and they've just found the body of one of the hostages from kibbutz nir oz, in fact, which is where ihink we'll be hearing some of the interviews i did there as well. and as well as that, as well as the war in gaza, as well as the destruction there, as well as the need to try to get humanitarian aid in because of that imminent famine — oxfam said that in northern gaza since january, 300,000 people have been existing on roughly 240 calories a day, the equivalent of a small tin of beans — as well as all of that, don't forget, there's the wider middle east and it was only last monday that the israelis assassinated a leading senior iranian general when they hit their diplomatic compound in damascus. and the iranians have since then repeatedly said that they will take their revenge. it is absolutely like a hailstorm of international geodiplomacy, geopolitics, because also you've had the allies, israel's allies, repositioning their public pressure on benjamin netanyahu, asking for an audited trail of new aid — notjust promise it, they've said they want it to be measured, the crossings to be

kibbutz nir oz, right on israel's border with gaza, feels like a time capsule, stuck in the horrors of of october. hamas broke in at dawn, they killed and took hostage a quarter of the 400 or so israelis who lived here. he was laying there... dead. murdered. you could see that he was trying to hold the door closed. actually, the door was locked. the army opened the door later. ron and his family survived in their safe room, and then he recovered dead friends and neighbours, some in pieces. in this house, you know, that was the first time that we realised that we were not looking for only bodies because in the beginning we took a lot of bodies. the interrupted, terminated lives, laundry neatly folded the night before attack, give it israelis the sense of moral clarity. going around this place you understand why israelis believe very strongly that they are fighting a just war in gaza. of course their allies feel the same. their quarrel is with the methods that israel has been using that have crossed so many innocent palestinian lives. and as for the family who lived here, in this house,

kibbutz nir oz, right on israel's border with gaza, feels like a time capsule — stuck in the horrors

for one israeli family, the hope is over — elad katzir, kidnapped from kibbutz nir oz, his body returnedza today. the israeli military says he was murdered in captivity by the islamichhad group in january and that special forces recovered his body in khan younis overnight. during the attack in october, his father was killed. his mother was abducted but later released. in a facebook post, his sister blamed the israeli government for his death, saying, "he could have been brought back alive if there had been a deal with hamas", and said the israeli leadership was cowardly. in gaza, a desperate wait for food, amid warnings of famine. aid deliveries have been, at best, sporadic. when help does arrive, people rush to get it. translation: when we were displaced at the beginning, i we used to eat rotten bread because of the high prices of food here. this is the only place where i can get food for my children. the attack on a convoy that killed seven aid workers this week has put even more pressure on israel. from the us came a warning — it should do more to boost humanitarian assistance and pro

kibbutz nir oz, right on israel's border with gaza, feels like a time capsule —

the post said mr katzir was abducted from kibbutz nir oz, and that his mother hanna, was also abducted but released in november. his father, avraham was murdered in the kibbutz. the idf says mr katzir was murdered in captivity. in other developments, us presidentjoe biden is facing growing pressure from within his own party to pause arms sales to israel. nearly forty congressional democrats have signed a letter calling for no further weapons to be sent —— until a full investigation is completed into monday's air strike on an aid convoy in gaza. it says the strike on the trucks — along with the ever—worsening humanitarian crisis in gaza — makes it unjustifiable to approve further weapons deliveries. the politicians who have signed the letter include one of mr biden�*s key allies — the former speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi. this letter comes as a growing number of countries are calling for an independent investigation into that israeli strike on aid workers. on friday, the idf published the findings of an investigation into the deadly attack. britain has echoed cal

i have been to one of the israeli border communities, which was kibbutz nir oz, which is was probablyng the worst hit on that day, six months ago, day, six months ago. 0ver six months, gaza has been ravaged by war, disease, death and now imminent famine, caused by israel's siege. the un calls it "a betrayal of humanity." kibbutz nir oz, right on israel's border with gaza, feels like a time capsule stuck in the horrors of the 7th of october. hamas broke in at dawn. they killed and took hostage a quarter of the 400 or so israelis who lived here. there were laying there, dead. you could see that he was trying to hold the door closed and actually the door was locked. the army opened the door later. ron and his family survived in their safe room. then he recovered dead friends and neighbours, some in pieces. in this house, you know, that was the first time that we realised that we are not looking for only bodies, because the beginning, you know, we took a lot of bodies. the interrupted, terminated lives — laundry neatly folded the night before the attack give israelis a sense of moral clar

