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crisis on the ground. ♪ sumi: welcome to world news america. we start with memorials across israel and around the world for the 1200 people killed and more than 250 taken hostage by hamas on october 7 last year. it was the deadliest day for jews since the holocaust. a year later, nearly 100 hostages still remain in gaza and israel's response to the attack has devastated gaza, killing more than 41,000 palestinians. israel and hamas are entangled in war with no signs that either side is close to a cease-fire. new israeli strikes reported in lebanon. in a moment, we will go to tel aviv. first, scenes from the nova music festival site one year later. ♪

♪ >> good evening to you from tel aviv where rockets have just been fed towards central israel. this city, which has been marking one year since the hamas attacks of october 7. at the same time, israel has been striking targets in southern beirut. as we were about to come on air, several long-range missiles were fired into israel. our team took cover as the defense system high above swung into action. it is believed this latest attack came from lebanon.

earlier, there were rockets fired into israel from gaza and from yemen. this evening, millions of people across central israel have been running towards emergency shelters. all this on the day that services have been taking place for the 1200 israelis killed and more than 205 taken hostage in the -- 250 taken hostage in the hamas attacks one year ago. from dawn until dusk, on this land and around the world, people have been stopping to room for who died. it was 6:30 in the morning on october 7 when fighters from hamas and other groups crossed to the southern border from gaza and inflicted the worst single mass killing of israelis in the nation's history. the gunmen from hamas broke through the border fence, rampaging through nearby villages. military posts and the music festival. they torched homes, shooting and

killing indiscriminately. hamas is designated as a terrorist organization by the u.k. and other governments. according to israel, 251 of its citizens and foreigners were taken hostage in gaza. one year on, around 100 people remain unaccounted for. tonight, we will look at how the events of the last year have changed this country and the region, including in gaza where more than 40,000 people have been killed in israel's response. israeli bombs continue to fall on the territory today. on top of that, as we've been hearing, there are airstrikes across the northern border with lebanon. but, we start with the day of commemorations here in israel. as the nation remembers one year on. ♪ their tears are shared. there is a solidarity in this

nation's sorrow. uniting strangers and friends, rich and poor, young and old. ♪ as a still traumatized people mourn, thousands gather today in southern israel, remembering the 383 people killed at the nova music festival. what's also being mourned is the death of promise because so many young lives yet to be lived was snatched away. ask a survivor of the horror of october 7, in her early 20's. our conversation about how she ran for cover, broken by the sound of artillery fire as war rages not far ay in gaza. >> i remember for a few minutes

running, not knowing where to go. war continues. >> a year later, it continues. it is sad to say but i am kind of used to it by now. i am only 23. i've spent the last years with rockets, missiles and terror attacks. >> it is such a tragedy. >> i don't think, i don't know how is it possible that one year later and we still have 101 hostages? a few miles away from here. >> beneath the collective trauma, there are divisions. here in tel aviv, the bereaved families of the hostages still being held in gaza who held this commemoration. a different ceremony on behalf of the government, pre-recorded and later broadcast on television. howb est -- how best to get the hostages home, how best to turn

military victories into longer-lasting political solutions. those are the big questions. for now, there's collective silence to remember. ♪ do you thinkou will ever get over your experience with what happened? >> i don't know but i hope so. i am wishing i will. i am surrounded by amazing people. the community for me is my new family so i know i will be ok. i have to believe that. >> book, will israel -- but, will israel be ok? the pain of a nation. this evening, israel has again hit targets in the south of the lebanese capital beirut. the israeli army earlier called on residents there to leave their homes. anna foster joins us live from the city now.

bring us up-to-date with the latest. anna: the southern suburbs of beirut are increasingly starting to look like a hollowed out shell. people have left the area. so many airstrikes over the last 10 days have collapsed buildings and driven families away. already this evening in last 90 minutes or so, we heard the first of the warnings that tend to come at this time of night, around midnight local time, telling people to leave before fresh airstrikes start. it has been happening through the day-to-day. we have seen plumes of smoke close to the airport. in the south of lebanon, again, that momentum has built. the israi air force say in just one hour, 100 of their planes attacked more than 110 hezbollah targets. there's been a fresh warning to people in the south of lebanon to stay out of the sea andtay away from the beaches. fishermen have been warned not to take to the rivers on their boats because israel says they

will begin a maritime operation now against hezbollah, because they think attacks are being planned and carried out in the waterways. more than 1/5 of this country have been displaced in the last two weeks or so. again, it seems like nobody here can look forward to any kind of respite. sumi: thank you to clive and anna for that reporting on the ground. now a little earlier, i spoke with the father ofdf soldier nimrod cohen being held hostage. he was recently in new york to advocate for a cease-fire and hostage release deal. >> the way we are coping recently is just being active. active all along the way in terms of demonstrations. doing media interviews. talking about nimrod. talkg about the urgent need for hostage deal. meeting with officials all around the world.

