live from israel this is bbc news. i'm lyse doucet. we have special coverage of one year on since the horrific attack of hamas on october the 7th. , a, a, a, a, attack of hamas on october the 7th. , a, a, a, a, 7th. one year ago to al tacro fi . hters 7th. one year ago to al tacro fighters broke _ 7th. one year ago to al tacro fighters broke through - 7th. one year ago to al tacro fighters broke through a - fighters broke through a security barrier and went on a rampage into towns across southern israel. by the end of the day 1200 israelis were dead, 251 were seized and dragged across the border to gaza. vigils are taking place across this area of israel today. they will remember the dead and the missing. the vigils began, led by israel's president. at the scene the

fields, a short drive from where we are, the first area to come in the hamas' assault, where thousands of israelis and people from around the world had gathered for the nova music festival. they dance the night away but thenit they dance the night away but then it turned into a slaughter. 350 were murdered and 44 were taken hostage. this morning, at the vigil, they played the last track of music at 6.29 because that is when the music stopped and the slaughter started. this morning, again, they played the music again to honour the dead and the missing.

music. meanwhile injerusalem, crowds gathered before dawn, many holding aloft pictures of the hostages seized by hamas. they demanded that the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, ensure the return of those still being held. across the region, the war intensifies. there were powerful explosions in southern beirut as israel carried out fresh strikes overnight — with increasing fears of a wider regional conflict in the middle east.

this is the scene live in beirut — as lebanon now reckons with the aftermath of those strikes. israel says it is targeting the installations, the control areas of hamas, but they are targeting densely populated neighbourhoods of beirut. our middle east correspondent yolande knell looks back now at a year of conflict and diplomatic failures. this was israel's deadliest ever day. exactly one year ago, waves of hamas fighters from gaza led a bloody attack on israeli army bases, villages, a music festival. snatching hostages. and it triggered the deadliest ever war against palestinians. with relentless israeli bombardment, most of gaza's population forced from their homes. a humanitarian catastrophe.

there's still no end in sight. they destroyed our house and our life. hadas calderon from nir oz going back to the home where her mother and niece were killed. her son and daughter were kidnapped by hamas and held for 52 days before they were released in a truce deal. but hadas says they're still living the nightmare of the 7th of october. her ex—husband, ofer, is one of dozens of hostages stuck in gaza, last seen alive in a tunnel by his daughter. we know that every moment his life is... can be gone. my daughter, she said, because she met him and he told her, "please fight for me, i don't want to be dead, to die here in the caves."

whole life is on hold, hold. we can't think about future, we can't think about nothing else. repeated attempts by us, egyptian and qatari diplomats to negotiate a gaza ceasefire and hostage deal have failed. and every day in gaza brings new casualties. family home in nusseirat, killing hassan, aged six, and his grandmother. translation: i want to know why. we are civilians, we pose no threat. now in hospital, ahmed younis tries to cheer his surviving children with memories of happier days. they've lost all they owned and are in constant pain. translation: i want my children and my wife to be treated. - if i could, i would take them abroad. there is no safety. i hope from god that the war

stops today before tomorrow. but instead, the fighting is now spreading in the middle east. and that leaves many palestinians and israelis desperately worried that world attention is shifting away from their suffering. the people of gaza desperate for a ceasefire, and then to the wall that was triggered by the wall that was triggered by the horrific events of october the horrific events of october the 7th. as we have been hearing, of the hostages take to the streets at night after night to protest, call for an end to the war to allow their loved ones to come home. until all of the hostages are accounted for, israeli say that october the 7th is like an open wound. let's get a reflection on these events and what lies ahead. joining me now is udi goren.

his cousin tal haimi was taken hostage by hamas on october 7th and later killed. thank you forjoining me on this day. thank you for “oining me on this day._ thank you for “oining me on this da . . ~' i” ., . this day. thank you for having me. this day. thank you for having me- what _ this day. thank you for having me. what goes _ this day. thank you for having me. what goes through - this day. thank you for having me. what goes through your. this day. thank you for having - me. what goes through your mind toda as me. what goes through your mind today as you _ me. what goes through your mind today as you reflect _ me. what goes through your mind today as you reflect back - me. what goes through your mind today as you reflect back on - today as you reflect back on the horrific events of october the horrific events of october the 7th? fits the horrific events of october the 7th? . , m the horrific events of october the 7th? ~ , _, a, the horrific events of october the 7th? a _, a, the 7th? as you have said, i think back _ the 7th? as you have said, i think back on _ the 7th? as you have said, i think back on this _ the 7th? as you have said, i think back on this year- the 7th? as you have said, i think back on this year as i the 7th? as you have said, i. think back on this year as the entire year, we are still stuck in october the 7th 2023. a lot of people have been impacted and then were able in sun wei another to move on. but we are still undergoing that same trauma and we are still in this struggle, as you just heard, our lives have stopped and that is true, there is no way we can

