to Teaneck's quiet suburbia and became something Teaneck Jews could see and feel on their own streets.

Now, Young Muslims Teaneck and Darul Islah are planning a Gaza fundraiser on that same Jewish date.

On Shmini Atzeres, Jews will gather in shuls to remember the victims of Oct. 7. Some will say Yizkor for the victims. Many will remember where they were that morning, when news of the massacre came out of Israel.

At Votee Park, Young Muslims Teaneck and Darul Islah will hold a fundraiser for Gaza, and attempt to pivot the blame from its Hamas aggressors to its Israeli victims.

Three years after Oct. 7, on the exact Jewish anniversary of the attack, the contrast will be hard for many Teaneck Jews to miss.