The deadly attack struck a devastating war in gaza where more than 40,000 people have been killed and more than 97,000 have been injured according to the hamasrun palestinian ministry of health. Joining us now, Nbcs Raf Sanchez in tel aviv. Raf, how has this day been memorialized . Jose, memorials began at 6 29 a. M. one year to the minute that the Hamas Terror Attack began at the Nova Music Festival site down in southern israel, some two miles from the Gaza Border and that site is now just a vast memorial to the roughly 350 people who were killed there. We were there as the sun came up this morning. There was a Memorial Ceremony attended by israeli president isaac herzog, and they played the last track that festival goers heard on October 7th before the music stopped and the shooting started, and you can really tell, jose, this is grief that remains very, very raw one year on as people came to the site where their brothers, sister, friends, husbands, wives were killed and of course, j
Strong before it reaches florida. That wraps up the hour for me. Im jose diazbalart. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Andrea mitchell picks up with nor news right now. Right now, one year later. Israel and the United States mourning the victim of the massacre by hamas on October 7th. Starting at dawn on the site of the Music Festival. Reporter there was a Memorial Ceremony at sunrise here attended by the israeli president and they played the last track that festivalgoers heard on October 7th before the music stopped and the shooting started. There are no memorial ceremonies in gaza. Just another day of palestinian families trying to survive as this war drags on. The Middle East remaining a Flash Point with the Battle In Gaza Evolving and expanding into lebanon, yemen, and potentially iran. Ill be joined this hour by the father of an american israeli hostage also, during his return to butler, pennsylvania, former President Trump and other speakers expanding on the false accusat
A lineup of special Guest Tonight including the mother of the israeli hostage. Reporting from the ground in gaza battling a rising Death Toll for palestinians and journalists. Sir Richard Branson on the movement he is back that could provide a path to peace. Lets do it. October 7, 2023 hamas militants launched an unprecedented coordinated attack from Gaza Breaching the Security Barrier Israel had built. The targeted and massacred israeli soldiers and civilians. Mortared communities. Setting fire to homes. Killed and abducted women, men, and the children. As the Sun Rose rockets flew over the music festival. Excitement turned into terror as militants on motorcycles and trucks approached mowing down festivalgoers who try to run those who hid in bushes and ditches were shot point blank. 40 were abducted. Overall over 1200 people were killed that day. 250 taken hostage into gaza. It was the deadliest day for jewish people since the holocaust and Shock Waves of grief reverberated around the
Beirut, is said to have suffered one of its most intense waves of israeli strikes yet, with large explosions reported across the south of the city. Lebanese authorities described the attacks as very violent. These pictures show a large explosion following one of those strikes. Earlier on saturday, the Israeli Military had issued orders to residents of specific buildings in Southern Beirut to evacuate. We dont yet know what was hit in the strikes but israeli forces have bombed areas reported to be hezbollah strongholds. They have also clashed with hezbollah fighters in lebanons southern Border Region. The Israeli Military says it has killed 440 hezbollah fighters since the start of the ground invasion. Meanwhile, the Border Region remains tense as hezbollah has fired rockets into northern israel, with reports that residential buildings were hit. Also on saturday, israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, addressed iran s Missile Attack on his country earlier this week saying israel has
And increase success rates. Hello. Now, as the crisis in the Middle East deepens, we re taking a look back at the events of the past few weeks and asking how we got to this point and what the violence means for the future of the region. Bbc arabic S Beirut Correspondent Carine Torbey has this special report. Explosions. Ballistic missiles rained down on israel. An unprecedented response by iran after weeks of israeli escalation. Pushing the region to dangerous new precipice. Explosions. This is the story of how the past few weeks brought the Middle East to a dangerous new moment. Translation the Status Quo cannot continue. This requires a change in the Balance Of Power on our northern border. Hezbollah launched the first attack against israeli positions last year on October The 8th in support of gaza. Israel retaliated. A year on from those exchanges of fire at the a year on from those exchanges of fire, the conflict has reached a new level. The 17th Of September Saw a new escalation b