vivian silver, as an one me about vivian. vivian silver, as anyone who _ me about vivian.about vivian. vivian silver, as anyone who knows this space, is l anyone who knows this space, is herself an institution, a founder and leader of many organisations, my organisation is a network of peace building ngos. she helped to set us up building ngos. she helped to set us up essentially, select the organisations that take a members and lays right on the border with gaza. she helped to form women wage peace, one of our members, the largest piece will the organisation is made up of women in the aftermath of the 2014 gaza israel border as a response to the violence and dehumanisation associates incredible as anyone knows and she has been missing since around 11 o'clock on sunday morning and we're very concerned. sunday morning and we're very concerned-— sunday morning and we're very concerned. ,, , ., , ., concerned. she sent four years old. you haven't — concerned. she sent four years old. you haven't heard _ concerned. she sent four years old. you haven't heard anything - concerne

vivian silver, his mother, is one of israel's best known campaigners for peace with the palestinians.as holding meetings only a few days before the hamas attacks. what do you think your mother would be saying about everything that is happening right now? that this is the outcome. this is the outcome of war, of not striving for peace. we've been, you know, israelis have, let's say, living on our soil. and this is what happens. you know, it's very overwhelming, but it's not completely surprising. we couldn't. .. it's not... ..sustainable to live in a state of war for so long. and now it bursts, it burst. vivian was making light of it at first last saturday, until she couldn't. "we may be witnessing a massacre. "enough sense of humour, i'm just telling everybody, "telling you are love you." and i write back, "i love you, mum." she writes, "they're in the house now." isaid, "i have no words i'm with you." she writes, "i feel you." and that was it, that's the last message. their kibbutz was one of the first targets of hamas last saturday, as it's right on the border. they shot dead the peo

vivian silver, his mother, is one of israel's best known campaigners for peace with the palestinians.ng meetings only a few days before the hamas attacks. what do you think your mother would be saying about everything that's happening right now? that this is the outcome. this is the outcome of war. of not striving for peace. we've been, you know, israelis have that saying "living on our soul" and this is what happens. it's... you know, it's very overwhelming but it's not completely surprising. we couldn't. .. it's not... sustainable to live in a state of war for so long. it bursts. it burst. vivian was making light of it at first last saturday, until she couldn't. "we may be witnessing a massacre. "enough sense of humour, i'm just telling "everybody, telling you i love you." and i write back, "i love you, mum." she writes, "they're in the house now." i said, "i have no words. i'm with you." she writes, "i feel you." and that was it, that's the last message. their kibbutz was one of the first targets of hamas last saturday as it's right on the border. they shot dead the people in this

vivian silver, his mother, is one of israel's best known campaigners for peace with the palestinians.eetings only a few days before the hamas attacks. what do you think your mother would be saying about everything that is happening right now? that this is the outcome. this is the outcome of war, of not striving for peace. we've been, you know, israelis have, let's say, living on our soul and this is what happens. you know, it's very overwhelming, but it's not completely surprising. we couldn't. .. it's not... ..sustainable to live in a state of war for so long. and now it bursts, it burst. vivian was making light of it at first last saturday, until she couldn't. "we may be witnessing a massacre. enough sense of humour, "i'm just telling everybody, "telling you i love you." and i write back, "i love you, mum". she writes, "they're in the house now". i said, "i have no words. "i'm with you." she writes, "i feel you". and that was it, that's the last message. their kibbutz was one of the first targets of hamas last saturday, as it's right on the border. they shot dead the people in this

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but now vivian silver is believed to be - vivian silver is believed to be among those kidnapped by hamasous that such a person should — is ridiculous that such a person should end up giving her life in wan _ should end up giving her life in wan for— should end up giving her life in wan for in— should end up giving her life in war. for in a battle or i don't know what to— war. for in a battle or i don't know what to call— war. for in a battle or i don't know what to call this thing. a person who really— what to call this thing. a person who really does only good. the retaliation _ who really does only good. the retaliation has _ who really does only good. t"te: retaliation has started, with more than 100,000 people in gaza are fleeing their homes, directed by israel away from the areas of heavier strikes. israel away from the areas of heavierstrikes. even israel away from the areas of heavier strikes. even so tonight the death toll in gaza is well over 700 according to the health ministry there. ~ ., according to the health ministry there. ~ . . . ,, according to the health ministry there

