the, the, this is dw news live from berlin, israel hummel's the lebanese capital as it expands at military operations, against the middle wisdom has the last witnesses and analysts say the most intense environment of a root. since the beginnings of israel's incursion. and israel prepares to mark one year since the october 7th terror attacks. we take a look back at that day and talk to a woman who has relatives were taken hostage by the

american evans dean. welcome. israel is pressing ahead with his attacks against has blah, as is airstrikes, it goes lebanon's, capital bay route, continue into another night. the military has issued new evacuation orders for areas and southern 11 on telling residents to head north of the a wally river. this comes as israel prepares to mark one year says how mazda is terror attacks on october 7th, which sparked it's military operations, a mosque in the room, a village in the south of lebanon, and destroyed by the israeli military. i made a series of intensified attacks in the region this comes after a weekend of heavy bombardments of bay roots southern suburbs. the as rarely military says it targeted weapons storage facilities and infrastructure belonging to hezbollah. the attacks with the most intense sense,

the start of israel's assault on a route and they left behind a wave of destruction. local residents questioned israel's motives for the bun boardman. how do you see any weapons here? do you see weapons? what is real also intensified? it's air strikes on eastern lebanon, like here in the city of bob. back on sunday is rarely prime minister benjamin netanyahu visited the military base on the web, and on border, he held the security assessment with his country's commanders, and spoke to troops. so this, this on a, i'm not lose the fucking them a year ago. we suffered a terrible blow to shoot me in the past 12 months. we are changing the reality completely. the whole world is astonished by the blows that you inflict on our

enemies and i salute to you and say to you, you are the generation of victory. up to go and it's a whole felipe of ground, the, the united nations high commissioner for refugees met with lebanese prime minister and nat geo. mccarthy. and a route to discuss the worsening humanitarian crisis in the country that he wines that civilians were caught in the crossfire. 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 the past destroyed or damaged civilian infrastructure. with plumes of smoke often billowing from the southern suburbs, the people the bay route are hoping efforts to reach a cease fire will soon succeed after the latest intends is really airstrikes. i as a journalist, ruth michelson, who's in be rude about the situation on the ground as well. i think it's fair to

say that a lot of people in berry but feeling fearful of the night that happened last night, the lebanon's national news agency. i said that they were more than 30. is there any strikes that hit the southern suburbs as they route it's considered to be one of the worst nights of strikes. and since israel expanded its attacks across lebanon, on the 23rd of september, there were reports of firewalls lighting up the sky of uh, of a baby. and its understood that the targets were a petrol station. and a hotel near the brushy courier airport, which is one of the only ways out for a lot of people in lebanon. and so that's obviously creating some increased fair and i need some other people have these really army has issued evacuation notices

for several towns and the south of lebanon. has there been a reaction from has belong but you're right. he is really army issued evacuation notices for 26 towns across the southern lebanon. they ordered people that to evacuate immediately. we haven't seen an immediate reaction from has full of what we've seen today is an increased number of funeral notices for the fights is acknowledging that they are incurring losses in the south. but the way that has bullet has positioned themselves with regard to the fighting. that's happening, at least to the follow is or to notice people in lebanon is that this is a fight for them along northern and southern border. the when the warm that maybe there were some losses encouraged along the way, but they are in their own words, determined to have victory. and that suddenly reaction that we're seeing also along

the some of the people who are displaced from the southern suburbs if they rate or tomorrow. october 7th, marks one year since her moss launched it surprise terror attacks that triggered israel's invasion of gaza. and the latest crisis in the middle east, in a few moments, will speak to a relative of 2 people taking hostages that day. but 1st, here's a reminder of how events unfolded on that day. warning that some people may find some of the images in this report, disturbing the sun was just about to rise when over a 1000 rockets were launched at israel from gaza. as millions of these realities rushed to seek shelter, 1500 ha, strain militants on land. cnn broke through to israel guys. a border fence in more than 60 locations, minutes later they reached is really military bases engineering border communities . on the way they shot indiscriminately a test that was by all the while. the rocket beverage continued in various

palestinian militants and civilians kept flowing in through the broken fence. the fighting expended to over 30 different locations in the south of israel. one of these locations was the nova music festival. hundreds of rivers tried to sleep for their lives. cases of sexual violence rate and other atrocities were reported into weeks and months that followed. the mentions of the cottage was slowly exposed to videos posted on line by her mouse. the picture was green and unprecedented. tara tech had caught isabel by surprise. whole families and communities had fallen into the hands of homa as a very sore, and citizens of israel. i mean, we are at war, not even an operation will be said to have more than we come up in the in the 1st hours these really security forces were fleeting and civilians were mostly left alone to fight. thomas was setting houses on fire,

