hello, i'm ben brown, and you're watching the context here on bbc news. the israeli military says it's now hit some 2000 targets in southern lebanon. it has continued to pound that area today. explosion. some small arms fire across the border. it seems the israeli army is pushing into a location, and this was the response. it's been another day of catastrophe here, | another day of air strikes. as i'm talking to you now, it's really late hours - in the evening and still here the drone sound. roving over the city. and this is something - that is nonstop every day. people were so desperate to flee the bombings that we saw so many families with their children, with their belongings walking on foot around the damage,

trying to get to syria, hoping for a safe spot. hello. it was a rare public appearance by ayatollah ali khamenei, the spiritual leader of iran, and he used it to justify his country's missile attack this week on israel. he claimed the barrage of ballistic missiles was completely legal and the "minimum punishment" israel deserved for what he called its "astonishing crimes" for the first time in nearly five years, the ayatollah was delivering friday prayers at the grand mosque in tehran. he called israel a "vampire regime" and the united states a "rabid dog". meanwhile, us presidentjoe biden has said in the last hour that he doesn't think israel has yet decided how to respond to the iranian attacks. he said it should look

for "other alternatives" rather than hitting iranian oil facilities. another development is that the us military have attacked 15 houthi targets in yemen. houthi rebels, like hezbollah and hamas, are backed by iran. and in lebanon, there've been more israeli air strikes targeting hezbollah. lebanese authorities say more than 37 people have been killed in israeli ground and air attacks in the past 2a hours. an israeli air strike hit a road near the border crossing with syria used by hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing the country and as an overland supply route for aid and other cargoes. we will have the latest from our correspondent in northern israel shortly, but first, from lebanon, here's 0rla guerin. an escape route from lebanon today, now passable, just, by foot.

israel bombed the road overnight, claiming hezbollah was smuggling weapons beneath it. most of those struggling across this border are syrians escaping lebanon's war to go home to their own. who wouldn't want to escape this? beirut last night, another massive israeli strike one mile from the airport. the target? the likely next leader of hezbollah. his fate unknown. hezbollah's, too, but from its backer, iran, a massive show of strength today. the supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei, making a rare appearance in person at friday prayers. he said iran's missile attacks on israel this week were fully legal and legitimate

and would be repeated if necessary. in lebanon, israeli strikes are on repeat. this is in the south. was there a hezbollah target here? we don't know. but locals say israel killed five people from one family, including two women and a baby. everybody here, the children, family, children, everybody here. why? hassan manar was here outside his coffee shop when the air strike killed his neighbours at the weekend. translation: two missiles came. i saw the first one landing. i was thrown from there to there. and the second missile sent me flying again. me and the guys. now i'm terrified

if i hear this sound. hassan insists there were no weapons stored nearby, and all the dead were civilians. translation: it's not right. it's not right at all. i wish i died with them. in lebanon now, many are lost and weary and fear this war may bejust beginning. so we're just hearing explosions now. that's the sound of outgoing fire. that's rockets being fired from quite close by hezbollah, targeting israeli positions. a whole stream of rockets being fired now. israel has released this footage of its troops

on lebanese soil, apparently advancing. but the invaders may face a hard fight here, as happened in the past. and how will the middle east look on the day after? few would dare to guess. 0rla guerin, bbc news, southern lebanon. 0ur correspondent lucy williamson has been filming on the israeli side of the border with lebanon, where there've been clashes between hezbollah fighters and israeli troops. hezbollah rockets are no longer a response to israeli troops in gaza, but to israeli troops at home, mapping their path through lebanon's border villages. we're starting to see more signs of resistance to israeli forces on the other side of the border. even a year of air strikes, intelligence operations, raids by special forces, have not destroyed hezbollah�*s

ability to fight back just a few miles in. we just heard some bursts of small arms fire and what sounded like some grenades from the israeli army, and now you can hear the sirens going off, telling us to get out of the area. explosions. we've just heard a series of very loud explosions, what seems to be rockets landing nearby, some small arms fire across the border. it seems the israeli army is pushing in to a location, and this was the response. go. most of the residents along this border have been evacuated. come on, time to go. but in the arab—israeli town

