amiram cooper and british israeli nadav popplewell. after almost eight months of war, much of northern gaza lies in ruins, but israel s prime minister is struggling to end the war because he hasn t achieved his war goals. he hasn t brought back all the hostages, he hasn t destroyed hamas. the us president says hamas is no longer capable of carrying out the kind of attack it did on the 7th of october, but israelis living here by the gaza border say they still don t feel safe. this is the last time yarin saw her neighbourhood trapped in her home in sderot by the gaza border, as hamas gunmen ran through the streets. she and her three children fled tojerusalem the next day. a ceasefire now, she says, won t be enough to send them home. we will free the hostages, but a few years from now
they still don t feel safe. this is the last time yarin saw her neighbourhood trapped in her home in sderot by the gaza border, as hamas gunmen ran through the streets. she and her three children fled tojerusalem the next day. a ceasefire now, she says, won t be enough to send them home. we will free the hostages, but a few years from now your life will be. you will be the next hostages, you will be the next people that get murdered, the women that get raped, all of this will happen again. the ceasefire will kill us. ending this conflict rests with the leaders of israel and hamas, locked in a war for their own survival. lucy williamson, bbc news, sderot. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. good morning. the biden peace
without a guarantee the war will end. tonight, israel learned that four more captives were confirmed to have died chaim peri, yoram metzger, amiram cooper and british israeli nadav popplewell. after almost eight months of war, much of northern gaza lies in ruins, but israel s prime minister is struggling to end the war because he hasn t achieved his war goals. he hasn t brought back all the hostages, he hasn t destroyed hamas. the us president says hamas is no longer capable of carrying out the kind of attack it did on the 7th of october, but israelis living here by the gaza border say they still don t feel safe. this is the last time yarin saw her neighbourhood trapped in her home in sderot by the gaza border, as hamas gunmen ran through the streets. she and her three children fled tojerusalem the next day.
goes up. the malian special forces surrounded the hotel. but they re not a very well-integrated force. france is providing intelligence and logistics support we understand. we don t know whether american citizens are being held inside the hotel. but six members of their crew, the chinese government has come through remarkably quickly to say that several of their people, they re not saying exactly how much are being held hostage. we understand that president obama has been informed. as to why this could have happened, northern mali was occupied by islamist fighters until about 2012. and at that time, france managed to drive them out of the northern territory and there s been attacks by islamist fighters since that time. it s interesting to note that multiple sources have said that as these gunmen ran into the hotel today, they were shouting
possible. france is shocked today. reporter: in washington president obama vowed to work with france a close ally in the fight against terrorism. we see the kind of cowardly evil attacks that took place today i think reenforces once again why it is so important for us to stand in solidarity with them just as they stand in solidarity with us. reporter: investigators say the gunmen asked two maintenance men at the entrance of the building where the magazine was located and then opened fire killing one of the workers. the gunmen fired at police guarding the building and moved to the second floor where the magazine s editors were meeting. witnesses reported seeing a rocket launcher. after the massacre in the magazine s office the gunmen were captured on video walking down the street firing as they went and the gunmen ran to a wounded police officer lying on the sidewalk and shot the officer in the head.