and the reason for that is that in this kibbutz, nir oz, one in four of the population of the more thaner killed, or taken into gaza, about a mile away on the border, as hostages. looking around at the damage here and hearing the stories too of what happened, hamas came in around 6:30 in the morning and were here until early afternoon, undisturbed, going house to house until the army arrived. the war is still going on, that is outgoing fire from an israeli battery into gaza. this is now one of the typical houses in this kibbutz, abandoned and burnt out. six months on, it still smells of burning on the sofa, six months on, it still smells of burning, on the sofa, there is still some neatly folded laundry, perhaps done the evening before october 7th. going around this place you can understand why israelis believe very strongly that they are fighting a just war in gaza. of course, their allies feel the same. their quarrel is with the methods that israel has been using that has cost so many innocent palestinian lives. and as for the family who lived here in this house, they are dead. let us

the post said mr katzir was abducted from kibbutz nir oz, and that his mother hanna, was also abductedn the kibbutz. the idf says mr katzir was murdered in captivity. allison kaplan sommer is a journalist at israeli

militants had abducted 47-year-old elad katzir from kibbutz nir oz. his mother hannah was also kidnapped. she was released in november during a truce. his father was killed in the attack. at least 36 hostages are confirmed to have died in captivity. prime minister bjamin netanyahu remains under public pressure to get a deal to free the remaining hostages. negotiations are set to resume in the coming days in cairo. hamas is demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire. in ukraine, russian drones and missiles have killed eight people and wounded 12 others in kharkiv, the second-largest city. ukrainian officials said the strikes damaged residential buildings, businesses, and a kindergarten. russia has stepped up attacks on kharkiv as ukrainian air defenses are strained without u.s. aid. mexico has suspended diplomatic ties with ecuador. it comes after ecuadorian police forced their way into the mexican embassy in quito friday night to arrest ecuador's former vice president, jorge glas. glas had been living in the embassy since december when he was conv

the post said mr katzir was abducted from kibbutz nir oz, and that his mother hanna, was also abducted but released in november. his father, avraham was murdered in the kibbutz. the idf says mr katzir was murdered in captivity. allison kaplan sommer is a journalist at israeli newspaper, haaretz, and host of the haaretz podcast. i asked her about the pressure on the israeli government to rescue hostages held in gaza the israelis are not eager to see the war over without any guarantee that this is going to create a sense of security on it's that this is going to create a sense of security on its southern and northern borders. there is definitely increasing pressure led by hostage families for them to reach a deal which returns to israel. ~ . . , , reach a deal which returns to israel. ~ . , israel. what has been said? there has been a — israel. what has been said? there has been a lot _ israel. what has been said? there has been a lot of— israel. what has been said? there has been a lot of pressure - israel. what has been said? there has been a lot of pressure by - israel. what has been

the post said mr katzir was abducted from kibbutz nir oz, and that his mother hanna, was also abducteddered in the kibbutz. the idf says mr katzir was murdered in captivity. in other developments, us presidentjoe biden is facing growing pressure from within his own party to pause arms sales to israel.

kibbutz nir oz, right on israel's border with gaza, feels like a time capsule — stuck in the horrors7th of october. hamas broke in at dawn. they killed and took hostage a quarter of the 400 or so israelis who lived here. sayed was laying there dead, nearthere. you could see that he was trying to hold the door closed, and actually, the door was locked. the army opened the door later. ron behat and his family survived in their safe room. then he recovered dead friends and neighbours, some in pieces. in this house, you know, that was the first time that we realised that we are not looking for only bodies, because the beginning, you know, we took a lot of bodies. the interrupted, terminated lives — laundry neatly folded the night before the attack give israelis a sense of moral clarity. going around this place, you can understand why israelis believe very strongly that they're fighting a just war in gaza. of course, their allies feel the same. their quarrel is with the methods that israel has been using, that have cost so many innocent palestinian lives, and as for the family who lived h

during the attack on a kibbutz, nir oz, in october, elad's father was killed and his mother was abducteddeal in november. in a facebook post, his sister blamed the israeli government for his death. in gaza, a desperate wait for food amid warnings of famine. aid deliveries have been, at best, sporadic. when help does arrive, people rush to get it. translation: when we were displaced at the beginning, we used to eat - rotten bread because of the high prices of food here. this is the only place where i can get food for my children. the attack on a convoy that killed seven aid workers this week has put even more pressure on israel. from the us came a warning — it should do more to boost humanitarian assistance and protect civilians and aid workers or risk losing american support. the world food programme has been able to serve one million people every month with food because they completely depend on us. but we have challenges. we don't have the necessary security guarantees to work here. israel is not only facing pressure from its allies, but also threats from its enemies. the army here is