ofjish a few miles down the road, many people have stayed. the sound of israeli artillery firing from the hill above. the mayor is one of many here with family ties to lebanon. israel's ground war has sparked mixed emotions, he says. it's more than afraid. afraid is something forjust a few minutes. we have one year of afraid. ican't... i don't know how to say it, but it's fear for a long time. and they don't know when, how, how it will finish. this is israel's third ground war in lebanon. so far, those wars have been easier to start than to end. lucy williamson, bbc news, the israel—lebanon border. let's just bring you some more on that report that the us

military have been hitting houthi targets in yemen today. we have had a briefing actually from us central command saying they connected strikes on 15 houthi targets and iranian backed military capabilities in yemen. these targets included houthi offensive military to mobility. they say americans are command were taken to protect the freedom of international navigation and to protect international waters make them more safe and secure for international vessels. the houthi group has been taking out attacks on the area since december is saying they are acting in response of solidarity to the palestinians. let's hear form the us president now. speaking at a white house press briefing in the last hour, joe biden said he as said he's trying to discourage israel from targetting iran's oil facilities. the israelis have not concluded

what they're going to do in terms of a strike. that's under discussion. i think there are... if i were in their shoes, i'd be thinking about other alternatives than striking oilfields. look, the israelis have every right to respond to the vicious attacks on them, notjust from the iranians, but from everyone from hezbollah to the houthis, anyway. but the fact is that they have to be very much more careful about dealing with civilian casualties. you expressed concerns about attacks on iranianj oil facilities. how should they respond? that's between me and them. that was joe biden that wasjoe biden speaking a short time ago. 0ur north america correspondent rowan bridgejoins me now. still a bit more about what the president has been saying. i president has been saying. i think it's worth noting how unusual_ think it's worth noting how unusual it is for the president to appear— unusual it is for the president

to appear spontaneously at a white _ to appear spontaneously at a white house briefing like that. i think— white house briefing like that. i think the reasonjoe biden appeared this afternoon was not really— appeared this afternoon was not really so — appeared this afternoon was not really so much to do with the middle — really so much to do with the middle east but because he had positive — middle east but because he had positive economic figures out and he — positive economic figures out and he knows that that is a key election— and he knows that that is a key election issue in this election. and that by appearing in the _ election. and that by appearing in the white house briefing room. _ in the white house briefing room, there would be enough a lot of— room, there would be enough a lot of attention on that. as you — lot of attention on that. as you say, _ lot of attention on that. as you say, most of the attention and questioning from the assembled media was a rent situation _ assembled media was a rent situation in the middle east, perhaps— situation in the middle east, perhaps not surprisingly. he was — perhaps not surprisingly. he was asked about whether he had spoken— was asked about whether he had spoken to — was asked about whether he had spoken to the israeli prime minister— spoken to the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu or not, minister benjamin netanyahu or not. and — minister benjamin netanyahu or not, and he said when they make a decision— not, and he said when they make a decision about how they will respond — a decision about how they will respond to iran that they would have _ respond to iran that they would have a — respond to iran that they would have a decision and a discussion then but he said that— discussion then but he said that there was not wanted to be in a decision from the israelis immediately because it's high holidays — immediately because it's high holidays in israel at the moment. and he said if he heard then— moment. and he said if he heard then that — moment. and he said if he heard then that israel had every right— then that israel had every right to _ then that israel had every right to respond but had to be much — right to respond but had to be much more careful in dealing with— much more careful in dealing with the _ much more careful in dealing with the issue of civilian casualties when it came to her response _

casualties when it came to her resume-— response. 0k, think you very much for _ response. 0k, think you very much for that _ response. 0k, think you very much for that update - response. 0k, think you very much for that update from i much for that update from washington and much more on the middle east coming up shortly. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

the latest crisis in the middle east began a year ago this monday, on october the 7th, when hamas gunmen burst out of gaza and flooded over the security barrier into israel. it was the darkest, the deadliest day in the history of the state of israel. just a kilometre from the border with gaza, the israeli army's base of nahal 0z suddenly found itself on the front—line of the hamas attack, and in less than five hours, it was overrun. the bbc�*sjon donnison looks back on how it happened. dawn on october the 7th, and hamas gunmen are already swarming nahal 0z.

