what is happening in israel a year after the attacks. militants of hamas and the beginning of the war in the gaza sector. we are talking about this on the bbc live from london. i am yevgenia shedlovska. how israeli intelligence saw the preparation of hamas for the october 7 attack. the army was not ready to repel such an unexpected attack. miscalculated or underestimated the enemy. these questions still remain unanswered. exactly one year ago, hamas fighters broke through the barrier on the border of the gaza strip and attacked bordering israeli settlements. wax

bases. the israelis believed that he was several years old the barrier cannot be overcome. about 1,200 people died then, including more than 300 military personnel. another 251 people were taken hostage by the militants. israel began hostilities in the gaza strip and over 41,000 palestinians died in the gaza strip during the year of the war. these are data from the local ministry of health under the leadership of hamas. today, all over israel and in other countries in... the victims of the october 7 attack are being commemorated, many different events are taking place, for example, a march took place in jerusalem at dawn, the participants held portraits of hamas hostages in their hands, demanding that the israeli authorities did everything to return them. sirens were blaring across the country in the early hours of the morning, exactly as the attack began a year ago. on october 7, the israeli army was not ready for such an attack by hamas militants and... one of the first to be

hit was this israeli military base - nahal-os, located less than a kilometer from the border with the gas sector. here is its perimeter, on both sides of the watchtower, hamas seized this base, killed dozens of soldiers, took others hostage, and this is what remained of the command post. he completely burned out. how hamas militants that day managed to attack the base, which was on the front line of the israeli defense. warns. video may upset some. dawn on october 7. inachal oas is already teeming with hamas fighters. this is one of the closest israeli military bases to gaza, right on the front line. they attack from the ground and air. from drones and even on paragliders. in a few hours, the base

is captured, more than 60 israeli soldiers are dead. among the few hostages, she was only 19, it was only her second day on the job. bloody and pressed against the wall. i have friends in palestine - the girl pleaded. she was taken to gas, where she has been for 12 months. after i was able to look at those wounds, the blood, the horror of those moments, i knew she would say something like that. i'm a member of a youth peace organization, i'm not an enemy, i have friends in palestine, that's all my naamah. naama was a soldier but worked with potter. unarmed, she was one of dozens of mostly young women whose job it was to keep an eye on surveillance cameras. suspicious

activity in gas. they warned that hamas had been planning something big for years. these shots show his fighters training. the nahal-os base is now completely destroyed, and some of the women who worked there with the potters are questioning why it wasn't better protected. sharon, one of the few survivors. she did not want to give her real name. her words were reproduced by a bbc producer. they told me: get up, the terrorists are outside the door. i thought this wasn't really happening, it didn't make sense that they would be in here military base. we tried to call for reinforcements, but i remember being told that there were no reinforcements, no one could come. and she's not alone in saying that if the nahal-os base had been better fortified, it would have helped soldiers stop hamas and prevent deaths. soton israelis, if this facility

was stronger and pushed hamas out of the area, it would save many lives, and even if... combat armed soldiers, etc. it hurts to understand. a year has passed, and there are still many questions. why didn't they listen to intelligence reports? how did one of the most powerful armies in the world suffer its greatest defeat against a much weaker force. the israeli army

says it is still investigating what happened at nahal os, a military base that was supposed to be the first line of defense. israel said. seeking to destroy hamas after the october 7 attacks, began operations in the gas sector, first with bombings, then with a ground invasion, but they have not been able to completely defeat the group, which has controlled the gas since 2007. hamas has an extensive network of underground tunnels. militants take cover from the population on this the map areas with destruction in the gas sector are marked in red. these are the results of the analysis of satellite images. the gas sector is very small. densely populated territory along its length. 41 km, 10 km wide, and according to some estimates, two-thirds of the buildings there may be damaged, namely the gas station in ruins, at the same time there have been large camps for displaced people since the beginning of this escalation of the conflict in the gas sector , the bbc correspondent ruzhdia abualuf worked there, he left

there , but follows what is happening. people say that during the last two days it felt as if the war had begun . a new order to evacuate was issued to residents of a large area in the north of the gaza strip, namely bein hoon, beyklahia and javalia. at the same time, warning signals sounded for the residents of the eastern part of khan yunis, because it seems that on the anniversary of october 7, hamas launched rockets at israel, and israel responded by striking the places of hamas notes. i myself was forced to evacuate several times, three or four times to be exact. so saw this whole process. you have only 10 minutes to pack and go nowhere you have no way to pack your things. you don't know if the area you are evacuating to is safe for you and your family, or if you will find food, shelter and