the army didn't allow us much time in the street where vivian silver lived and brought up herfamily.long before hamas emerged, for space and country air. we hope to find out more about what happened to her. but if there were clues, they were consumed by fire. vivian's house and her neighbour's were gutted. we don't know if she's alive or dead. herfamily, like so many others, waits for news, good or bad. it's totally burned down. the remains of the house and destruction at the kibbutz are evidence for most israelis that it is dangerously wrong for peace activists like vivian to argue that a century of attempted military solutions to the conflict have failed. the survivors have left the kibbutz. now, it is a staging area as the army waits for the order to enter gaza. as the soldiers prepare, israel's government vows that, this time, its forces will destroy hamas. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kibbutz be�*eri. let's show you live pictures from gaza city now. it's a little after 5:00am there and we've seen sporadic bombing of gaza through the night, as israeli forces aim to eradicate the hamas

clearly isis i want to tell the story of vivian silver. she's very well known and as well. vivian, silver, age, 74, probably hostage in gaza. she was one of the biggest well known peace activists in the country. she advocated peace between these riley's and palestinians, jewels and moslems. endlessly, she found the nat geo code that j k j. i see, she was a great glee though she disappeared and she was thinking boats about barely so as far as the 32nd video released, and by how much to show that they returned. and these really woman and outside is a simple distortion on the west. on the west moral equivalent. so we are not retaliating, we're all targeting, we are targeting the enemy in order to approve the capability of the enemy to carry on with this compound or destroying as well. trying to us it destroys us by the way and am file available which has its claws all around us from. busy assumptions with his bottle out from the south from, from us and just allow me cuz you had look around us in the entire region. look at the have of that. th

wanting to be seventh, vivian silver disappeared. she thought to have been kidnapped by hamas. today i spoke with -- >> part of the shock and horror that we experience is the fact that a lot of our supporters you media circles and family members were killed, kidnapped, or affected in other ways in the what happened on saturday. >> it is an organization that works very hard to advocate for palestinians, for human rights, to provide over watch of the israeli government, to criticize the israeli government. this will happen on october 7th maker job tougher? >> certainly. first of all, we are still in the process of understanding what happened, because it is something on a strategic level that there is a change in the balance of power. in addition to that, because extremism and fundamentalism feeds extremism and fundamentalism on the other side, we are also going to have a much tougher job of getting to the hearts and minds of people in israel, and around the world. >> so what do you say to an israeli who comes to and says, this proves there cannot be any peace with hamas? this pro

among those missing after the massacre is 74-year-old vivian silver who cofounded the arab jewish center for equality, empowerment, cooperation and was a member of women wage peace. her son fear she has been taken hostage by hamas. israel's military says it has retaken control of the gaza separation barrier breached by hamas and is laying land mines in the area. on monday, an israeli air strike hit the rafah border crossing in southern gaza, temporarily closing the territory's only link with egypt. the crossing was reportedly struck again on tuesday, injuring two people and leaving a crater obstructing the movement of people and supplies across the border. this comes after israeli defense minister yoav gallant vowed to completely cut off the gaza strip and its 2 million inhabitants from the outside world. >> i have ordered a complete siege of the gaza strip. there will be no electricity, no food, no fuel. we are fighting human animals and we will act accordingly. amy: united nations secretary-general antonio guterres said he is deeply distressed by israel's siege of gaza. the u.n.'s top

my mother vivian silver, she emigrated to israel from canada.ew up, me and my brother, right on the border with gaza. like you said, she was a peace activist. she dedicated her life to peace and reconciliation and to find a solution to the conflict between israel and palestine. >> where was she living? what was the last you heard from her? >> she's been living there. i've been in touch with her all morning saturday. she was hiding in her safe room. when i heard gunshots outside her window, we moved to correspond via whatsapp until she wrote they that they are inside the house. we said our good-byes. that was it. i haven't heard from her or from any authority in israel since then. >> how old was your mother? >> 74. >> so she dedicated her life to, as i understand it, helping people there, bringing cancer patients from gaza into israel for treatment, things of that nature. >> yeah. she was very active. she was a co-ceo of an organization for peace. since 2015, she was very much involved with an organization called women wage peace. they just had a

this one belonged to vivian silver. she has been missing ever since. you think your mother would be saying about everything that's happening right now? that this is the outcome, this is the outcome of war. vivian was making light of it until she couldn't. "we may be witnessing a massacre. "enough sense of humour, i'm just telling everybody, "telling you i love you." and i write back, "i love you, mum." she writes, "they are in the house now." i said "i have no words. "i am with you." she writes, "i feel you." and that was it. that's the last message. on a visit to tel aviv, america's top diplomat tells israel that washington's support is unwavering. you may be strong enough on your own to defend yourself, but as long as america exists, you will never, ever have to. we will always be there, by your side. friday, day seven. the un says it's been told by israel that everyone in northern gaza must relocate to the south in the next 2a hours. it would mean the entire population of gaza city and its surroundings — about 1.1 million people — having to flee the