one of israel's closest military bases to gaza, right on the front—line. attacking on the ground and from the air. with drones, even paragliders. within hours, the base is overrun, and over 60 israeli soldiers are dead. among those taken hostage was naama levy, then 19, and only in her second day in thejob. bloodied and pinned against the wall. "i have friends in palestine," she pleaded. she was taken to gaza, where she's been for 12 months. after i could take in, you know, the wounds, the blood, the horror of those moments, i knew she was going to say something like that, being part

of a peace youth organisation. you know, "i'm not the enemy. i have friends in palestine." that is my naama. naama was a soldier, but herjob was what's called a spotter. unarmed, she was one of dozens of mostly young women whose role was to monitor via surveillance cameras suspicious activity in gaza. they'd warned that hamas was planning something big for years. its fighters training in footage like this. the nahal 0z base is now completely destroyed, and some of the women spotters who work there are asking why it wasn't better protected. sharon is one of the few who didn't die. she didn't want to give her real name, and her words are re—enacted by a bbc producer. they told me, "get up. the terrorists are here, outside the door." i thought it wasn't real. it didn't make sense that they would be here inside the military base.

we tried to call for more support, but i remember they said there's no back—up, no—one can come. and she's not the only person saying that if nahal 0z had been better reinforced, the soldiers there could've helped stop hamas from going on to kill hundreds of israelis. if that post was stronger. and pushed back the hamas in that area, it could save a lot of life. - but even if nahal oz and other posts were standing bravely. stopping in different areas, it not prevent _ totally the takeover. but it could save i a lot of lives, yeah. hundreds of lives? most probably hundreds of lives, yes. _ and for the families of those who were killed or taken hostage, they want answers. there should be, you know, protection, tanks, armed

combat soldiers, etc. it's painful to understand. one year on, there are still so many questions. why wasn't intelligence acted on? how did one of the world's most powerful militaries suffer its biggest ever defeat to a much inferiorforce? the israeli army says it's still investigating what happened at nahal oz, a base that should've been the country's first line of defence. jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem. joining us now from tel aviv is award—winning israeli journalist and author gideon levy, who's been fiercely critical of israeli governments past and present. thank you very much for being with us. as we approach the anniversary of october the 7th, benjamin netanyahu was so criticised in the aftermath of that and yet now he seems to be riding high in the opinion polls in israel because of what

he is doing against hezbollah. absolutely, but it's in this point of time, you cannot say anything because the operation against hezbollah just started and israelis alike military achievements. and there are some achievements, but we are farfrom knowing how it some achievements, but we are far from knowing how it will be concluded, and you will still see ups and downs in the popularity of netanyahu. i'm not sure it's going to be a story of success, this invasion, this penetration into lebanon. wait and see. last time israel went there, it took months to work out and the time before it took 16 years to get out from lebanon. that's not success. �* out from lebanon. that's not success— success. and also 'ust going back to october _ success. and also just going back to october the - success. and also just going back to october the 7th, - success. and also just going | back to october the 7th, also strongly criticised in israel were the israeli intelligence authorities and agencies and yet they too seem to have score

successes in the last few days with the various attacks on hezbollah, the attacks on the walkie—talkies and the pagers and so on and the killing of hassan nasrallah. it’s and so on and the killing of hassan nasrallah.— hassan nasrallah. it's all true, being, _ hassan nasrallah. it's all true, being, but- hassan nasrallah. it's all true, being, but the - hassan nasrallah. it's all- true, being, but the question is where does it lead us to. to be impressed by the james bond operation, the pagers, it's really impressive, but the question is what is the outcome. is israel a more secure place today? is a more just place? i mean, what is the endgame of all this? and this question, you would not get an answer right now. we're just trying to crush hamas and crush hezbollah and maybe very soon even iran, god forbid, but by the end of the day, there is no end game. where are we aiming? what is the strategy? what will it be after we achieve all

those amazing, amazing achievements? and then what? this achievements? and then what? as you suggest, israel now finds itself fighting on multiple fronts, multiple theatres of conflict. gaza, lebanon with hezbollah, the west bank and iran as well. do you think the israel defense forces, do they have the capacity to fight on so many fronts simultaneously for a long time, do you think? i'm not a military expert, so i would not know. until now, they had some really impressive achievements. i cannot deny it, but again to put everything only on the battlefield without having any horizon after ending the war. so those achievements are hollow. 0k, we might win all those wars. we've won in