i'm currently in the u.s. we went through new york, washinon. senate representatives. right now, i am in los angeles with, again, jewish organizations. we are everywhere, all around the world fighting for a hostage deal, fighting for the freedom of my son. i would say the only way for us to cope is to be active. sitting at home and waiting for something to happen will just drive us crazy. sumi: i can understand that. you have been also critical of the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the inability to get an agreement between hamas and israel to have the hostages released. what is your message to the israeli prime minister? >> first of all, i won't say inability. i will say he's doing his best

not to get to a hostage deal, to keep on the fighting. netanyahu and sinwar, they have actually the same mentality. amplifying the war, just going deep into war. sinwar for his reasons, netanyahu for the simple reason, to stay in position as prime minister. that is the situation currently. sumi: can i ask you, because we have spoken to people from the israeli government who have said it is hamas that launched his brutal attack on october 7. it is hamas that is holding the hostages. it is important to put pressure on hamas, not the israeli government here. what is your response to that? >> ok, putting pressure -- me, in person come i cannot put pressure on hamas. of course, hamas is a heinous organization.

hamas is the one that did the heinous doings of october 7, murdering, butchering, raping, burning, and taking hostages. but, the only establishment i can demand the return of my son, the only establishment who is responsible for israeli citizens and soldiers is the israeli government. and they have to offer a generous enough deal for hamas so they will agree for a deal. sumi: before we let you go, could you tell us a bit about nimrod, your son, what you think is important to know about who he is, what type of person he is. >> my son is a person, a normal boy like every other boy in the world. likes music, likes taking trips. a shy boy. l m the peacemaker.

usually makes the piece between brother. sister and older he's a normal boy. we are talking about him not because he something special, like a popstar or sports star. we are talking about him because of his misfortune to be kidnapped. so, we are asking, clearly asking for a hostage deal along with a cease-fire. and we are asking everybody in israel, all around theorld, politicians, to pressure netanyahu to go for a deal. that is the only thing we want. we want this -- to end this horrible situation. sumi: israel's response to the hamas attack has killed more than 41,000 palestinians in one year of bombardments. the majority of those have killed women and children. our correspondent has a look at the stories of two families of the many whose lives have been changed forever.

>> a year of the sights and sounds of war. for the last 12 months, our cameras recorded the lives of gazans under fire. now, we've gone back to find some of those people. last february in rafah, two israeli hostages were rescued from hamas captivity. more than 70 gazans were reported killed. abed was a farm laborer and father oseven. he was hit by shrapnel in front of his family in a refugee tent. >> what was his fault? what was his children's fault? what is my fault? >> she was six months pregnant.

several of the children were wounded. a 13-year-old lost an eye. >> i'm in pain. i lost my dad. enough. >> now, eight months later, she's caring for a new baby sister. >> we feel tenderness and love towards her. i love her so much in a way no one else knows. >> sibling solidarity essential for a family displaced four times since the war began. >> as a child who lost an eye, lost a father, i carry a pain that even mountains cannot bear. >> in gaza, there's nowhere to

run. not from the war or loss. >> every day, i sit by myself, bring up his name, talk to him and cry. i feel like he's aware of everything i am going tough. i tell myself i need to be patient for the sake of my children. >> in july, a grieving mother. >> i constantly see the dog tearing at him and his hand, and the blood pouring from his hand. >> in the suburb, the israeli army said it detected hamas fighters in this building during intense fighting. like here on a different operation, they used dogs to search. when troops entered, they found mohammed and his family. the search dog attacked mohammed, who had down syndrome

and autism. >> it stays in front of my eyes the whole time. it never leaves me at all. we could not save him, neither from them or the dog. >> the troops gave mohammed some basic treatment. two of his brothers were arrested. his family was ordered to leave. but the soldiers then left the wounded mohammed alone in order, they said to help troops, who had been attacked nearby. a week later, when fighting ended, they returned to find mohammed dead. this is the bloodstained sofa with the dog attacked him. -- where the dog attacked himm. three months on, mohammed's room has been left in darkness. his brother says the soldiers abandoned his disabled sibling. and wants an independent investigation.