one of those 53 families is the family of vivian silver. her son has been on our air a few times this week. they believe that she is a hostage. they just got into the house in the kibbutz yesterday and were able to confirm her body is not there. that has given them some hope. i asked him what he wants the world to know about his mother. >> i want to tell them how much she means to me, to my kids, and to so so many people. all over the world. and that we're waiting for her. >> how are your kids? >> they keep their childhood in tact. it's not really a healthy home right now because their parents are preoccupied. my daughter said, so who's going to make me my birthday cake next year. i would like for this to be, we grow from. sometimes it's said, it's darkest before the dawn. i would like there to be a dawn because if we continue in the same path, it's going to stay dark forever. >> reporter: this man's mother, vivian silver, was a peace activist and a reconciliation activist. she was working with palestinians. she was working with other women

among them is 74 year old vivian silver, of peace activist and canadian citizen who lived in the beeriibbutz. it was a sight of some of the darkest bloodshed during the october 7th attack. vivian sun -- was on the phone with her throughout the morning, as the horror unfolded. >> i heard a lot of gunshots outside the window. and we decided to stop talking, because she was hiding. but at some point she wrote me, they are inside the house. >> her house? >> yeah. and -- that was the, i wrote that i am with you. she wrote that i feel you in that was the last message. >> for nine agonizing days he is shuttled between optimism and despair, as israel's leaders steal its citizens for an invasion of gaza. >> when you look at more than 300,000 reservists being called up, huge amounts of weaponry and military personnel amassing at the border, a lot of anticipation about a ground offensive, how does that make you feel? >> it makes me anxious. i did not want war before, i do not want more now. i don't think we can cure dead babies with more died of babies. >> do you think in israel, most people agre

on october 7th, vivian silver disappeared. she's thought to have been kidnapped by hamas. today i spoke with bit sell um's royalen. >> part of the shock and horror that we experience is a lot of our supporters, immediate circles, even family members, were killed, kidnapped or affected in other ways in what happened on saturday. >> this is an organization that works very, very hard to advocate for palestinians. for human rights, to provide overwatch of the israeli government, to criticize the israeli government. does what happened on october 7th make your job tougher? >> certainly. first of all, i think we're still in the process of understanding what happened. because it is -- it is something that on the strategic level, there is a change in the balance of power. in addition to that, because extremism and fundamentalism feeds extremism and fundamentalism on the other side, we're also going to have a much tougher job of getting to the hearts and minds of people in israel and around the world. >> so what do you say to somebody who -- an israeli who comes to you and said, thi

we spoke to one plan who is the son of vivian silver. she's a 74-year-old peace activist who is among those hostages. and her son, who spent all morning on the phone with her as the militants were near her house, firing bullets. they said their good-byes and he really urged the israeli government to -- to try to be somewhat restrained in their response. he believes that this endless cycle of violence can only lead to more violence. the issue is, though, when you talk more broadly, to israeli people, the drum beat for war, the drier for vengeance, the feeling of anguish and powerlessness and a desire to do something decisively to cripple hamas once and for all, that is the dominant voice here on the streets of israel. much more than those of the families of hostage members who we spoke to, jake. >> clarissa ward in ash kel on, thank you very much. >>> plans to evacuate americans from israel are underway. this cruise ship, the rhapsody of the sea, left israel is on route to the island of cypress. it was chartered by the state department to

. >> with me now from tel aviv is -- his mother vivian silver has been missing since the deadly hamas rampage on october 7th. thank you so much for joining us. i am so sorry, you are going through, and your, brother your family, and dealing with. what do you know about what happened to your mother vivian? >> we don't know much. you know, we were messaging with her through the morning of -- the attack, and she fell out of communication after she rode us that someone is entering her house. since then, we have not had much information about what happened to her. she is not been seen in any of the videos or pictures. -- circulating around. >> you were able to geolocating her phone, is that right? >> yes. we have gotten notified by is authorities that her phone was geolocated in gaza. >> and i understand your mom vivian lived in a kibbutz near the kass aboard or for decades where you grew up. from what i have read, she sounds extraordinary. she had received recognition for her work as a peace activist. adverse which included transporting gaza patients, patients from gaza to jerusalem for t