the past many wars, and then what? we prepare for the next war in the next wart we prepare ourselves for the next war. this is not a way that a normal state can go on like. but this is not a way that a normal state can go on like.— state can go on like. but i soppose _ state can go on like. but i soppose it _ state can go on like. but i suppose it benjamin - state can go on like. but i suppose it benjamin did l state can go on like. but i - suppose it benjamin did know state can go on like. but i suppose it benjamin did know we were talking to you now, he would say we are to destroy hamas, they attacked us, we are to destroy hezbollah, they been attacking us. find to destroy hezbollah, they been attacking us— attacking us. and so we did say about the _ attacking us. and so we did say about the fataa _ attacking us. and so we did say about the fataa and _ attacking us. and so we did say about the fataa and the - attacking us. and so we did say about the fataa and the plo i attacking us. and so we did say about the fataa and the plo in| about the fataa and the plo in 1980s and we destroyed them and we expel them and here we are. i mean, yes, itotally understand this need to destroy them was the first of all, i'm not sure it's possible. hezbollah is a huge organisation. i'm not sure you can destroy it. look at gaza, we are one year in gaza and hamas is still alive and kicking after really so many casualties, so many innocent people paying with their lives and the achievements are very

limited. it does not work like this that everything will be solved by the sword, by living on the sword. and netanyahu can rightly claim that he is doing everything possible to crush them, but maybe it's not achievable and above all they knew question then what? who will replace them? what does he think i'm the arab world, the palestinians and the people of lebanon will fall in love with israel after what we have done there? , ., ., israel after what we have done there? , ., ., ~ ., there? ok, very good to talk to ou as there? ok, very good to talk to you as ever. — there? ok, very good to talk to you as ever, gideon, _ there? ok, very good to talk to you as ever, gideon, thank- there? ok, very good to talk to you as ever, gideon, thank you j you as ever, gideon, thank you very much for being with us. let's speak now to moshe emilio lavi, the brother—in—law of 0mri miran, who was taken captive on october the 7th by hamas. he was kidnapped from kibbutz nahal oz, close to the army basejon donnison was reporting on a few minutes ago. the last his family saw of him was when he was driven away in his own car by the hamas militants. in april, he was seen

in a proof—of—life video filmed under duress by hamas. he spoke of wanting to be home with his loved ones. thank you so much for being with us. what are your thoughts as we approach this one—year anniversary of the dreadful events of october the 7th? thank you so much for having me today _ thank you so much for having me today it's — thank you so much for having me today. it's hard to think that it's going _ today. it's hard to think that it's going to be a year. technically a year tomorrow, 355 days, _ technically a year tomorrow, 355 days, but the date will of course — 355 days, but the date will of course be october the 7th, on monday _ course be october the 7th, on monday. it's unfathomable to imagine — monday. it's unfathomable to imagine the sort of torture, mental, _ imagine the sort of torture, mental, physicaltorture imagine the sort of torture, mental, physical torture the hostages have been through for a year— hostages have been through for a year now. and it's for me difficult _ a year now. and it's for me difficult to understand how we have _ difficult to understand how we have failed both israel, the international community, humanity to prioritise saving their— humanity to prioritise saving their lives, saving countless other — their lives, saving countless other lives over other

interests, over other objectives.— interests, over other objectives. interests, over other ob'ectives. ~ ., objectives. when you say that, do ou objectives. when you say that, do you mean — objectives. when you say that, do you mean the _ objectives. when you say that, do you mean the benjamin i do you mean the benjamin netanyahu could do a deal to get the hostages out including your brother—in—law, that's what you're saying? your brother-in-law, that's what you're saying?- what you're saying? well, that's part _ what you're saying? well, that's part of _ what you're saying? well, that's part of what i'm i what you're saying? well, i that's part of what i'm saying. ithink— that's part of what i'm saying. i think he _ that's part of what i'm saying. i think he would be too simplistic and reductive to say it's only, _ simplistic and reductive to say it's only, the onus is only on richmond _ it's only, the onus is only on richmond and yahoo, the prime minister — richmond and yahoo, the prime minister. i've been engaging with— minister. i've been engaging with most of the mediated countries, including last week, and sadly— countries, including last week, and sadly they emphasised that hamas— and sadly they emphasised that hamas is— and sadly they emphasised that hamas is looking into voices and — hamas is looking into voices and have _ hamas is looking into voices and have yet to receive any confirmation from sinwar that he agrees to any deal in respect _ he agrees to any deal in respect of white hamas leaders are saying. and, yes, also our own— are saying. and, yes, also our own government have prioritised other— own government have prioritised other interests and some of them — other interests and some of them legitimate security interests whether in the philadelphi court or at a northern israel and some of them — northern israel and some of them also seem to be more

