prepares to mark one year since the hamas attacks of october 7th. we'll be hearing the stories of those affected by the events of that day and explore how conflict has spread across the middle east. it's been a year. yeah, a yearon. but as far as we're concerned, it was yesterday. today israeli strikes continued to hit southern lebanon, with many told to evacuate. strikes too today in gaza, where a year on, the impact of war is everywhere. jeremy bowen, our international editor, will be assessing a year of turmoil. and in our other main story tonight, sue gray,

the prime minister's chief of staff, resigns. she had been caught up in rows about her pay and donations to the labour party. good evening to you from southern israel. we're live at kibbutz be�*eri where this time exactly last year, people here were celebrating 77 years since the creation of this community, remembering its rich history. there was a party. meanwhile, back beyond the fence behind me, about a kilometre away, hamas gunmen were planning mass murder, and the following morning, they struck. just take a look at

this. this building strafed with gunfire, and the owner only survived because he hid in the roof. for many communities here, this community has stood still since that moment. here you can see wine that was drunk the night before at the celebration. in all, 101 people died here. on the eve of commemorations marking the october seventh attacks, we'll be reporting on how so many lives were changed and how the reverberations have spread right across the middle east. ourfirst report tonight is from our international editorjeremy bowen, who examines the last 12 months of war, the lives transformed here, and in gaza where more than 40,000 people have died in israel's response. his report begins in kibbutz kfar azr, close to the border with gaza. the survivors of the attack

on kibbutz kfar aza have not come back to live here. the ruins have not been touched. kfar aza, right on the border, was one of the first targets of hamas. they killed 62 people here and took 19 into gaza as hostages. that buzz is from an israeli drone heading for gaza. later we heard air strikes. bereaved families and a grieving nation were promised total victory over hamas by their prime minister. a year on, hamas are still fighting. the ground around one house has been excavated. it was the home of a man man and his fiancee, both killed by hamas. his father spent weeks looking for his son's head. he didn't find it. a neighbour said there was a nightmare on every corner. we are still inside the trauma. we are not in post—trauma, like people said. we're still here. we're still... we're still in the war.

my victory, i will be here with my son and daughter, with my grandchild and living peacefully. for israelis, kfar aza and all the other places that hamas attacked on the 7th of october have become repositories of very deep and still raw national trauma. and the horror that happened here has, for the vast majority of israelis, absolutelyjustified everything that israel has done since then. a year ago, israeli troops were still fighting hamas when they let us into kfar aza three days after the attack. the year of war since then ripped away any illusion that the middle east could be peaceful without resolving deep seated conflicts. hamas fighters lying

where they were killed were seen by israelis as enemies funded by iran to destroy their state. and the sight of dead israelis being carried out of the ruins brought back the nazi holocaust that killed six millionjews. these soldiers were being deployed north to the border with lebanon. a year later, israel and iran are in direct conflict, plummeting towards all—out war. israel's prime minister, netanyahu, promised a mighty vengeance. his defence minister said they were fighting human animals in gaza and would act accordingly. this was gaza city before last october. hamas told the bbc they attacked israel to put palestinians back on the world's agenda. israel has damaged or destroyed

nearly 60% of all gaza's buildings, according to satellite analysis. as the war in lebanon deepens, in beirut there are fears they might face something like this. almost 42,000 palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed. 10,000 are missing, thought to be under the rubble. the estimate is that 40% of casualties are children. israel insists it follows the laws of war, spares civilians, and it rejects and condemns the accusation of genocide made by south africa at the international court ofjustice. more than two million gazans, the un says, are trapped in a humanitarian catastrophe, without food, water and medical care. as families are displaced repeatedly on israel's orders, bbc verify has tracked how quickly

improvised camps spring up. the israelis say they're protecting civilians. the un says nowhere is safe. israel does not allow journalists into gaza, so trusted palestinian colleagues filmed this woman and her family in al mawasi, a supposedly safe area hit by at least 18 israeli air strikes. she and her family have had to move 15 times. translation: we were walking on salahadin street when a car | was hit and we saw it burning. on the left, there were people killed. on the right, there were people killed. even the donkeys were thrown around in the bombing, and we said, "that's it, we're done. "the next rocket will be for us." on the west bank, the other side of the palestinian territories, violence and killing have increased sharply. this isjenin, where many israeli raids have not deterred or destroyed local armed palestinian militias.