a tent to sleep in? i spoke to people who recently returned from the refugee camp, nusseirad, they got in. to the hospital, three of them are blind women, they don't know what to do, they don't have a place to wash, they don't have enough food, this is how the life of displaced people in gaza looks like. unfortunately, israel and egypt do not allow foreign journalists to go to gaza, but there are a few brave palestinian journalists who are dedicated to their work and doing their best to cover the events there. after a year of war, hamas continues to shell israel, the israeli army. declares that several rockets were intercepted today, this is the result of shelling on a farm near tel aviv, and this is the result of shelling from lebanon, from hezbollah. this is the second front of this war. several hezbollah missiles bypassed israeli air defenses and hit the port city of haifa. in recent weeks

, israel has launched a war against hezbollah in lebanon. these are the consequences of today's bombing of southern lebanon. as a matter of fact, the expansion of hostilities in the middle east is the scenario that the united states and other western countries tried to penetrate and urged israel not to do, but this is what happened in a year. the bbc's jeremy bowen saw the wounds left in israel by the october 7 attacks. those who survived the attack on kibbutz kfaraz never returned, the ruins remained intact. kfaraza is located simply on the border. hamas attacked him among the first. here they killed 62 people, and another... 19 were taken to gaza as hostages, this sound was the hum of an israeli drone heading towards gaza, later we heard explosions, families mourning their loved ones and all grieving for the country, its prem he promised a complete victory over hamas. a year later, hamas is still fighting.

the ground around one of the houses has been dug up, it was the house of nirelyazini and his bride, niv reviv, both of whom were killed by hamas. father was absent for several weeks. looked for his head and never found it, the neighbor says, it is here at every step a nightmare was brewing. we are still traumatized, we are not over the trauma as they say. people, we are still here, we are still here in the war. my victory is when i will live here with my son and daughter, with my grandchildren, and we will live in peace. for israelis, kfar aza and other places attacked by hamas on october 7 became a repository of a very deep and still unhealed national trauma, and all the horror that happened here for the vast majority of israelis justifies everything that... israel has been doing since then. a year ago, when three days after the attack we

came to qfaraza, along with the israeli military, the fighting with hamas was still going on. since then, a year of war has finally dispelled any illusions that peace can reign in the middle east without resolving the deep conflicts. the israelis looked at the hamas fighters who were left lying where they died, as if they were enemies financed by... a crane, who seek to destroy their state, and when the bodies of the murdered israelis were taken out of the ruins, it reminded them of the nazi holocaust, which took the lives of 6 million jews . these soldiers transferred to the north to the border with lebanon. a year later, israel and iran found themselves in direct conflict, which is rapidly developing into a full-scale war. israeli prime minister netanyahu promised a powerful revenge. israel's defense minister said that in... gaza they are fighting beasts in human form and will act accordingly. this is gaza city until last october

. hamas has told the bbc it attacked israel to put the palestinians back on the world agenda . israel has damaged or destroyed nearly 60% of all buildings in gaza, according to reports satellite data. with the deepening of the war already in lebanon, in beirut, they fear that the same fate awaits them. almost 42,000 palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed, 10,000 are missing, believed to be buried under rubble, and an estimated 40% of victims are children. israel insists it abides by the laws and customs of war, protects civilians, and rejects and condemns accusations of genocide. south africa in the un international court of justice. according to the un, more than 2 million citizens of gaza are trapped

a humanitarian disaster without food, water and medical aid. as families are constantly being moved from place to place at israel's behest, bbc verify has tracked how quickly makeshift camps are springing up. the israelis say they are protecting the civilian population. the un claims that there is no safety anywhere. israel does not allow gas. foreign journalists, so our trusted palestinian colleagues filmed insaf hasan ali and her family in al-mawas, a supposedly safe neighborhood that has suffered at least 18 israeli airstrikes, insaf and her family had to move 15 times. we were walking along salahadin street, when a nearby shell hit a car, we saw it burning, people were killed everywhere, left and right, even donkeys were scattered during the bombing and... the end, the next rocket will hit us. in the west bank of the jordan river, on the other side

of the palestinian territories, the number of cases of violence and murder has increased dramatically. this is jenin, where numerous israeli raids have not stopped or destroyed a local palestinian armed group. the cemetery is filled with the graves of their dead. war in ghazi radicalized both sides. the west bank of the jordan river is one of the hottest. points of the middle east, if israel and iran continue to accelerate the pace of war, the conflict here will explode with new force. the nightmare of the war, which began with gaza, then engulfed and ignited the entire middle east, continues. a cease-fire agreement in gaza could end this crisis and create space for diplomacy. perhaps the war in gaza could end, and perhaps it is already too late. and read more about the war in... the middle east on our website bbc.ua, i will say goodbye to you until