do anything aside from take on this campaign to bring them back as soon as possible. the fact we are a year into the war at the hostages are not back, most of all we feel it is not even a concern. we feel that... everybody hasn't done everything they should have been doing. of course, i speak of my own government which, the hostages are not here, so clearly they haven't done everything they could have done. but the war and the fighting still goes on and the world hasn't done enough, the world hasn't done enough, the world hasn't done enough, the world has a lot of influence, the us, qatar, egypt and the uk and europe and of course, they are not the key players at the end of the day, the deal has to be signed by israel and hamas. but there is a lot of love

ridge that can be used and hasn't. ., ., �* , , ., hasn't. you don't believe your prime minister, _ hasn't. you don't believe your prime minister, benjamin - prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, when he says repeatedly he is doing all he can. that, as i speak to you, we can hear the sounds of artillery going across the border to gaza. he says he is doing all he can and he will not stop this wall until his aim of destroying hamas is achieved and he blames hamas for the deadlock?— for the deadlock? first of all i will say _ for the deadlock? first of all i will say the _ for the deadlock? first of all i will say the most _ for the deadlock? first of all i will say the most obvious l i will say the most obvious thing. the hostages are not here, so therefore he has not done everything he could have. had he, they would be here and thatis had he, they would be here and that is simple reasoning. aside from that, i am sure that the war will not stop until the goals of the war they have

sets, he and the government have set are achieved. however, they haven't, as far as we believe, they haven't been prioritising that. there are two goals of this war. one is making sure israel is safe and the other one is bringing back the other one is bringing back the hostages. at this point, the hostages. at this point, the war, the years fighting with hamas has weakened it enough that israel is safe enough that israel is safe enough at this point to make sure october the 7th doesn't happen again tomorrow morning and therefore we can reach a deal that will bring the hostages back. we will then have to continue making sure that our border is safe, because hamas will not cease doing what it does, it openly says it. but at the end of the day, we have to prioritise. fits day, we have to prioritise. as ou day, we have to prioritise. as you know, many of the places

that came under attack were home to left—wing peace activist. they had close ties to some of the residents of gaza, they try to help them in hours of need. after all that happened, when it gets to the day after, do you think israelis and palestinians can find ways to live together insecurity? i find ways to live together insecurity?— find ways to live together insecuri ? ., ., insecurity? i think that when theole insecurity? i think that when peeple use _ insecurity? i think that when people use october - insecurity? i think that when people use october the - insecurity? i think that when people use october the 7th | insecurity? i think that when i people use october the 7th and hamas, the hamas terrace have done things on october the 7th that would put the nazis to shame. —— terrorists. they have executed the most barbaric, heinous crimes people have ever thought about doing against other people. and yet, to say that because of that we don't think they would ever be a peaceful resolution, it doesn't have to be peace, you can do a lot of different things, but with the violence between

israelis and palestinians never cease? to say that, i think is actually ignorant in looking at past, long—standing ethnic conflicts. history shows that at the end of the day conflicts, when you speak to your own audience, you can stay very close to home in bringing examples, if you look at northern ireland. if you look at even much longer conflicts between england and france, 500 years, there was four and then it ended. at the end of the day it ended. at the end of the day it would end. we can't live through war for posterity. but we would need to make very definitive actions and have the vision and have the leaders to bring us there. at the very moment, we don't have these leaders and i will say more than that, i have said it in my prior response and i am very... ifeel very strongly

prior response and i am very... i feel very strongly about this, the world must stop paying lip service if it wants to see this conflict end. and the world has been paying lip service. and it has been fuelling this conflict for years and years by supporting the military efforts on both sides and by not putting a stop to it and not asking for accountability and vision. thank you very much forjoining us on what must be very difficult day for you and everyone who lost loved ones in the horrific events of october the horrific events of october the 7th. i am very sorry you lost your dear cousin, thank you forjoining us. joining me now is our middle east correspondent yolande knell. we were just hearing there from udi with his call for the war

