some families were destroyed. a nation still in shock. we can't let the hamas just rebuild again. they'll do the same thing. they've promised they will do it again and again and again. for gaza, neighbourhoods reduced to rubble. the level of devastation is like nothing i've ever seen before. man yells tens of thousands dead. nearly two million made homeless. they destroyed the future of the gazan people. it feels like they're trying to wipe us out. scores of israeli hostages killed. dozens more still being held in gaza. get the deal done! i get them back home! this is the story of two families in israel... ..and two in gaza, living

through a year of war. explosion there's no safe place at all in gaza. a new front in the war has opened up. there's fighting in lebanon, and now ballistic missiles from iran. you can't just sit and see your enemies threatening in every city and every town in your country and just do nothing. more uncertainty, more dangerfor everyone in the region, and beyond. bring me back to the 6th of october. when i first met thomas hand a year ago, his daughter emily

was missing after their kibbutz was attacked. it's the weirdest thing, for a parent... ..to hear that their child's dead... ..and you're relieved. almost a month later, i find out that she actually is there... ..captive, and that was — that was an awful feeling, because by then, we knew what they were doing. emily was held captive by hamas for 50 days. on october 7th, shrouq was living in gaza city with her husband roshdi sarraj. baby cries explosion almost immediately, they came under

israeli bombardment. explosion roshdi, a film—maker, started documenting life under siege for panorama. tonight, it's going to be the tenth day of the continuous invasion on gaza. explosion it's very close. it's unbelievable. on october 7th, at sunrise, hamas unleashed an unprecedented attack on israel. thousands of rockets fired from gaza... ..and thousands of armed men forcing their way across the border.

one of their first targets was be�*eri. tack, tack, tack, tack... gunfire. distinctly gunfire. gunshots, radio comms phone pings neighbours began messaging each other. thomas was trapped in his home. he couldn't get hold of emily, even though she was staying nearby with her friend. there was bullets flying all over my head. it was absolutely terrifying. radio comms 132 people were killed at be�*eri. more than 1,200 people were killed in israel on october 7th, 251 taken hostage into gaza.

the worst loss of life since the founding of the state of israel, 75 years before. israel is at war. - we didn't want this war. it was forced upon us in - the most brutal and savage way. but though israel. didn't start this war, israel will finish it. israel's prime minister vowed to destroy hamas... ..a group designated as a terrorist organisation by the uk and other governments. in the first six days of the war, 6,000 bombs were dropped on gaza. in gaza city, roshdi was

filming the immediate aftermath of israeli air strikes. when i reach attack location... ..a little girl lying on the ground with her blood. it's in my head all the time. i cannot forget it. in the first week of the war, the hamas—run health ministry reported 2,000 people killed. despite the danger, roshdi and his family stayed in gaza city.

say hello. say bye. bye. bye! explosion baby cries out explosions continue i cannot move because it's very dangerous. maybe lose my life... baby cries the next morning, an israeli strike hit the building. roshdi was hit in the head by shrapnel and died from his wounds.

shrouq buried him in a mass grave, then fled south with dania. doron katz asher with her two daughters, raz and aviv, were visiting her mother efrat in nir oz... ..when 150 gunmen attacked the kibbutz. her husband yoni was at home in tel aviv. men talk it would be eight hours before soldiers arrived. around 100 people were killed or captured in nir oz. i saw my wife, some of the hamas men puts

a cover on her head, and i saw my older girl raz, purple dress, long golden hair. doron, her daughters and her mother were taken towards gaza. israeli helicopter gunships were overhead. there were orders to stop hamas fighters escaping — at any cost. it's hard to discover that at the moment of truth and in such horrifying moment... ..the danger was from the idf helicopter.

a un commission says at least 14 israelis were killed by friendly fire that day. for 16 days, doron and her daughters were held in an apartment. then they were moved, in the middle of the night. doron says she and the girls were taken to a room in a hospital and held there for 33 days. the diary doron wrote during captivity also provides evidence of where she was held. it's a form, it looks like a hospital form. yeah, yeah. the israeli army told

doron she'd been held at nasser hospital in khan yunis. hamas denies holding hostages in hospitals. last november, israel agreed a temporary ceasefire, releasing some palestinians from prison in exchange for some of the hostages. it's amazing. every day, i look at them, and i know that it's a miracle that they are here.