politically driven and also possibly related to the legal attainment the premise or has on himself caught up in the last— on himself caught up in the last few— on himself caught up in the last few years. i'm optimistic we witt— last few years. i'm optimistic we will find a resolution in i think— we will find a resolution in i think we _ we will find a resolution in i think we are much further away than _ think we are much further away than we — think we are much further away than we were a few months ago and that's— than we were a few months ago and that's because both the international community failed to force — international community failed to force relevant actors like iran, _ to force relevant actors like iran, tike _ to force relevant actors like iran, like guitar, like turkey to push— iran, like guitar, like turkey to push hamas for a deal, to push — to push hamas for a deal, to push sinwar for a disability atso — push sinwar for a disability also failed to push the israel prioritises saving the hostages over— prioritises saving the hostages over other objectives. xtiter? over other ob'ectives. very briefl , over other ob'ectives. very briefly. do _ over other objectives. very briefly, do you _ over other objectives. very briefly, do you think- over other objectives. very briefly, do you think your l briefly, do you think your brother—in—law is to live in that you will one day see him again? that you will one day see him auain? ~ , that you will one day see him auain? g , ., ., again? my brother-in-law, omri miran, a beautiful— again? my brother-in-law, omri miran, a beautiful human i again? my brother-in-law, omri miran, a beautiful human being, j miran, a beautiful human being, a therapist— miran, a beautiful human being, a therapist and a gardener, is a therapist and a gardener, is a tie — a therapist and a gardener, is a tie we _ a therapist and a gardener, is a lie. we have no other reason to believe _ a lie. we have no other reason to believe that he is not. untii— to believe that he is not. until we _ to believe that he is not. until we get a confirmation that— until we get a confirmation that he _ until we get a confirmation that he is not, we will continue fighting for his release, both worldwide and in israet. — release, both worldwide and in israel, the value on the streets _ israel, the value on the streets and speak to look at officials _ streets and speak to look at officials and point fingers,

write _ officials and point fingers, write articles and conduct interviews and make sure that everyone _ interviews and make sure that everyone understands he needs to go— everyone understands he needs to go home and needs to return home _ to go home and needs to return home to — to go home and needs to return home to my sister and his children— home to my sister and his children with all speed. thank ou ve children with all speed. thank you very much- _ hello there. good evening. cloudier today towards the north—west, with some patchy outbreaks of rain. but for much of england and wales, another dry day with blue sky and sunshine helping to showcase some of these very pretty autumn colours around. and there's more sunshine on offer to you on saturday. largely dry with some rain again out towards the north—west, but by sunday, cloudier across the board with patchy outbreaks of rain. so quite a difference in the days as we head through the weekend, but high pressure has been dominant today. it's been squeezed further eastwards as we head through tonight, with these approaching weather fronts from the west that are likely to throw more cloud into eastern scotland, down through northern england, too. outbreaks of rain for north—west england, some more showers

across northern ireland, but underneath the cloud and the rain to the north—west, of course, it is a milder night. temperatures in double figures, but perhaps temperatures dropping to mid—single figures underneath clear skies and really quite chilly—feeling air further south and east. but there won't be quite as much mist and fog around tomorrow morning as we saw earlier on this morning. and that's because the southerly wind is starting to pick up with these approaching weather fronts. so this is saturday, then. there'll be some more rain out towards the west, some of it heavy and more persistent across northern ireland into north—west scotland. a freshening southerly to south—easterly wind blowing, particularly up through these irish sea coasts. but again, for much of england and wales, the sunshine is just set to continue. and in the best of that, some of our temperatures could peak at 16—18 celsius, which is just slightly above the seasonal average. and then on saturday into sunday, well, ourfronts, driven by this area of low pressure, start to make further inroads. so it's a cloudier—looking day, the cloud thickening from the west as we head through the morning into the afternoon. patchy outbreaks of rain almost anywhere perhaps,

but some heavier downpours approaching western wales and the far south—west of england as we head through the afternoon, and then slowly slipping further eastwards. still, with that warm southerly wind, temperatures will be slightly above the average, 14—17 degrees, but the winds turn more south—westerly as those fronts continue to roll their way northwards and eastwards as we head through sunday night and into monday. so we're all likely to see a spell of rain for a time, and it turns really quite showery, very unsettled as we head through the start of next week. by wednesday and thursday, it could turn very wet and very windy, so do keep an eye on the forecast. bye—bye for now.

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