to end and there to be a ceasefire in gaza. what all the polls saying now? they began in the months after the war began by showing strong public backing for the israeli army actions in gaza, but have they been shifting over the months? certainly there has been broad public support for the war in gaza for its aims of dismantling hamas' military capabilities are bringing the hostages home and removing the threat from gaza. there was another war goal that was recently added, to return people to their homes in the north of the country. they have been displaced by the fighting that has gone on in parallel to the war in gaza between israel and hezbollah. there is a drop in support for the war in gaza, that many people really want the war to end, close to half in one of the recent polls of jewish israelis that responded

and many more of the arab israelis, who make up 20% of israel's population. there is, by comparison, a lot more support for what is happening in the north of the country, the action taking place against hezbollah. if you look at the support for gaza dropping off, thatis support for gaza dropping off, that is this failure to bring the hostages home. if you look at events taking place across israel today, yes, you have these very moving commemorations but you also have protests against the government, as we do on a weekly basis. particularly with the hostage families, many secular israelis who have been taking part in those and they want more to be done to bring about a ceasefire and hostage release deal.— release deal. give us a bit more detail— release deal. give us a bit more detail about - release deal. give us a bit more detail about today, | release deal. give us a bit| more detail about today, a sombre day of commemoration but it is also, as you have been suggesting, a day when israel

is on high alert, rockets were still fired across the border into southern israel by hamas this morning?— into southern israel by hamas this morning? yes, you have got these two _ this morning? yes, you have got these two events _ this morning? yes, you have got these two events due _ this morning? yes, you have got these two events due to - this morning? yes, you have got these two events due to take - these two events due to take place later in the day, very much the centrepiece... thank you very much forjoining us with the latest from jerusalem. we will continue our special coverage here from across southern israel with special coverage of the october the 7th events and their aftermath but for now, back to the studio. thank you very much, we will be back with you shortly but for now, thank you. continued coverage what marking that one year on from the october the 7th attacks. more for you in the hours ahead but from around the world and

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you are live with bbc news. as israel was prepared to mark one year of the october the 7th attacks, israeli strikes continued in lebanon over night. there were more air strikes and districts of beirut soon after it issued further warnings to civilians to evacuate parts of the lebanese capital that israel considers to be hezbollah strongholds. the israeli military are investigating why five rockets managed to penetrate israel's air defences and explode in the northern foot city. several people were injured. with the latest, he is will vernon. explosions pierced the night sky, israel had issued new

evacuation orders shortly before launching air strikes on the city. the israeli military released this footage, saying it had targeted hezbollah weapons storage and command centres hidden beneath residential buildings, which hezbollah denies. the strikes on beirut are intensifying. the lebanese government says more than 11t00 people have been killed so far. over the border in israel, hezbollah's response. the city of haifa was attacked by five rockets. ten people were injured by shrapnel. hezbollah claimed it had targeted a military base in the area. earlier on sunday, an evacuation flight for british nationals left beirut. the uk government says no more are planned. those on board described the terrifying ordeal of their escape. oh, it's been devastating. it's like a nightmare, nightmare. it's like hell on earth. i can't describe, like, every day, every day at night,

bombing, like extreme bombing. it's so scary, like, the buildings shake. over a million people have been forced from their homes in lebanon, and around a thousand temporary shelters across the country are now full. the un says the situation is desperate. this is a major displacement crisis, as you all know, caused by this situation. we need respect for civilian infrastructure and civilian population. unfortunately, many instances of violations of international humanitarian law in the way the air strikes are conducted. and thousands of people are once again on the move in the gaza strip. injabalia in the north, israel ordered 300,000 residents to evacuate. the israeli military

is expanding its operations in lebanon and gaza. but the concern now is the potentialfor a direct confrontation between israel and iran, which could spark an even wider war. will vernon, bbc news. let's ta ke let's take your life to the scene in beirut. you can see smoke rising above the skyline in the lebanese capital. israel said it was a limited incursion into lebanese territory to attack hezbollah strongholds, what it described as some of the places hezbollah is able to launch missile attacks across the border into northern israel. israel finds itself fighting this war on a number of fronts with hezbollah in lebanon and with hamas in gaza and with the houthis in yemen.

and so whilst this was described as a limited incursion, a correspondence have been telling us that last night was a fierce bombardment of missile strikes on what they think were stores of ammunition, hence why we saw such huge explosions there. at this very much in central beirut, from where you get the jaeger centre is the latest. this is the area where his brother is based, the capital which is the main target. —— hezbollah. according to local media reports, it happened overnight and the israeli military again saying it targeted infrastructure being used by hezbollah, weapons storage facilities located in that district of beirut. we have seen footage from some of the site that have been hit with secondary explosions. so probably triggered by ammunition and weapons being stored in those facilities.

