wow, you get to watch all your favorite stuff. it's to die for. now you won't miss a thing. this is the way. xfinity internet. made for streaming. >> narrator: inside israel. >> (speaking hebrew): >> anybody here? >> narrator: and gaza. >> (speang arabic): >> narrator: with those living through the violence.

>> (speaking hebrew): >> (speaking arabic): >> narrator: now, a frontline special presentation... a year of war: israelis and palestinians. >> frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. additional support is provided by the abrams foundation, committed to excellence in journalism. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more at macfound.org. the heising-simons foundation, unlocking knowledge, opportunity and possibilities. at hsfoundation.org. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler, and additional support from

koo and patricia yuen committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities, and from corey david sauer. (dishes clattering, faucet running) (faucet stops) (sniffs) >> bat-sheva (speaking hebrew): ♪ ♪

>> test, mic, test. (speaking arabic): (speaking indistinctly) >> interviewer (speaking arabic): there's no need to rush through the events. (speaking arabic): testimony that will help the audience comprehend what happened october the 7th. (speaking arabic): >> ibrahim (speaking arabic):

♪ ♪ (birds chirping) (insect buzzing) >> this is nice for me. perfect weather.

here comes, here goes the sun. (people talking in background) >> interviewer (speaking hebrew): >> gali (speaking hebrew): (projector reel spins) ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ (people talking in background) (vehicle horn beeps) ♪ ♪ >> ibrahim (speaking arabic): ♪ ♪ (phone camera clicks)

(man shouting playfully in distance) (shouting continues) (people speaking arabic in background) >> ibrahim: (children ughing) >> kids: >> ibrahim:

(vehicle horn honking) (projector reel spins) (people talking in background)

♪ ♪ (guns firing) (horns honking) >> allahu akbar... (continues in arabic) (crowd clapping) ♪ ♪ >> ibrahim: ♪ ♪

(birds chirping, dog barking) >> ma'ayan (speaking hebrew): (laughs) >> tsachi: >> ma'ayan: >> gali: >> (singing along to music) >> gali: (gali and ma'ayan conversing in hebrew) >> gali: ♪ ♪

(birds chirping) ♪ ♪ (rockets firing) >> radio announcer (speaking arabic):

>> we're following major, major breaking news right now. thousands of rockets have been fired from the gaza strip into israel. >> ...an unprecedented early-morning series of attacks on israel. >> ibrahim (speaking arabic): >> allahu akbar! >> the palestinian terrorist group hamas launched an offensive by air, sea, and land at sunrise. >> a group committed to the destruction of israel and designated a terror organization by many western governments. (explosion echoes) >> allahu akbar!

(shouting in arabic) (gunshots popping) >> fighter (speaking arabic): (guns firing) >> shoam (speaking hebrew): >> ready? >> you ready? (speaking hebrew): ♪ ♪ (dance music playing)

(dance music playing) (man speaking on loudspeaker) (people talking in background) (gun fires in distance) ♪ ♪ >> bat-sheva:

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

"i shoot." (speaking hebrew): ♪ ♪ >> hamas fighter (speaking arabic): (man speaking on radio) >> hamas fighter: >> gali (speaking hebrew):

>> hamas fighter (speaking arabic): anybody here? >> gali (speaking hebrew): >> hey, anybody here? anybody here? (glass shattering) anybody here? >> (speaking indistinctly) >> (speaking arabic): >> anybody here? >> gali (speaking hebrew): >> hamas fighter (speaking arabic): >> gali (speaking hebrew): (man speaking indistinctly) ♪ ♪

>> open the door! >> gi (speaking hebrew, voice trembling): (gun fires) (crying): (sniffs) (people shouting) (sniffles)

♪ ♪ (motorcycle running) >> hamas fighter (shouting in arabic): (gun fires, shouting continues) (gun firing) ♪ ♪ (guns firing in distance) >> shoam (speaking hebrew):

(imitates rapid gunfire) (rapid gunfire popping) (rapid gunfire popping) (imitating) (rapid gunfire popping) >> anyone here? >> anyone here? >> anyone here? hands up. >> anyone here? (guns firing) >> hamas fighter (speaking arabic): >> anyone here? >> shoam (speaking hebrew):

(guns firing, bullets whizzing past) >> (whimpering softly) >> shoam: (exhales) ♪ ♪ >> gali:

>> come with me, come with me. >> shahar (crying, speaking hebrew): >> gali: >> shahar: (people talking in background) >> come with me. (speaking arabic): (talking at once) >> gali (speaking hebrew): (inhales, crying) (shahar crying)

>> shahar: >> tsachi: >> gali: >> shahar: is sister, is sister. >> my sister died. (shahar gasping) >> relax, relax. (shahar weeping) >> gali (speaking hebrew): >> left to god. >> what? >> gali (speaking hebrew): >> shahar: >> gali: (shahar weeping) >> (speaking arabic): >> child (speaking hebrew): >> gali:

>> (speaking arabic): >> shahar (speaking hebrew): (crying) (gali speaking softly) >> gali: ♪ ♪ (bird chirping)

(sirens blaring) (electronic horns honking) (people whistling, sirens continue) >> ibrahim (speaking arabic): (firing) (car horns honking, people exclaiming) >> allahu akbar! allahu akbar!

allahu akbar! >> ibrahim: ♪ ♪ >> agam (speaking hebrew):

(sighs)

>> man (speaking arabic): (crowd cheering, exclaiming) >> agam (speaking hebrew): >> bat-sheva:

(fires)

♪ ♪ >> shoam: ♪ ♪

>> gali: >> mohamed el-ran (speaking arabic):

(explosion roars) (explosions continue) ♪ ♪ >> 6,000 bombs have hit targets in the gaza area, as israeli forces aim to eradicate the hamas militant group in the wake of saturday's attacks. >> netanyahu gave a surprise address, telling the israeli public that, "our enemies have only started paying the price." (people exclaiming) >> man (speaking arabic): (people exclaiming) (vehicle horn honking) (people talking in background)

>> record. (device beeps) >> ghada (speaking arabic): oh, okay. (speaking arabic): (speaking softly) (man talking indistinctly) >> ghada: ♪ ♪

(sirens blaring, horns honking) ♪ ♪ >> israeli defense forces dropped leaflets across northern gaza. they read, in arabic, "gaza city has turned into a battlefield.

you have to leave your homes immediately and head south." ♪ ♪ >> ghada (speaking arabic): ♪ ♪ >> jabaliya, the largest refugee camp in the strip, is one of the most densely populated places on earth. >> israel says that hamas is hiding its leaders and infrastructure there and using civilians as shields. >> israel'furious strikes on gaza are laying waste to entire neighborhoods. the northern jabaliya refugee camp is now a hellscape. >> ibrahim (speaking arabic):

♪ ♪ (shutter clicking) (explosions pounding) (people crying, moaning) >> ibrahim:

(shutter clicking) (people crying and screaming) >> ibrahim: >> man (speaking arabic): (people talking, exclaiming) >> ibrahim: (people talking in background) >> ibrahim:

(fire extinguishers spraying) >> ibrahim: (people talking in background) (shouting and calling) >> ibrahim: ♪ ♪

(explosion roars) >> (shouting) (explosions pound rapidly) >> (shouting) allahu akbar! allahu akbar! >> man: (sirens blaring) >> el-ran: (man calls out) >> el-ran: (people talking in background) (people talking, crying)

(babies crying) (people talking in background) >> woman (wailing): >> el-ran: ♪ ♪

(exhales) >> man: >> el-ran: >> man: >> el-ran: (men talking in background) >> el-ran: >> man:

>> el-ran: (zipper opens) >> man: >> man 2: >> man 3: >> stop? okay. >> el-ran (speaking arabic): >> yeah. ♪ ♪ >> the hamas-run health ministry in gaza says israeli strikes have killed more than 7,000 people. the israeli army says. >> the fate of more than 200 hostages remains uncertain. >> in the center of tel aviv, the families of the hostages have set up a vigil.

>> among many family members of those held in gaza, there is anger at the israeli government's handling of the crisis and growing cries to make a deal for the hostages' release. ♪ ♪ >> agam (speaking hebrew):

(explosion pounds) >> ibrahim (speaking arabic): (siren blaring)

>> habboush: >> ibrahim: >> habboush: (people talking in background) >> ibrahim: (explosions pounding) (explosions echo) (explosions pounding) (explosion pounds) (explosions continue)

(explosion pounds in distance, men groaning) >> man: >> (laughing) (speaking arabic) >> ibrahim: (siren blaring) >> man: (people talking in background) >> ibrahim:

>> man: >> ibrahim: >> man: >> ibrahim: >> riyad: >> child: >> riyad: >> ibrahim:

>> islam: >> ibrahim: (man calling) >> islam: >> (wailing) >> ibrahim: ♪ ♪ >> benjamin netanyahu rejected criticism

over civilian casualties, insisting that hamas was preventing people from moving to the safe zone in southern gaza. >> the israeli leadership is facing renewed international pressure to agree to a pause in hostilities. (people talking in background) >> ibrahim: ♪ ♪ >> ibrahim:

♪ ♪ (explosion pounds) >> israel's ground war has started. >> the ground invasion of gaza follows heavy air strikes on the palestinian territory. >> israeli ground forces are pushing into areas they say are strongholds of hamas. ♪ ♪ (man shouting in hebrew) >> shoam (speaking hebrew): (gun firing)

>> the israeli military an hamas are engaged in brutal fighting around khan younis, gaza's second-largest city. >> shoam (speaking hebrew): (manxclaiming) >> (bleep) hey! >> soldier (speaking hebrew): >> shoam:

(guns firing) (guns firing in distance) (gunfire continues) (explosions pound) (explosions continue) (people shouting in arabic, blasts continue)

>> man (speaking arabic): >> ibrahim: (explosions pounding, people exclaiming) >> israel says its forces are outside some of gaza city's major hospitals. >> israel accuses hamas of setting up infrastructure in and around those hospital facilities. (guns firing nearby) >> ibrahim (speaking arabic): (gunfire continues) >> ...and palestinian health officials have been reporting the sound of gunfire and bombings in the vicinity of the indonesian hospital. >> the idf say they were returning fire against shots fired from within the hospital. (explosions echoing) >> ibrahim (speaking arabic):

(man groaning) >> man: ♪ ♪ >> el-ran: (explosion pounds in distance) (people talking in background) >> man: (guns firing) (man speaking arabic) >> el-ran:

(rumbling in distance) >> man: (rumbling continues) >> el-ran:

♪ ♪ >> a temporary truce between israel and hamas appears to be taking hold in gaza. >> a sliver of hope in war-torn gaza, as israel and hamas agree to a temporary ceasefire. the deal allowing for the release of some hostages and prisoners on both sides of the fighting. >> agam (speaking hebrew): ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ (crying, speaking hebrew) >> ghada (speaking arabic):

>> aline: >> ghada: >> aline: (explosion pounds in distance) >> ghada: ♪ ♪

(child speakg arabic) (car horn honking) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

>> el-ran: (bird squawking) (people talking in background) ♪ ♪ >> the once-sprawling al-ahli hospital complex is barely providing relief. >> israeli forces raided

al-ahli baptist hospital in gaza city overnight, one of the last functioning hospitals in northern gaza. they detained most of the hospital staff. ♪ ♪ >> el-ran (speaking arabic): ♪ ♪

♪ ♪

>> israel's military said individuals suspected of involvement in terrorist activity are being detained and questioned. >> israel insists it treats detainees according to international law. ♪ ♪ >> ghada (speaking arabic):

♪ ♪ >> the u.n. human rights office has said israel's continued restrictions on getting aid in may amount to use of starvation as a method of war. >> half of gaza's population now in a food emergency. >> israel says it needs to control aid to prevent food and fuel reaching hamas. >> ghada (speaking arabic): (people talking in background) (crowd clamoring, yelling indistinctly) >> ghada:

♪ ♪ (people yelling in background) ♪ ♪

(voice breaking): ♪ ♪ (camera shutter clicking) >> look who arrived to the middle area. he went out from the indonesian hospital from the north of the strip, and he lost his lens. he went through a checkpoint for israeli army, and here's ibrahim. >> ibrahim (speaking arabic): ♪ ♪ >> (chanting softly)

>> ibrahim: (phone ringing out) >> ibrahim's mother: >> ibrahim: >> ibrahim's mother: >> ibrahim:

>> ibrahim's mother: >> ibrahim: >> ibrahim's mother: >> ibrahim: (muttering) (line beeping) ♪ ♪ (explosion roars) >> ghada:

♪ ♪

(sniffs) (voice wavering): >> woman: >> ghada: (crying): ♪ ♪

>> (talking indistinctly, laughing) >> ghada: ♪ ♪ (men talking indistinctly)

>> hamas prepares to release a fourth group of hostages. >> we're now told by israeli officials that they have the final list of women and children set for release and have notified their families. >> bat-sheva (speaking hebrew): ♪ ♪

>> eitan: (exhales) >> bat-sheva:

>> ohad: >> eitan: >> hey! >> (shouts playfully) >> bat-sheva: >> (exclaims) >> bat-sheva: >> el-ran (speaking arabic):

(people talking in background) ♪ ♪

>> shahar (speaking hebrew): >> gali: >> yael: >> shahar (sobbing): >> gali:

>> interviewer (speaking hebrew): >> bat-sheva:

♪ ♪ (siren wailing) >> ibrahim (speaking arabic): >> man: >> ibrahim:

♪ ♪ (camera shutter clicks)

♪ ♪ >> president biden's saying israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's disregard for innocent lives in gaza is hurting israel more than helping. >> mr. netanyahu said isrl is committed to destroying hamas and bringing the hostages home. he warned of the potential consequences should israel relieve its pressure. >> and hamas is out with a statement vowing to continue fighting against israel. >> the u.n. high commissioner for human rights says the palestinian death toll is a grim milestone for the world. (explosions echoing)

>> ghada (speaking arabic): ♪ ♪ (guns firing, people screaming, vehicle horn blaring) ♪ ♪ >> go to pbs.org/frontline to see all our coverage of the ongoing conflict in the middle east. including an archive of interviews. >> if someone says, “do you want the war to continue or stop?” the answer is, of course, stop. >> is this a place where i can have a tomorrow? >> you cannot ignore the palestinian people.

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