among them is 74-year-old vivian silver, a peace activist and canadian citizen who lived in this kibbutz was the site of some of the darkest bloodshed during the october 7th attack. vivian's son was on the phone with her throughout the morning as the horror unfolded. >> i heard a lot of gunshots outside her window. and we decided to stop talking because she was hiding. but at some point she wrote me that they're inside the house. >> reporter: her house? >> yeah. and that was it. i told her i'm with you. she said i feel you. and that was the last message. >> reporter: for nine agonizing days she has shuttled between optimism and despair, as israel's leaders steel its citizens for an invasion of gaza. when you look at more than 300,000 reservists being called up, huge amounts of weaponry and military personnel massing at the border, a lot of anticipation about a ground offensive, how does that make you feel? >> it makes me anxious. i didn't want war before. and i don't want war now. i don't think we can kill dead babies with more dead babies. >> do you think in israel that most people agre

we spoke to the son of a 74-year-old peace activist called vivian silver. she is one of those believed to be held in gaza. her son, yona sat down with us and told us he is very fearful about what more violence could portend. take a listen. >> i didn't want war before, and i don't want war now. i don't think we can cure dead babies with more dead babies. >> do you think in israel that most people agree with you? do you think people here want war? >> nobody wants war, but i think people are willing to accept war because you're hurt and you want to stop the pain. so you see demon in front of you and you want to vanquish it. i don't think it's realistic. whatever we do to gaza now, it would come back. >> and i spoke, wolf, to a senior -- or i should say a former senior security official here in israel, and it was kind of interesting, because he said basically at this stage he does not believe israeli authorities have any interest in making a deal with hamas with regards to these hostages, as much as they would like to get these hostages out safely, they are ver

from her friends whose son was kidnapped and my rabbi in jerusalem is very close friends with vivian silver, who was kidnapped f. a lot of americans know her. so, yeah, it's the intimacy of this country and of this conflict within this country is powerful. and i think hard for americans to understand. some new yorkers feld t that wa with 9/11. but i think the intensity of this is really -- it is really, really small and it does have somewhat of a family feel. as you said, it is a family that has been fractured in a way that i haven't seen this year. so it's been very interesting to watch. yes, there is some unity that we are seeing. we are also seeing, i think, a surprising openness in which people are questioning the government's response and failure to be prepared for this attack in a way i didn't see in 2014 and 2012 during the previous conflicts with gaza. >> it was clear from our conversation with admiral kirby and the white house we are not going to know what president biden and prime minister netanyahu speak about, but there are major questions about iran and if there is any determin

among them is 74-year-old vivian silver, a piece activist and canadian citizen who lived in the -- couttshe darkest bloodshed during the october 7th attack. her son was on the phone throughout the morning as the horror unfolded. >> i heard a lot of gunshot out the window and we decided to stop talking because she was hiding, but, at some point, she told me that they're inside the house. >> her house? >> yeah. and that was it. she said i feel you and that was the last message. >> for nine agonizing days he has shuttled between optimism and despair, as israel's leaders steal its citizens for an invasion of gaza. >> when you look at more than 300,000 reservists being called up, huge amounts of weaponry and military personnel amassing at the border, a lot of anticipation about a ground offensive, how does that make you feel? >> it makes me anxious. i didn't want war before, and i don't want war now. i don't think we can cured dead babies with more dead babies. >> do you think that in israel most people agree with you, to think most people want war? >> nobody wants war, but i think people are

her name is vivian silver. she has spent her adult life on this kibbutz next to the gaza strip, but she was a piece activist. she was a woman who interacted with palestinian women, tried to come to reconciliation. and pieces sometimes abstract in this part of the world. she actually talked about it as reconciliation. the other thing she did is in gaza, there is difficulty and getting advanced medical treatment, especially for cancer. because i can't get the radiation equipment, it's the kind of thing that can be used for weaponry. you have to leave gaza, which is fairly complicated process, and come into israel for cancer treatment. she's the one -- to try to take you for the treatment. she got taken. that family has not been told by the government that she is officially one of the hostages. they don't have complete evidence that she's been taken. i asked kherson about it. >> have you heard anything about your mother? >> not from the authorities. not so ever. but, only yesterday after four days, my father-in-la

are missing where they believe to be hostages, and one of those is the family of a woman named vivian silvers from winnipeg, canada. she's lived for decades on a kibbutz right here by the gaza border. she was a piece activist, is a piece activist, and a reconciliation expert. she worked with girls and women, palestinian women to reconcile their differences. she held people get health care as they would come into israel to do so because against health care they don't have facilities for in gaza. her son believed that she is a hostage. they're not 100 percent sore, but yes, they got a chance to look inside our home and take a look. and he was relieved to say or her body wasn't there. so he hopes she's a hostage, but he hasn't received a call from the idf to say that she is. however, this is how he's reconciling. this he's really struggling with what he supposed to think, given that his mother is a piece activist and wouldn't want violence. here's what he told me when i asked him about her? >> my community is wiped out. it's in comprehensible. and it was very vicious. viciously done. but that's

