the iranian president was in qatar, embracing khalil al—hayya and the political leadership of hamas, a year of war and a crisis that is deepening. khalil al—hayya became the most senior hamas leader outside gaza after israel assassinated his predecessor, ismail haniyeh, in july. one of the most senior leaders of hamas — which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk and other governments — has told the bbc that the crisis they provoked in the middle east, which has led to the deaths of thousands of people in the last year, is justified. the deputy leader of hamas, khalil al haya, said the october 7th?attacks, which killed 1200 people, mostly israeli civilians, were necessary to place the issue of palestinian statehood back on the global agenda. he insisted without it, the cycle of violence in the middle east would not end. 0ur international editorjeremy bowen has sent this report. with an israeli attack looming, iran and its allies are trying to rally. the iranian president was in qatar, embracing khalil al—hayya and the political leadership of hamas, whose attack on israel l

the iranian president was in qatar, embracing khalil al—hayya and the political leadership of hamas,r hamas leader outside gaza after israel assassinated his predecessor, ismail haniyeh, in july. his leg was broken in the attack and he was still in a surgical boot when we met him in doha a few hours before iran attacked israel on tuesday. let us go back to the 7th of october last year. why did hamas attack israel? translation: we had to sound i the alarm to the world to tell them that we are a people with a cause and demands. it was a blow to israel, the zionist enemy, and a wake—up call to the international community. we had to do something that would tell the world that there is a people who have been under occupation for decades. why did your men kill so many civilians — children as well? we ordered our resistance fighters on the 7th of october not to target civilians, women and children. the objective was the occupation soldiers who were always killing, bombing and destroying in gaza. we don't endorse harming civilians. on the ground, there were certainly personal mistakes and ac

let's return to the middle east, and the deputy head of hamas, khalil al hayya, has said the armed grouponly be strengthened after the killing of its leader, yahya sinwar, by israel. it comes as israeli foreign minister israel katz said sinwar�*s killing was a "significant military and moral achievement". so what does this mean for the future of gaza, israel and the middle east? let's zoom out a bit and look at the three different fronts israel is fighting on — the war in gaza, the war between israel and hezbollah at israel's border with lebanon and the war against the houthis in yemen. all three — hamas, hezbollah and the houthis — are considered part of the axis of resistance and all three funded and backed by iran. our international editorjeremy bowen gave this analysis. the man who was saying all that, khalil al hayya, i went to see him in qatar a couple of weeks ago, doing an interview, and he seemed to me to be a very serious ideological individual. so i don't think he'd be saying that unless he believed it. now, the israelis, i think, are proceeding from the point where they right

the deputy leader of hamas, khalil al—hayya, said the october 7th?ivilians, were necessary to place the issue of palestinian statehood back on the global agenda. he insisted without it, the cycle of violence in the middle east would not end. 0ur international editor, jeremy bowen, has sent this report. with an israeli attack looming, iran and its allies are trying to rally. the iranian president was in qatar, embracing khalil al—hayya and the political leadership of hamas, whose attack on israel last october started a year of war and a crisis that is deepening. khalil al—hayya became the most senior hamas leader outside gaza after israel assassinated his predecessor, ismail haniyeh, in july. his leg was broken in the attack, and he was still in a surgical boot when we met him in doha a few hours before iran attacked israel on tuesday. let us go back to the 7th of october last year. why did hamas attack israel? translation: we had to send an alarm to the world to tell them _ that we are a people with a cause and demands. it was a blow to israel, the z

khalil al—hayya said the hostages still held by hamas in gaza wouldn't be freed until israel ended itsensive and withdrew. simon cowell has paid tribute to one direction star liam payne, saying he is heartbroken. the singer's death died on wednesday when he fell from the balcony of the third—floor hotel room where he had been staying in buenos aires, argentina. president biden has said there's no consensus among some of ukraine's main allies about allowing kyiv to use western weapons to attack targets deep inside russia. he was speaking after talks in berlin with the leaders of germany, britain and france. south korea's spy agency has revealed satellite pictures which it says confirm that north korea soldiers have been sent to support russia's invasion of ukraine. seoul said 1500 special forces troops had already arrived in russia's far east for training. hamas has reacted with defiance to the death of its leader yahya sinwar, saying it will only strengthen the group's resolve. a senior hamas member also said no hostages will be freed until israel withdraws its forces from gaza. hamas

khalil al—hayya spoke with the bbc�*s international editor, jeremy bowen.id hamas attack israel? translation: we had to sound an alarm to the world to tell- them that we are a people with a cause and demands. it was a blow to israel, the zionist enemy, and a wake—up call to the international community. we had to do something that would tell the world that there is a people who have been under occupation for decades. why did your men kill so many civilians — children as well? we ordered our resistance fighters on the 7th of october not to target civilians, women and children. the objective was the occupation soldiers who were always killing, bombing and destroying in gaza. we don't endorse harming civilians. 0n the ground, there were certainly personal mistakes and actions. the fighters may have felt that their lives were in danger. your men, who weren't in danger — they were standing with terrified civilians who were sitting on the ground and they were standing over them with weapons. that is not a battle. we've all seen how the fighters went into the house