emily was released the day after the ceasefire began. i had to put my ear close to her lips so i could hear anything at all. that was pretty devastating, to realise that she was in so much fear that she couldn't even talk. anyone meeting her today would never guess in a million years that she spent 50 days as a hostage in gaza. extremely strong girl. the ceasefire only lasted for one week. for the first time, aid agencies could get into gaza from israel. the big focus when i was there in november was getting food and supplies to the north. james elderfrom unicef was on the border with aid

trucks, waiting to go in. israel controls the supply of aid across the gaza strip, and at no point have we seen an intention to look after these families. when we talk about in january going from almost no malnutrition, suddenly we had one in three children under the age of two with acute malnutrition. that's based on restrictions in aid. the main problem is i that hamas was looting the aid, the foreign aid. throughout the last - months, israel increased the humanitarian aid. i think that there is no situation of starvation| in the gaza strip. since the start of the war, almost two million palestinians have been forced to leave their homes. roshdi's wife shrouq and daughter dania are among them. # you are my sunshine,

my only sunshine...# after moving four times in the past year, they're now in a camp in the centre of gaza. everything is on hold for me, like my feelings, my tears... everything on hold. you try your bestjust to survive your day. israel won't let journalists into gaza to report freely, so i call shrouq from near the border. phone rings hello, shrouq! can you hear me? it's jane. hey, how are you doing? it's really good to hear your voice. do you feel safe? you know, in gaza, there's no safe place. we want a ceasefire. we don't want a pause and then returning once again to the killing and destruction, and so on. we just want it end forever.

shrouq's decided to carry on her husband's work, recording the devastating impact of the war. every time i wear the vest, i remember my husband roshdi. by march, more than 30,000 people had been killed in gaza according to the hamas—run health ministry. almost two thirds of homes damaged or destroyed. i believe all of the destruction will be rebuilt once again. back in 2011, israel secured the release of one captured soldier by agreeing to palestinian demands to release more than 1,000 prisoners. they chant: allahu akbar! one of them was yahya sinwar.

he went on to become the leader of hamas. israel accuses him of masterminding the october 7th attacks and the taking of so many hostages. he's a believer, extreme. he was in israeli jails. he comes from gaza. he's lived under the israeli occupation for his entire life. he is a big believer in the need to wipe israel off the map. get the deal done! get them back home! the plight of more than 100 hostages still held in gaza brought thousands out on to the streets. einav zangauker is one of the protests�* leaders. her son matan is still

being held in gaza. einav had once been a supporter of prime minister benjamin netanyahu. not any more. netanyahu leads a coalition government, including parties of the far right. they've threatened to dissolve the government if a permanent ceasefire with hamas is agreed. but without one, hamas won't release the remaining hostages. put it simply, he is held to ransom. so he is ready to actually cave in to all the demands by the far right. and there's personaljeopardy for benjamin netanyahu too. an election could be

disastrous for him. as we speak, there's already a four—years—long corruption, a court case. for him to stay in power becomes closely linked, correlated, with potentially staying out ofjail. i really think after october 7th, people only care about one thing — how israel can be safe. so it's not a question of the right wing exerting pressure? it's not a right—wing question at all. it's really an israeli consensus that hamas shouldn't be operating in the gaza strip. sameh and his wife dina had two daughters, mayan and baby mirna. when we first met sameh

a year ago, he was filming at the al—shifa hospital in gaza city... ..as his two daughters were rushed in after an explosion. the children had been travelling south with their mother when their truck was hit by what sameh was told was an israeli missile. siren wails dina was killed. the hamas—run health ministry reported 70 people were killed in the truck explosion. the israeli army says it wasn't responsible.

a month later, sameh's family home was destroyed. thousands of palestinians were trying to get out. israel seized control of rafah, closing the border with egypt. now, no—one can leave. gunfire sameh and his girls got outjust in time.