infants, babies, old men, a very good friend of mine was a peace activist, a 74-year-old woman named vivian silverone of the founders of women wage peace in israel, one of the largest peace movements in israel. a friend of mine who was the principals of high school my friend went to had 12 relatives taken from a kibbutz, including a man in his 80s. i'm saying do the right thing. i have tried to engage the qataris, i have a colleague in paris making a phone call, and they were responsive until a couple of days ago. our belief is that our channel has gone official. our belief is that there are talks officially taking place between qatar and hamas, and the americans are playing the other side of the role in transferring messages from qatar to israel. one of the people on secretary blinken's staff, this is convoluted and complicated and needs to be a direct channel between qatar and hamas, and qatar and israel, and that's what we're pushing for right now. >> israel to the u.s. to qatar to hamas, and back and forth. >> exactly. >> you said there's a window of opportunity. how quickly do you see that wi

and one of those as the family of that woman and vivian silver, from winnipeg, canada.lived for decades on a kibbutz right here by the gaza border. she was a peace activist, and is a pace activist and a sort of reconciliation expert. she works with gossip women, helping reconcile their differences. she helped people get health care as that would come into israel to do so, because advanced health care they don't have facilities for in gaza. her son, believes she's a hostage. they're not 100% sure, but yesterday i got a chance to go inside her home and have a look. she was russi -- relieved to see her money wasn't there. he hopes she's a hostage, but hasn't received a call from the idf to say she is. this is how he's reconciling this. he's really struggling with what he's supposed to think, given his mother is a piece activist and wouldn't want violence. here's what he told me when i asked him about her. >> my community is wiped out. it's and comprehensible. and it was very vicious. viciously done. but that's the point. that's the point. the only way to be safe is to have

impacted, including a number of the peace activists who are among those killed or taken hostages, vivian silverof women wage war, people on the front lines of the fight for peace with the palestinians and have now been caught up directly in this bloodshed. and i would imagine would still want many of us to channel their spirit in urging for a resolution here. and fighting for a long-term security and safety for both israelis and palestinians. >> i know that has been among the most heartbreaking aspects of this is interviewing families and relatives of those who were peace activists, moved near the border top helpful to people there, to help go into gaza, one woman, mrs. silver, to bring, you know, cancer patients out for treatment in israeli hospitals. what more do you think the u.s. could be doing, the administration. >> i appreciate the moral clarity, continue to do so at a time when moral clarity feels like it's in short supply, has been deeply meaningful. i also appreciate their comments about efforts to distinguish between hamas and the palestinians, to make clear, hamas is not the future

one of those women who is believed to have been taken is vivian silver, 74 years old, a canadian who has been living for decades in a kibbutz on the border of gaza. she's a peace activist and reconciliation activist. she works with palestinian women. there's certain health care you can't get in gaza, so people have to come across and get health care in israel. she will pick them up at the border and take them for that health care. her family believes she's been taken by hamas. i spoke to her son today, jonathan, and asked him to describe what his mother was about. >> she was obsessed with peace, you know. violence was always wrong in her mind. so she would say now, even though our communities are wiped out, she would say we don't need more dead babies. we need to stop the violence now. i call on everybody, the israeli government, hamas, canada, everybody to put pressure on both sides to negotiate and to get the captives out. >> reporter: he mentioned canada, of course, because she's canadian. his point is everybody should be putting their emphasis on the negotiation, the release of t

her name is vivian silver. the family doesn't know where she is.butz, and her body is not there. that gave them hope that she is a hostage. the interesting thing about her is that she was a peace activist. she worked not only as a peace activist but in terms of reconciliation with the palestinians. one of the problem in gaza is advanced medical treatment is not available because the equipment required for it, particularly for cancer, can't be taken into gaza. if somebody has to come out for treatment, it's a complicated ordeal. she would meet them at the border and take them to the treatment center or hospital for treatment. i caught up with her son today who grew up on this kibbutz but is now in tel aviv. listen to what he told me. >> she was obsessed with peace. you know, violence was always wrong in her mind. so she would say now, even though our communities are wiped out, all my friends lost, either i lost my friends or they lost their parents, she would say we don't need more dead babies. we need to stop the violence now. vengeance is not a st