the cemetery is filling up with their dead. the war in gaza has radicalised both sides. the west bank is already part of the pile—up of serious conflict in the middle east. there could be a bigger explosion here if israel and iran continue to accelerate into all—out war. the nightmare of the war that started in gaza spreading and igniting the middle east is happening. a ceasefire deal in gaza mightjust cool the crisis and create a space for diplomacy. perhaps the war can end in gaza, too. or perhaps it's too late for that. jeremy, you are injerusalem. do you see this conflict already involving parts of the region spreading wider and deeper?—

and deeper? clive, it's a really dangerous _ and deeper? clive, it's a really dangerous moment, _ and deeper? clive, it's a really dangerous moment, and - and deeper? clive, it's a really dangerous moment, and what| and deeper? clive, it's a really - dangerous moment, and what was a very nasty and brutal stalemate, you could call it, really changed about a month ago when israel decided to go on the offensive against hezbollah in lebanon. they made it clear they couldn't tolerate rocket fire into the country. hezbollah gambled that their arsenal provided by iran was too strong, that israel wouldn't take that risk. well, they did, they attacked, killed the leader, blew up and invaded into south lebanon, and while they inflicted massive blows on hezbollah, its patron, the iranians, instead ofjust standing back as we may have hoped, they hit israel last tuesday with ballistic missiles. so now everyone in the region and here i waited to see what israel will do. they have said they will hit back.

they have said they will hit back. the way they hit back, what they hit and what iran does afterwards will determine the way this war spirals. either more towards disaster, or perhaps slowing down that process. we will see. we will see. we will see. we will indeed. ok, jeremy, thank you. jeremy bowen, our international editor, injerusalem. tonight, israeli strikes are continuing in lebanon where new evacuation orders were given to people living in the south. our correspondent hugo bachega has sent this report from beirut. overnight, and the most intense israeli air strikes in this war. explosions. in the morning, more air strikes. this video appears to capture secondary explosions, a possible sign that weapons were being stored there. this place was hit about 12 hours ago, and there's still smoke coming out of the rubble.

there is a heavy smell in the air and there is destruction all around, including some buildings farfrom here. i can count at least three underground floors. it's all destroyed. israel accuses hezbollah of hiding weapons among civilians, an accusation hezbollah denies. this building, residents told us, included a sweet shop. we found a bag with the name of the shop on the right, next to the tail fin of a mortar unlikely to have been used by the israeli military. we couldn't stay long. you can go from here right now, please. a group of men arrived, ordering us to leave. in gaza, israel's war against hamas continues. israel bombed another school housing displaced residents, saying hamas had set up a control centre in the building. a nearby mosque was also attacked.

israel said hamas was operating there. the two strikes killed at least 26 people, according to gaza's health ministry. this woman lost her daughter and grandchildren. translation: please, | god, defeat netanyahu. please god, defeat israel. i hope god defeats you, america. you have made us cry over our children, grandchildren and loved ones. my heart is breaking. back in lebanon, the missiles come, not only at night. israel is not backing down in its war against hezbollah. and in beirut, there's no respite. hugo bachega, bbc news, beirut. more on the conflict here in the middle east later in the programme, but first we are going to go on to other news.

sue gray has resigned as the prime minister's chief of staff, saying she risked becoming a distraction. the former civil servant had been caught up in rows about her salary, and controversy surrounding donations made to sir keir starmer and members of the cabinet. downing street says she will take up a new role as the prime minister's envoy for nations and regions. the conservatives said her resignation showed the government is in chaos. our political editor chris mason has the story by the prime minister's side — until today, at least. sue gray was at the top table. here she was at the white house last month. now she's gone as sir keir starmer�*s chief of staff, after weeks of her colleagues saying she was too powerful and not up to the job, and willing to leak confidential information about her. she earns £170,000 a year but that figure matters less than how i found out about it, and that is down to a rows

in government about her role. some within government thought the leaks deeply unfair but the anger was real, an issue i put to the prime minister the week before last. are you going to get rid of them, those grumblers, or get rid of her? i'm not going to discuss individual members of staff — whoever they are. what about resolving the issues that have brought about the row? do you acknowledge that there are people that are unhappy and i guess you as the boss have the responsibility to try and sort it out? well, i acknowledge that briefings to you are not helpful to the government. my focus is on what we need to do as a government to change the country for the better... including sorting out the cause of that? and it's myjob to deal with briefings, etc, and i take responsibility for that. in a statement today, sue gray said... before moving to work for labour last year, sue gray had spent a career as a civil servant, including writing the report into parties during the pandemic when borisjohnson