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territories, we will talk about the elections in the united states of america, because it has an enormous impact on that... including the situation in ukraine, because the elections are less than a month away, and of course, the ideological, informational, cultural front, traditionally an overview of everything that is happening in our ukrainian space. khrystyna yatskiv is joining us now. christina, good evening. good evening to andrii and all our listeners, viewers, i'm a little bit i apologize again for my entourage, i am somewhat distant. now, but this does not relieve me of my responsibility for an honest conversation with you, andriy and with our viewers, but thank you in advance, first of all, for outlining the topics, i would still like to make a brief remark and say that october 7 will forever be associated with

the anniversary of putin's birth, unfortunately, and with the beginning of another war. in the middle east, and in fact, the war in the middle east, which has been going on for a long time, and this is a little unusual for israel and for its opponents, it is very, in fact, it is effective for ukraine and for all of us, so i urge people who take everything that is happening in our country close to their hearts and minds to watch and be attentive. by the actions of various states, various countries, in particular in the middle east as well, well, regarding the so-called birthday of the so-called president putin, to be honest, even today i did not think about it, i mentioned it several times there, well, because it is written about in social media networks, but to be honest, there is absolutely no way around it, because we understand, here

the war with russia, and this war, it does not depend on putin alone. the whole of russia is at war, not only putin, so i think that we should absolutely not care whose birthday it is, the most important thing for us is that these racists, these occupiers, these terrorists should not be in ukraine and nothing of theirs either, in fact, that was not associated with them, but as for the fact that we need to follow everything that is happening in the world, here i completely agree, and with what is now in the middle east, and with what is in china, and by what... is in the united states of america, that's all we're talking about of course, we must speak with one goal, because the situation in ukraine also depends on the general paradigm, on the general geopolitical chessboard of everything that is happening in the world. we are inextricably linked with the world, we are inextricably linked with civilization, and therefore all these things are absolutely interconnected.

today, as i already announced, we have three topics, and of course we will start with... with what is currently being extremely discussed: nato, the peace formula, possible concessions, this is circulating in the foreign press, just now even in front of our broadcast, i read another extract from the financial times article, well, let's talk about it now in order, so, the peace formula, discussions around possible compromises between ukraine and russia and the hypothetical accession of our country to nato, but first of all i... more i will remind you about our survey, by the way, in the context of this, today we are asking our viewers whether you think it is possible for ukraine to join nato, before the liberation of the occupied territories. if so - 0800-211-381, if not, 0800-211-382. absolutely free, take your phones or smartphones, call, and so on

at the end of this hour, in less than 40 minutes, we will draw up the final results. so, let's add a little background on why we're talking about this. ukraine and its western allies are discussing a possible compromise under which kyiv could gain either membership. in nato, or some similar guarantees in exchange for a diplomatic solution to the issue of the territory occupied by russia in the future. the financial times writes about it, and it is one of the most discussed articles in the last few days. in fact, we are talking about a model, in particular, so writes the financial times, according to which a long when west germany existed. we can now see the graphics on the screen. west. diplomats and a growing number of ukrainian officials are inclined to believe that meaningful security guarantees could form the basis of a negotiated settlement in which russia retains de facto,

not de jure, control over that or part of ukrainian territory it currently holds under occupation, and another the article that i just talked about, ukraine is conducting private talks about a peace agreement with about a peace agreement in general, is also written by fenela. financial times, the publication writes that behind closed doors there are certain conversations going on, according to what i just said, but what's interesting about this article is that basically, i also thought, guessed, quote, it's true, it's doubtful that putin has an incentive to agree to negotiations , land in exchange for peace, as long as he believes that his forces can still increase their gains, that is, that we have repeatedly spoken to you ... that russia will fight until she sees an opportunity for herself to fight, and she is absolutely not interested in any agreements, she needs the absolute destruction of our country,

and it is clear that this is an existential war, it is a war for the territories, but not only for the territories, it is a war for the whole country and for all ukrainians. at the same time, there is a reaction from our ukrainian experts, in particular, diplomat valery chaly emphasized the incorrectness of such analogies. analogies actually with germany, so in the times after the second world war. valery chaly wrote on his facebook page: germany was first divided, and then the issues of guaranteeing security for ferent west berlin were already resolved. in the case of ukraine, everything is the opposite, a compromise a decision that will divide the country, perhaps forever. that is, we see that opinions are completely different. a vision, a different understanding of what is proposed and what is happening, it consists in the fact that someone believes that such a selective attitude,

