. >> it's the feeling of abandonment, you know, from your own government >> reporter: hostage vivian silva's son has no news of his mother, a 74-year-old peace activist he spoke to us before tonight's developments >> in order to get them back, we need words and not guns you know, any time there's noise about release, i'm happy it puts me on the edge, but i'm also happy. >> reporter: this morning, israel's president told nbc's raf sanchez there is no substantial offer from hamas to release hostages, even while israel says it will allow more aid into gaza >> we agreed also on major upgrade of the humanitarian aid to gaza. humanitarian aid to >> reporter: but aid to gaza passes through the rafah crossing, and this was rafah today, in the supposedly safer south. this woman lost six family members in this air raid "please find one for me," she begs rescuers, "just one. >> keir, i know there has been late word from israel about strikes inside lebanon. what can you tell us >> reporter: that's right, lester. the israeli defense force says it has struck hezbollah infrastructure inside lebanon in resp

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leila: on october 7, a 74-year-old israeli peace activist vivian silva was kidnapped by hamas terrorists, along with her neighbors young and old. many more were slaughtered in their homes. this once peaceful agricultural commune has now become a makeshift military base. you still see bullets all over the lord here. combat officer ronnie used to work at tel aviv's art museum. for the past month he has been running the operation to clear the damage. >> we are still finding barred bodies around the house. two days ago we found the hand of a person. we found a jaw of a person. leila: first the rampaging militants attacked homes with hand grenades, rpg's, and gunfire, then set them ablaze, hoping to smoke out families hiding inside. many were burned alive. >> this is one house but there are 30 like it. leila: in homes that were not set ablaze, the full horror remains. an entire family was murdered in this house. in this bedroom, bullet holes across the walls and covered in blood where one member was killed in their bed. every day became weapons of slaughter. behind the door, signs of a strugg

. >> my greatest britain is a lady called vivian silva . now she's called vivian silva. born israeli she's a canadian born israeli activist and she dedicated her life to advocating for palestinian rights and peace between israel and palestine. she even volunteered with a group in gaza who needed cancer care so they could visit israeli hospitals and her family have said the events of october the 7th would have absolutely broken her heart . her heart. >> i mean, look, it's well, it's incredibly strong. it's very , incredibly strong. it's very, very strong. three that i have made my decision and i am going in light of today's events for russian alley mp, which i didn't think i would do, which of course is the mp, the labour mp there who has come under massive fire in bethnal green . right. fire in bethnal green. right. we've got time of course now for the union . jack has offered the union. jack has offered a sneak peek at one, but alison, go on. who's yours? >> it's going to be the metropolitan proclaiming >> it's going to be the metrcan't an proclaiming >> it's going to b

. >> my greatest britain is a lady called vivian silva . now she's called vivian silva. born israeli she's a canadian born israeli activist and she dedicated her life to advocating for palestinian rights and peace between israel and palestine. she even volunteered with a group in gaza who needed cancer care so they could visit israeli hospitals and her family have said the events of october the 7th would have absolutely broken her heart . her heart. >> i mean, look, it's well, it's incredibly strong. it's very , incredibly strong. it's very, very strong. three that i have made my decision and i am going in light of today's events for russian alley mp, which i didn't think i would do, which of course is the mp, the labour mp there who has come under massive fire in bethnal green . right. fire in bethnal green. right. we've got time of course now for the union . jack has offered the union. jack has offered a sneak peek at one, but alison, go on. who's yours? >> it's going to be the metropolitan proclaiming >> it's going to be the metrcan't an proclaiming >> it's going to b