those attacks followed evacuation orders that were issued by the israeli military. this used to be hezbollah's beating heart in beirut with around 500,000 residents. it is completely deserted, empty and most residents have fled and there is a lot of destruction as well, many buildings have been completely destroyed, flattened by these israeli air strikes. so that gives you a sense of the power of the scale of these air strikes that have been carried out by the israeli military. and according to the lebanese authorities yesterday, there where air strikes also in central parts of the country. away from hezbollah controlled areas or areas where hezbollah has a very strong presence. 12 people were killed in those two air strikes, people were killed in those two airstrikes, including people were killed in those two air strikes, including three children. the israeli authorities, the israeli military has been saying that

it is taking measures to protect civilians, including by issuing those evacuation orders. but in beirut yesterday, the un refugee chief said that some of these israeli air strikes might have violated international humanitarian law by targeting civilian infrastructure and also could civilians. ., , ., �* , civilians. hugo, israel's stated ambition - civilians. hugo, israel's stated ambition of - civilians. hugo, israel'sj stated ambition of their operation into lebanon is to prevent hezbollah being able to launch air strikes into israel from positions there, but all the while it seems that despite their efforts, hezbollah is still able to do just that? exactly, so we have seen this has been an intense israeli campaign over the last three weeks with widespread israeli air strikes, weeks with widespread israeli airstrikes, not weeks with widespread israeli air strikes, not only here in beirut but also the south of the country in the east, up to areas where hezbollah has a

very significant presence. so that has degraded hezbollah's ability to coordinate a significant response. the group, though, still has some ability to launch some rockets. it continues to do so on a daily basis. we saw that haifa was hit overnight and somewhere else in israel. the goalfor the israeli military is to weaken hezbollah, eliminate this threat coming from hezbollah in lebanon. they say they want to change the situation along the border to allow the return of those 60,000 israeli residents who have been displaced from northern israel because of rockets being fired by hezbollah. there is a ground invasion happening and more israeli troops have entered lebanon. the israeli military still describing what is happening in the south as a limited, targeted, localised operation. but there have been reports of direct fighting

happening between hezbollah fighters and israeli soldiers. obviously the fear in lebanon is that this could mark the beginning of a wider and longer israeli offensive against hezbollah.— israeli offensive against hezbollah. ., ., , hezbollah. coverage continues here and bbc— hezbollah. coverage continues here and bbc news. _ hello, the next couple of days will bring some shower clouds, downpours with thunder and lightning put some decent sunny spells or because of this low pressure which will hang around and give us the changeable weather. this is a snapshot of the morning on monday. temperatures hovering between eight and 11 celsius. for some of us, it will start off dry and others will have rain particularly across northern and eastern scotland. it is difficult to sum up the day because it will be changing. some areas will have heavy showers and for others it will be generally trite with prolonged spells of sunshine. where the sun does come out,

temperatures could get to 18 or 19 degrees but don't be caught out by the heavy showers, take a brollyjust in case. more of the same on tuesday. this is a slow—moving area of low pressure so the weather isn't changing an awful lot. but the distribution of the showers will be different between one day and the next. temperatures about the high teens in the south of the country but further north around 12 celsius. mid week, we are watching hurricane kirk in the atlantic. this is the satellite picture. as the storm moves northwards and it will get caught in thejet northwards and it will get caught in the jet stream and propelled to western parts of europe. we are increasingly confident that the storm will track to the south of us but as the storm reaches western europe it will sharply curved towards the left, northwards and mayjust clip south—eastern part of the uk. but it is a small chance. on wednesday, showers and cool weather across many northern and eastern areas with some sunshine out towards

the west and here, you can see the west and here, you can see the edge of the rain associated with kirk, the ex hurricane with kirk, the ex hurricane with very gusty winds winds moving across france. nine in northern scotland, 17 in the south—east of england. through the course of wednesday evening into thursday, look how close the low pressure is to south—eastern parts of the country and gale. winds are possible around east anglia, the south—east of england for a time, particularly coastal areas as the low pressure pulls away towards germany. he is the outlook for the week. showery picture, first half of the week and then we watching possibly kirk brushing is mid week and by the end of the week, brighter but quite a bit colder. goodbye.

hello. we are following commemorations of the day of the ceremonies that are under way in israel in memory of the nearly 1200 people killed and 250 who were taken hostage by hamas exactly a year ago. this is a scene in israel, the site of the nova music festival on what was a holiday weekend in israel where many young people were enjoying the music overnight at a music festival. but what then unfolded was a rocket attack across the border from gaza into israel and then militant who arrived at that site

indiscriminately killing hundreds of