barry hadassah calderon survived the hamas attack on kibbutz nir oz by barricading herself in her safem >> in the dark no water, no food no nothing. just me and god eight hours. >> foe six, 30 in the morning till >> 3:00 afternoon two of her four children, 16 year-old, so hard and 12-year-old errors were at their father's home nearby the last message we've looked at the jump from the window and hiding in the bush. and then we lost the connection >> she later learned jumped because terrorists were tossing explosives into their home. but they stayed hidden watching the h4 for two hours. >> and then a younger man, like 19 years old, was just jump on the window and make legs. jimmy an olympic sport one of >> doing pull-ups? yes, something like that. and then he saw them it just behind there's a bush you know, like a blue and then this young boy called the hamas terrorist in my sarlin. she couldn't run away because her legs fell asleep she couldn't move as it was very clever it tried to get up to the roof, but then they saw him. they show the gun and they said go out or we should so har err

heartbroken, but they remain resilient i met with a docx calderon, who had been a resident and kibbutz, nir oz, her mother was killed on october 7 and her two children and they're her father, were taken hostage. >> and >> yet she was one of the lucky ones for two children had been released during the ones ceasefire back in november. but she's still enduring the pain and devastating impact from their ordeal and hur's over those four months. here's a small portion of what she told me the last message i got jumped on the window and hiding in the bush. and then we lost the connection she later learned they jumped because terrorists were tossing explosives into their home. but they stayed hidden watching the h4 for two hours and then a younger man, like 19 years old, was just jump on the window and make lakes geminal export >> one of doing pull-ups? >> yes. something like that. and then he saw them if just behind there's a bush, you know, like a blob and then this young boy called the hamas terrorist >> in >> my styles, she couldn't run away because her legs fell asleep she couldn't move >>s

he was kidnapped on october 7 from kibbutz nir oz and held captive by palestinian islamic jihad his body has now been returned to his family, speaking at a rally on saturday because he assistance says he may have been saved if a deal had happened in time israeli authorities believed 19, nine israeli hostages are still alive in gaza. their family members are mourning katzir's death and demanding the return of their loved ones today, we got very bad message about dell add conceal >> it was >> it was hashes for free months he, could handle three months. and then they killed him we don't know what about older rest? >> this is the >> time, not a day more this is just time to bring them back. all of them as soon as possible. we have to bring them back home >> what eli david joins us now from tel aviv, his brother is being held hostage by hamas. eli. thank you so much for joining us. i can't begin to imagine how difficult it must be to talk about your brother and the nightmare that you are still living. how would you describe the past six months for you and your family? >> as you said, it's the

and she also said she lived on kibbutz nir oz. she blamed herself in many ways.he said that she doesn't feel safe going back there, and then that's not even addressing what's competing in the north part of the country. jessica obviously a lot of concern about things escalating with hezbollah. the country on edge for reprisal from iran following the strike that killed three are three irgc generals on monday collective 250,000 israelis have been displaced since october 7. and for a country of 9 million people, that is just something that they cannot handle. and it's not sustainable for the long term. and here we are six months in yeah >> just geographically you start to see it shrink because they can't they don't feel safe at those borders beyond yard in and the other return hostages have been through so much unspeakable trauma. how are they processing that and returning to their lives? >> i mean, you could still see how emotional yard dan was during our interview. but it was important for her to speak because her sister-in-law carmel, remains in gaza and that is o

and the reason for that is that in this kibbutz, nir oz, one in four of the population of the more thanunderstand why israelis believe very strongly that they are fighting a just war in gaza and of course their allies feel the same. their quarrel is with the methods that israel has been using that has cost so many innocent palestinian lives. and as for the family who lived here in this house, they're dead. that was our international editor, jeremy bowen. you can read his full analysis of the state of the conflict so far on the bbc news website. a most busy sporting day ahead in the football, that is happening over on bbc one, so anybody interested is probably watching it.— on bbc one, so anybody interested is probably watching it._ so - probably watching it. probably! so we're going _ probably watching it. probably! so we're going to _ probably watching it. probably! so we're going to talk _ probably watching it. probably! so we're going to talk about - probably watching it. probably! so we're going to talk about the - probably watching it. probably! so i we're going to talk about the r

tell us more about this yeah >> a lot cat csia from nir oz, a kibbutz is very close to the gaza borderof time with families to matt kibbutz and this is a kibbutz where i think more than in 70 people were kidnapped. a very high number of people were kidnapped. and his family, a distraught because they say that the government missed opportunities to bring him back. they say that while he was in gaza, he was pictured at least twice alive as a hostage as recently as early this year and the fact that the government won't prioritize a so many hostage families are demanding that they do prioritize bringing hostages back home, whatever price it is to get a truce with hamas these families want the government to do that and they say, this is a case of an absolutely missed opportunity. they said a government might portray him as a victim of the war, but they feel that as a victim of the government mishandling this war. and this is why you have protests on the streets of tel aviv of haifa versus area this evening and alone on the coast in israel people coming out and calling for this government to