khalil al—hayya spoke with the bbc�*s international editor, jeremy bowen. of october last year. why did hamas attack israel? translation: we had to sound i the alarm to the world to tell them that we are a people with a cause and demands. it was a blow to israel, the zionist enemy, and a wake—up call to the international community. we had to do something that would tell the world that there is a people who have been under occupation for decades. why did your men kill so many civilians — children as well? translation: we ordered our resistance fighters on the 7th l of october not to target civilians, women and children. the objective was the occupation soldiers who were always killing, bombing and destroying in gaza. we don't endorse harming civilians. 0n the ground, there were certainly personal mistakes and actions. the fighters may have felt that their lives were in danger. your men, who weren't in danger, they were standing with terrified civilians who were sitting on the ground, and they were standing over them with weapons. that is not a battle. transl

the iranian president was in qatar, embracing khalil al—hayya and the political leadership of hamas,sis that is deepening. khalil al—hayya became the most senior hamas leader outside gaza after israel assassinated his predecessor, ismail haniyeh, in july. his leg was broken in the attack, and he was still in a surgical boot when we met him in doha a few hours before iran attacked israel on tuesday. let us go back to the 7th of october last year. why did hamas attack israel? translation: we had to send an alarm to the world to tell. them that we are a people with a cause and demands. it was a blow to israel, the zionist enemy, and a wake—up call to the international community. we had to do something that would tell the world that there is a people that has been under occupation for decades. why did your men kill so many civilians, children as well? we ordered our resistance fighters on 7th of october not to target civilians, women and children. the objective was the occupation soldiers who were always killing, bombing and destroying in gaza. we don't endorse harming civilians. 0n the

i meet all of them, including khalil al—hayya, and i told him, we need an interview with him.in the beginning, because he was not happy with the bbc coverage, and he said bbc is not covering the news the way that should be. and i said... .."but, we are giving you the chance to speak." i mean, that's the way. and it has been delayed a couple of times for security reasons. and until the last minute, we were not 100% sure about it. so we had done the interview for example, today, i get the confirmation about 18 hours before, and i drove straightaway to the airport, i took the next flight doha, because they insisted you have to be there. and i went withjeremy and i just left the airport straightaway to the interview. and we did itjust minutes before the iran started to hit, fire rockets at israel. we were almost at the gate, leaving the interview. before october 7 and before this war, how easy was it to operate inside gaza? they are like any arab regime, they want restriction on the coverage, there are restrictions on places where we can go and where we can't go, under the context

hayya was the deputy of sinwar and his contesting for leadership and khaled mashal, the old day leader of hamas, definitely wants to come back as leadership. and then the question is, does the outside leadership have the ability to enforce a deal? should they reach one with israel? can we ensure that they will release hostages? studios, and that the war will be over from the point of view of the hamas fighters in gaza, we don't know that this is going to be up to tested and verified. >> aggression. we only have a couple of moments left, but you mentioned something that netanyahu said yesterday, which was essentially calling on hamas members to release hostages it is and there'll be allowed to live. and this is something we're starting to hear from us officials as well in an effort or pressure to try to get whoever is holding hostages to release them piecemeal given the disorganization, right now, in gaza, do you think there's a chance of something like that happening i think there's a chance that for all the hostages, but for some maybe we can retrieve some of those hostages. >> it's n

yahia al hayya ally, who worked at al shifa hospital knows that all too well. months after he says is really soldiers forced him to risk his life. he cannot shake this terrifying experience asked me to come. >> he was talking to anglish, told me, i will kill you if you didn't intend that, i was thinking, but i will be killed or die within minutes, his brush with death and the day he feared, he would never again see his family note that while the israeli military said its directives do not allow for the use of human shields. it also didn't deny the existence of the practice in gaza. and of course it is just one of a long list of alleged violations of international law by israeli soldiers in gaza, force brown. >> all right. jeremy, thank you for that report. jeremy diamond, live from tel aviv and still to come on, cnn news central for the first time the 911 calls from the assassination attempt against former president trump had been released and we're going to play them >> you've gotten used to chaos. we can get rid of them, don't sell only gosh, is this when lea

al hayya. now, he's been the new number two since the old number two was killed, has been helping lead the negotiations and se seen as a bit more of a moderate than sinwar, but that's hard to judge and it's not really clear that he has the same kind of charisma with the fighters that sinwar had and then the other person kind of thrown into the mix somebody that qatar is might turn to as they tried to pressure hamas to make a deal because they're trying to deliver on what the united states wants here, which ended the warring gaza khaled meshaal. he was a former head of hamas, has been, it's been an exhale and outside of, outside of israel for many, many years, decades. but right now is living in doha in qatar. and therefore, if he were picked then he might be the one that could be the most moderate of all of those but right now is just frankly unclear unclear, of course, sinwar had had opted to stay there in gaza throughout this war. >> nick, thank you very much and next vice president kamala ha