>> they could have treated him much better than they did, but they just put some gauze on him as if they did a quick, careless job. whether he lived or died didn't seem to matter to them. >> at the time, the army said it prevented any harm from civilians and accused hamas as using them as human shields. mohammed is buried in an alley besides his home. the war means it is not safe to go to the cemetery. mohammed, his sister singing him a lullaby. and she who lost a father are just otwo stories of many. as the war goes on. bbc news. sumi: for more on gaza's humanitarian crisis, i spoke to

the policy lead at the british charity oxfam. now, a year into this war, how do you describe the situation in gaza? >> our data, recent data shows unprecedented number of fatalities among women and children in gaza. the number of children killed in 2024 is five times higher than the total between 2005 and 2020. this is a war on children. really, half of gaza's population are children. over 15,000 children and 6000 women have been killed in gaza. infrastructure has been decimated. there is levels of starvation the world should not even witness. and, people are just constantly on the move as we speak. people are being ordered to leave the north to the south. we have colleagues there, having to leave your home, having to leave your belongings, having to

be amputated without anesthetic. having to give birth without anesthetic and a c-section. i mean, the images we have seen in the last 12 months are a testament to what is happening in gaza right now. sumi: we spoke many times in the past about the difficulties of getting aid in and distributed. has there been any change in the ability that oxfam has to distribute aid on the ground, food or medical supplies? >> no, in fact, it is worse this month. with very little access to the north, because israel closes borders at its wishes. obstructs aid systematically. incredibly huge bureaucratic processes. humanitarian workers and trucks being denied entry. humanitarian workers not having permits or visas to be able to enter gaza. in any way possible, our aid

delivery response has been obstructed. no, it does not meet any of our ambitions. we could do really big things in gaza if we were able to do our job in a principled way and in line with international law. sumi: when we've had members of the israeli government, spokespeople, on, they have pointed to the fact that at those aid crossings, they have seen hamas militants attempt to steal the aid that is meant for civilians. itis that something oxfam has witnessed? >> no, we have not experienced of that for our aid delivery. what i can say is that the levels of desperation in gaza would make any father or mother do anything in their power to get a piece of bread, a can of food, a bottle of water for their children, medicine, whatever. so, the desperation, the depravity is also leading to a

completely lawless environment, which never existed before in gaza. sumi: your husband's family is in gaza, i understand. how are they doing? >> um, they're doing. they are surviving, really. they are just surviving. we don't know what to say on the phone. we used to call every day. now, we follow the news, and if we know there is an attack -- we don't know what to say anymore. my brother-in-law took his curtains and a plastic chair on his last evacuation because he didn't know if he was going to find a tent and his mom needs to sit. she cannot sit on the floor, so he got a plastic chair. that is all he was able to take. they spend their days try to

look for food and water. they've been displaced multiple times and they are living in absolutely unacceptable, humane conditions. there are really no words. it is a very difficult for us. we are in the west bank. we are a couple hours away and we cannot do anything. and i'm a humanitarian worker. not only am i restricted as a family member, i'm also restricted as working as a humanitarian worker. sumi: since last year's hamas attack on israel, anti-semitism in the u.s. has surged to record highs. the anti-defamation league recorded more than 10,000 episodes of anti-semitism since october 7. that is a 200% increase over the year before. 8015 of these were verbal or written harassment. 1840 events of vandalism and 150 incidents of physical assault. islamophobia incidents have also increased with a 8061

recorded this past year. it says that is the highest number since they started keeping records 30 years ago. let's take a look at some other headlines now. ukraine hit russia's largest oil facility in the occupy crimean peninsula, the latest of strikes on russia's energy supply. while moscow has yet to confirm the attack, russian news agencies reported fire at the terminal. oil products shipped from the terminal were helped to use ssian troops on the front line. residence in florida are beginning to evacuate as the u.s. gulf coast braces for the category five hurricane milton. it comes just 10 days after the deadly hurricane helene, killing 14 people there and more than 200 others in nearby states. officials say it is the largest evacuation operation in years ahead of the storm's expected landfall on wednesday. and ethiopia's new president was sworn in on monday following his appointment by parliament. the new president brings diplomatic experience at the

u.n., egypt, and most recently as a former foreign minister of ethiopia. he replaces the country's first fema president after a to mulcher was -- female president after a tumultuous term. the prime minister wields most of the power. thank you so much for watching world news america. you can find much more on our website, bbc.com/news or follow us on social media for the latest. announcer: funding for presentation of is program is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james. announcer: funng was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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geoff: good evening. i'm geoff bennett. amna nawaz is away. on the "news hour" tonight, israel marks one year since hamas' deadly attack as war rages on multiple fronts. >> still, i'm here. so, they will have to understand this. nobody is going because they kill us. nobody is going. geoff: the recovery from hurricane helene is complicated by lies, hoaxes, and conspiracy theories spread by former president trump and far-right extremists. and residents of ukrainian town face an agonizing choice as russian forces advanced within a