conditionally speaking, to certain areas of our country, which are occupied, will de facto strengthen this border and where - in fact will make it, well, at least in the medium or short term, in fact these... regions will be occupied by russia, according to another point of view, which is offered to us today by both experts and foreign press, it is about the fact that it is necessary to end the war in some way, that the war has reached a dead end, it is alleged that the maintenance of exactly the intensity that exists today is not forever, and it is necessary to think about how to get out of this situation, especially taking into account the fact that ukraine's resources... are limited, and so, this is roughly the picture that you and i are creating now, and it indicates that indeed, perhaps,

some conversations, some discussions are taking place at the level of our western partners, regarding what vision there may be in ending the war, or at least at some certain stage of the end of the war. again, all these statements, all these opinions, all these articles do not pretend to be absolutely obvious and truthful, because in fact there is such a thing as an array of facts, an array of actions, an array of some events that can happen during the next time, and which either they will foil such a plan, or they will confirm such a plan, and again, i say once again and always on... the key or the key to the resolution of the war, to the end of the war, lies not in ukraine, not in brussels, not in washington, he lies precisely in

moscow. as long as moscow will have the opportunity to fight, as long as moscow will have the opportunity to destroy our country, it will do so. such is its essence, absolutely terrorist, absolutely imperial essence. and therefore, most likely, the main measures that can be applied now are such assistance to ukraine, to ukraine, which will force moscow to either make certain concessions or to end the war in general. ukraine, well, regarding this, i still have big doubts, at least regarding nato, we see different positions, that is, we understand that there is a position of the united states of america, there is a position of the federal republic of germany, as far as i understand, they are not quite ready for ukraine to fully join nato, so allegedly, in particular, at the same anniversary 25th ramstein, which will take place on the new one, i.e. the current week, and...

they will offer, perhaps, some formula on how to support ukraine, or how to provide guarantees for ukraine, in particular, for example, regarding the supply of weapons, or some other formulas, or provide ukraine with the so-called candidacy for membership in the north atlantic alliance, this option is also being considered, the position of hungary and slovakia is also interesting here, because these are two countries that today are de facto the voice of the kremlin. in the civilized world, who will do everything possible to block ukraine's accession to nato, at least they talk about it almost officially, we talked about it with oleksandr pali in the last part. so, roughly, this is the current vision, christina, i pass the word, maybe there are some thoughts about it. you know, andrei, this week our program is with you

the new week, it seems to me, will be almost the main one for the entire time that we are working together, because before the day of october 12, these are a few days before, i would say, it is here, it seems to me, that it is important for ukrainians to be very careful expect, monitor, and generally follow the preparations and everything that will happen at this ramstein, indeed, it will be a ramstein at the level of heads of state. this will be an event where joseph biden, as the american president, will lead defense measures, defense measures specifically for ukraine, in order to to somehow consolidate the 50 participating countries, here it is important to understand what joseph biden will do, maybe in his last one this is a worldwide outreach to people, will

he go to the max? the maximum he can go to for the sake of ukraine, will he be careful not to possibly, let's say, provoke some things somewhere inside the united states, in their election race, and thus not to give too many sharp pitfalls for kamala harris, who is now walking the pre-election race, this is for me personally it is very interesting to observe and generally understand what it all fits into. i don't know if we should expect any things that are fundamentally important for ukraine, revolutionary for the course of hostilities, but the fact that issues related to the format of ukraine's future entry into the north atlantic alliance are being seriously discussed is not a secret for me personally, because back in 2023 , ex-nato secretary general anderson rasmussen

spoke. about well, maybe this is a theoretical option, look, a certain part of ukraine is controlled by a legitimate one by the ukrainian government, so a certain part is not controlled, but less is still better than nothing, it is better than the entire territory, both free and occupied, standing in one place, and from that moment it became clear to me personally that they are being seriously conducted discussions on the format in which ukraine can become a member of the alliance. and for me the question remained when, and now, in my opinion, this issue can be a little more clearly defined, and we are promised, we are promised, at least, that russia will retain control over the occupied territories, de facto, but not where yure, and here in this context it is difficult to disagree with the diplomat shaly, indeed germany is not comparable to ukraine. it's

so appropriate.