thank you forjoining us with those i you forjoining us with those thoughts, javed ali.srael, marking one year since the october 7th attacks. more than 1,200 people died and well over 200 others were taken hostage, when hamas gunmen crossed the border from gaza, killing indiscriminately. they attacked many dozens of sites, including kibbutzim communities, army bases and the nova music festival, attended by 3,500 young people, hundreds of whom were murdered, while others were tortured and raped. a team from the bbc documentary series storyville has been speaking to some of those who survived, trying to piece together what happened. a warning, some of the material you're about to see was filmed by hamas. that footage, along with the eyewitness accounts, is distressing. the festival itself was amazing. the energy of people just wanting to dance and enjoy themselves and then going at it with all that they have. it was beautiful. we were all students starting our fourth year. we all liked going to parties and the second the nova tickets came out, they were really cheap. it se

javed ali is an associate professor of practice at the university of michigan's gerald r.blic policy. he has also held various counterterrorism positions in washington, including with the fbi and national security council — here's his analysis. how do you think what we've seen over the last few days has dramatically eroded hezbollah�*s ability to communicate? thank you for having me. this is clearly a major setback for hezbollah, on the ability of the organisation to rely on any sort of modern means of communication, to talk as an organisation and whether it is pagers or walkie—talkies, cellphones previously, computers, these are things that hezbollah probably will not now use and they will be forced, in terms of their own internal communication, to rely on person—to—person meetings and couriers and traditionally slow methods of communications. for me, that was one of the objectives for this is really operation. how do you think mossad did it? there is a lot of interesting reporting coming out on how long this operation was being conceived, just based on a new york times a

javed ali associate professor of practice at the university of michigan's gerald r ford school of public counterterrorism positions in washington, including at the fbi and national security council. hejoins us now. good to have you with us here on bbc news. how do you think what we've seen over the last few days has dramatically eroded hezbollah�*s ability to communicate? dramatically eroded hezbollah's ability to communicate?- ability to communicate? thank ou for ability to communicate? thank you for having _ ability to communicate? thank you for having me. _ ability to communicate? thank you for having me. this - ability to communicate? thank you for having me. this is - you for having me. this is clearly a major setback for hezbollah on the ability of the organisation to rely on any sort of modern means of communication, to talk as an organisation and whether it is pages all walkie—talkies, cellphones previously, computers, these are things that hezbollah probably will not now use and they will be forced, in terms of their own internal communication, to reply on person—to—person meeti

for more i've been speaking to javed ali, a former senior us government counter—terrorism official.e of the address at the prime minister netanyahu gave today, essentially asking for forgiveness but he was clear, wasn't he, that he was not willing to make any concessions to hamas. do you think his address will quell some of the pressure he is under right now?— some of the pressure he is under right now? nice to be with you. — under right now? nice to be with you. as _ under right now? nice to be with you, as always. - under right now? nice to be with you, as always. i'm - under right now? nice to be j with you, as always. i'm not surprised by the remarks from prime minister netanyahu. it seems to follow his line of thinking over the last several months that, of which i believe he has only grown further to the edges of the centre where he wants this conflict to go in terms of a ceasefire but it is not surprising to hear him say that israel's position will remain tough, that he does not seem to be in the mood for thinking about a compromise or a ceasefire and he continues to say that