shooting hundreds to death and has taken over 250 people, hostages back to gaza. only after 48 hours, it is really gain control over all these territories. and the breach border on that day and into you the past tense, over 1600 is really to account the some 100 hostages as to how to buy from us is really air strikes on guys. i started that morning and soon followed by full sco ground invasion over 41000 palestinians have been killed in gaza in the war that followed up to the 7th day to change the middle east. earlier i spoke to maya roman her cousin, your den roman golf was taken hostage on october 7th by hum awesome. later released her sister in law, carmel gone, was also taken captive,

but found dead in garza. in august, i asked her how she felt when she learned of criminals death and whether her family was able to feel a sense of closure after all these months of uncertainty. a murder, missouri, hard for us and it still is. i don't think any of us as close to getting any kind of closure. carmel was able to survive for 11 months in, on speaker ball conditions in a tiny tunnel way she could understand with no light. um, you know, guarded 247 having to go to the toilet in a bucket its in a humane and she survived for 11 months and she was waiting for us to save her. and as the families keep telling everyone, we don't have any time in the something that we have been saying since the

beginning, that time is running out. but you know, when you're advocating for your family, when you're giving interviews, when you're meeting with politicians you, you forget that there is a ticking clock that there is someone standing with a gun in the head of your family member. and then all of a sudden the worst happens and, and your remind is that you didn't have time that all this time. things were dire. and you know, we're dealing with the very strong feeling of failure. we did everything we could for 11 months, no pets to your cousin, your identity. yeah. well, i just wanted to jump in there in terms of doing everything possible because your cousin, your den, was released as part of this temporary cease file dear deal between hum us and israel. and yet we've been hearing from prime minister netanyahu that the military

campaign and gaza is what will bring the remaining hostages home. so as somebody who has been campaigning for so long for the release of the hostages, what do you believe needs to happen for those hostages? to be released there needs to be another hostage deal that's very clear to us. that is how we felt and was released as we said. we also know that the military pressure is part of the reason carmel was murdered. because for our captors, i saw the military approaching and decided to murder instead of losing their you know, they're, they're a trophy or their objects that they're using in their war. i obviously believes that my government should do more and can and should strive to end this current war in order to get our hostages at home. at the same time,

it's very important, especially in light of cardinal it's murder. to remember that we are dealing with tears. when i am asking my government to be willing to give concessions over to home us, i'm asking my fellow citizens to give up on their sense of security. and that is a lot to ask. and especially now that we are reminded of what happened to us on october 7th, how people are on the tablet, entered my cousins home, and to her and her husband, and her 4 year old and murder her husband's mother and help her sister in law herself captive and murdered her sister in law 11 months afterward. so we are dealing with a terrorist organization that wants to create an islamic state all over the world. by the way, um, as the my cousin is a german citizen, like myself. and one of the things she spoke to her captors about was, why didn't they do this? why are they doing this?

and they told her we are doing this to create them as long as the state. and she told them, well, they asked her if she would come back through his route if she is released, then she told them, well maybe i will go to germany and german citizen. so they told her are okay, but just so you. 2 we also have a mouse in germany, so i just am saying this because a deal, especially today, and i am feeling today so powerful the that we need to remember while asking our government to please retail hostage to you. and i am asking the german authorities . we've been in touch with the german publics to continue and ask for hostage deals and put pressure on everyone they can to bring this deal forward. we also need to keep in mind who and what we are dealing with. my a roman, thank you so very much for your time and for sharing your perspective and your

experiences with us. we really appreciate it. if you're watching the w news coming to from berlin, a reminder now of our top stories. a lebanese capital has been hit by a series of fresh air strikes. huge bloss rang out from the southern suburbs of a root overnight on sundays. israel says is targeting his velocity area is really attacks and gaza has left dozens dead. a mazda official saying error striking a mosque of central gaza killed at least 26 people authorities, their stay. the school was being used to shelter displays. people of these 20 others were killed in northern cost. you're up to date on the w news. coming up we joined. one of the pioneers of american football in germany, is now believe to suffer from a brain disease link to repeat. it's close to the head. stay tuned for sports life . i'm marianne. i haven't seen,

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