they're now 8,000 miles away in australia. benjamin netanyahu has long been opposed to the creation of a palestinian state. now his right—wing partners in government want him to go further. the vision is eventually to annex the west bank, but beyond that, they return the idea of reoccupying the gaza strip and possibly resettling this. there are also those

who say that the vision, if you like, or the strategy of the right—wing parties is to annex the west bank, is to potentially resettle gaza. but the government. was so clear about it. they said israel is not going to be in gaza. l we don't want hamas to be in gaza. - we want the palestinians i to have a better leadership. i think the governmentj was very clear about it. a few weeks ago, james elder was back in gaza, visiting hospitals and delivering aid. the level of devastation is like nothing i've ever seen before. nine out of ten people are displaced, so that's the reality of what people are facing here. 15,000 children killed in gaza. 15,000. over the course of a year, it's a0 girls and boys killed every day. gaza used to have 36 functioning hospitals. only about half are still

operating, and not fully. the israeli army accuses hamas of using hospitals as command centres and says hostages were held here at nasser, and other hospitals in gaza. hamas denies this. both sides in this conflict have been accused by the international criminal court of war crimes. it says hamas leaders are responsible for the murder of civilians, torture, sexual violence and hostage—taking. of the three accused, yahya sinwar is the only one still believed to be alive. hamas says the plan for october 7th was "to conduct an operation against military

targets", but the involvement of unaffiliated palestinians and other armed groups led to "chaos in the field" and "the occurrence of many mista kes". israeli leaders benjamin netanyahu and yoav gallant, the defence minister, are accused by the international criminal court of starving civilians as a method of warfare and intentionally directing attacks against civilians. we are victims of terrorism and we are protecting ourselves. i but nonetheless, the numbers of civilians dead, the women and the children, tens of thousands... we don't want to kill| any innocent people. we just, we're just| after the terrorists. on a single night in april, iran fired more than 300 missiles and drones into israel. it followed an air

strike on the iranian embassy in damascus. iran supports hamas in gaza, and the armed group hezbollah to the north in lebanon. you know, this ring of fire around israel, it has become real, and wherever israel looks, it sees iran. hezbollah�*s also designated as a terrorist group by the uk and other governments. since october 7th, hezbollah�*s been firing rockets into israel. 60,000 people have been evacuated from the north. we will take whatever action is necessary to restore security and to bring our people safe back to their homes. last month, more than 30

were killed in lebanon and thousands injured, when pagers and walkie—talkies used by hezbollah exploded. israel's been blamed, but hasn't confirmed or denied it was involved. i think israel has known for a very long time that they were going to have to fight a war against hezbollah, and this was always going to be the first stage in that war. in the last two weeks, israel's pounded lebanon from the air, killing the leader of hezbollah... ..and has sent troops into the south of the country. more than a million people have fled their homes. in response, iran has fired another barrage of missiles into israel.

there's a significant risk of miscalculation here. that this conflict is going to spin out of control, and become a real regional war, which in effect is what hamas has wanted from the very beginning. one year on, in gaza, more than 40,000 people have been killed, according to the hamas—run health ministry. 50 israeli hostages are still believed to be alive in gaza. there's no prospect of peace. i'm glad to say that we are expecting a new baby. - i see it as a victory because this is the true victory. - i hope that the new lives - that we will bring will grow up to a different reality.

i want dania to grow up with that sense that her father is watching over her and he is protecting her. i want dania to be the generation that will make a change.

live from washington, this is bbc news. the un says a fifth peacekeeper has been wounded by gunfire in southern lebanon, but officials don't yet know who is reponsible. one of the leading advocates for scotland's independence from the uk, alex salmond, has died at the age of 69. us presidential hopeful kamala harris releases her medical records, accusing former president

donald trump of a "lack of transparency" for not doing the same. and a colourful display in the sky — hundreds of hot air balloons take flight in new mexico. hello, i'm carl nasman. us defense secretary lloyd austin has told his israeli counterpart that he's concerned over reports that israeli forces fired on un peacekeeping positions in lebanon. the messaging from secretary austin comes as a fifth soldierfrom unifil — the un peacekeeping mission in southern lebanon — has reportedly been wounded. it's not yet known who is responsible for the fire. the incident took place at the un base in naqoura, near the border between israel and lebanon. four un peacekeepers were wounded in previous incidents, which unifil blamed on israeli forces. meanwhile, lebanon's health ministry says at least 15 people have been killed in israeli strikes in different parts of the country.

one of the targets was deir billa, in northern lebanon,