was prime minister. it's really hard to drive party politics from the centre of a government if you've not come up through party politics. i've worked with sue, i rate sue but i think you see now the need for the political professionals to be the driving force in the comms, in the policy and in everything that's done. this is the man who'll replace her, morgan mcsweeney, widely credited as the mastermind behind labour's landslide election win. sir keir starmer will hope this rejig and sue gray being sidelined will bring the backbiting and infighting at the heart of government to an end. i'm told by sources that have been consistently reliable throughout all of this tonight that this decision was arrived at on friday, and the prime minister was willing to sack sue gray, but in the end they came to this mutually agreeable

arrangement, a demotion to a job thatis arrangement, a demotion to a job that is part—time and not in downing street. you might wonder tonight, why does all of this matter? it matters who works around the prime minister, who they are, whether they get on, in particular roles they fulfil, because that has a big determinant on whether government works or not, and there has been a sense privately from some in government that labour have got off to a bumpy start than was necessary. the prime minister will hope that this can start to put that behind him. all right, chris, thank you. chris mason, our political editor, reporting there. as israel prepares to mark one year since the october 7th hamas attacks, thousands of people gathered in london's hyde park this afternoon to call for the return of the remaining hostages still unaccounted for and thought to be held in gaza. there are 97 of them. the memorial event was

organised by the board of deputies of britishjews and other groups, and attended by those with family and friends in israel. the mother of the only british—israeli hostage being held in gaza called on the british government to help secure her daughter emily's release and all those being held hostage. how is it that she's still in prison there after one year? why isn't the whole world, especially britain, fighting every moment to secure her release? she's one of their own. i need to hug her again, and i need to see her smile. i know we could and should be doing more and more. i and everyone else had failed her, and the only way to make us all feel whole again is to get emily and all the 100 hostages back to theirfamilies. back here in israel, tomorrow will see commemorations

across the country. gill and pete brisley have travelled here from the uk, after their daughter and two granddaughters were killed by hamas. they now? cling onto the hope that their daughter's husband, elli, who's still being held as a hostage in gaza, may one day return. if elli comes back, we want the house to look sort of livable. there were still some bloodstains on the floor, which had dried, obviously. i've done the garden, got rid of all the weeds. but how anybody could look at three women and one a little girl and just shoot them — i'm sorry, they are not people, they are monsters. gill and pete brisley adored visiting israel from south wales to see their daughter and herfamily. got bullet holes all over it. their trips are now mournful,

sorrowfuljourneys. on the morning of october the 7th last year, their daughter lianne, grandchildren noiya and yahel, and their son—in—law elli were at home when hamas gunmen tried to break in. when it happened, the front door was locked. in desperation, lianne called out for help. she was on whatsapp with her older brother in canada, and it wasjust, um, "help us. "we've got terrorists in the house. "we can hear shooting. "for god's sake, help! " and they are shouting, "die israel!" and she said, "i have never, ever been so scared in my life." and then, of course, it alljust went dead. there was no communication. one year on, in a bullet—scarred kitchen, they reveal how their son broke the terrible news. on sunday morning, he sat me down on the settee and he said, "sorry, mum, lianne didn't make it.

"nor did the girls." and that really was just the end of our world as we know it. that's the safe room. so they would have been sheltering in here? all four of them and the dog were in here. so we now know that lianne's body was just outside that door. outside here? noiya's body was beside her, and, um, little yahel, who was onlyjust 13, looked about ii—years—old and she only looked about 11, and she was sitting up against the wall. but how anybody can look at three women and one little girl, and she was very, very slight, and just shoot them, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. how anybody can do that, you just...

sorry. in all, at kibbutz be'eri, 101 people died. the local cemetery was near capacity a year ago. but now more space has been created, allowing many of those interred elsewhere to finally return home. it's been a year. yeah, a yearon. but as far as we're concerned, it's yesterday. mm. we can't move on. i should say that every now and again we do hear loud explosions on this side of the wire. that israeli bombing continuing of girls are just about a kilometre from our position here. a lot of attention has been paid to what is going on in lebanon over the last few days, and we

understand there has been an intensification of israeli strikes around beirut this evening, and we heard from hugo bachega, our correspondent, a little bit earlier about evacuation orders being given to many people across parts of southern lebanon. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is with me. one year on from all of this, could anyone have predicted... and there is another explosion that i've just heard. could anyone have predicted that this would still be going on? elise. this would still be going on? clive, i think i can _ this would still be going on? clive, i think i can speak— this would still be going on? clive, i think i can speak for _ this would still be going on? clive, i think i can speak for many - this would still be going on? clive, i think i can speak for many that i this would still be going on? clive, i think i can speak for many that it| i think i can speak for many that it is chilling to be here and just hours from this moment a year ago, something unimaginable, unthinkable, happened for israelis, that the security of the area was shattered by hamas fighters going on this murderous rampage. and at the time, many believe that there would be a

war which would follow, but a year ago we kept using the word unprecedented, and now a year on we are still using the word unprecedented. we saw the images from jeremy's report earlier of the unprecedented demonstration in gaza, the untold suffering of palestinian civilians, and then to beirut, unimaginable, unprecedented suffering there, and then as we speak tonight, the concern, the fear, about an even wider, more perilous war with this direct confrontation between the two major powers, between iran and the islamic republic of iran. so as we speak tonight, it is a time of deep mourning in israel. it is still an open wound, what happened here, that was about to happen a year ago. but it also provoked what is the most, we heard earlier from it also provoked what is the most, we heard earlierfrom jeremy, the most perilous, the most

unpredictable time in a region that has been all too perilous and unpredictable. so while israel and its neighbours are grieving, everyone is in deep pain, but there is a sense that the worst may still be to come. is a sense that the worst may still be to come-— is a sense that the worst may still betocome. ,, . ., ~ thank you to clive, and chilis to set it as well. i want to show you some pictures from the last half hour, as clive mentioned the israeli military has been targeting beirut again. this followed a warning given by the military and our correspondents nafiseh kohnavard told us what she could see. yes, it seems that this is a new series of airstrikes that started after a warning by israeli army, exactly like last night, and similar over... last night, exactly at the same time, we had similar air strikes.

and one particular air strike caused multiple secondary explosions which shook the city. and i can see from my balcony again that there are secondary, still ongoing, secondary explosions. this is not clear, what is this that that has been hit, but some some local media speculate that it can be a weapon depot like the one that was hit last night. and until morning we could hear and see sparks and flashes from that particular location that was badly hit. this is the seen live in haifa in northern israel where hezbollah says it has targeted an israeli army base. stay with us on bbc news for the very

latest on the middle east conflict. hello there. good evening. a very messy and unsettled picture weather—wise as we head through the next few days. but it was a pretty start earlier on this morning. lots of red skies as captured by our weather watchers. and of course, the heaviest downpours today were out towards the west, some of the showers pushing further eastwards at times. not as much sunshine as we saw yesterday, but still the chance of some more bright and sunny spells as we go through the next few days, accompanied by some rather blustery showers. brisk southerly winds so the air is mild, warm for the time of year, even. and it's unsettled because low pressure is the dominant force. it's out towards the west of ireland. of course, all of these bands of rain showers swirling around it that sets the scene. for the rest of tonight there will be further bands of rain just gradually pushing northwards and eastwards, but some long clear spells across northern areas of england and through the southern half of the uk as we head towards dawn tomorrow. here, temperatures could potentially drop back into high single figures. otherwise a mild start, double figures pretty much across the board.

now, tomorrow, the low pressure remains out towards the west. again, there will be furthershowers, longer spells of rain at times. it's quite a cloudy picture across scotland, for example, and there will be rain on and off here throughout the day. the early rain clears away from northern ireland, moves into north—west england, and there could be some heavy, possibly thundery, downpours across south—west england into southern wales as we head through the afternoon. but you could catch a shower almost anywhere. a little less frequent out towards the east. some sunny spells and the best of the sunshine. temperatures will peak 16—19 celsius. that's above the seasonal average. now, the low pressure sinks a little further southwards as we head through tuesday, so some of the focus of the heaviest downpours could be across the southern half of the uk. there'll be quite frequent showers here, but again some bright and some sunny spells in between. another band of rain just pushes northwards into scotland. again, there will be quite a lot of cloud here, but once again in the best of the sunshine, it will feel warm for the time of year. temperatures generally 14—18 celsius. now, wednesday's

weather needs watching. this deep area of low pressure contains the remnants of hurricane kirk, and at the moment, we think that the worst of the weather will be across northern france, moving into the low countries, heavy rain and strong winds. but some of that rain could move into kent, perhaps. we're likely to see some very blustery winds down the north sea facing coasts as that low pulls away, and then it turns a lot colder. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines israel carries out fresh strikes on a beirut suburb — the attacks come after israel issued new evacuation orders in southern lebanon this comes as israel steps up its offensives against hezbollah in lebanon and hamas in gaza, on the eve of the october 7th anniversary. thousands of people gather across the world to call for the return of the 101 hostages still being held in gaza. events have been held in paris, london and glasgow, among others. and — prime minister keir starmer�*s top adviser, sue gray, resigns from her position as downing street chief of staff. she says she "risked becoming a distraction" after being caught up in rows over pay.