In the lebanese capital. The israeli military carried out multiple bombings and several ground incursions throughout the day. The lebanese health ministry said the strikes led to dozens of deaths, including ten firefighters. Hezbollah fired 130 rockets most of which were intercepted into israel, where across the nation a day of commemoration has been taking place to mark the first anniversary of the deadly october 7th attacks by hamas, as clive myrie reports. Their tears are shared. There s a solidarity in this nation s sorrow, uniting strangers and friends, rich and poor, young and old. As a still traumatised people mourn, thousands gathered in southern israel, remembering the 383 people killed at the nova music festival. What s also being mourned is the death of promise, because so many young lives yet to be lived were snatched away. Ask this survivor of the horror of october 7th, in her early 20s. 0ur conversation about how she ran for cover, broken by the sound of artillery fir
To dozens of deaths, including 10 firefighters. And as it pounds beirut from the air, israel is also pursuing hezbollah across its northern border. The bbc s lucy williamson is there and sent us this update. The gaps in israel s defences are still being tested. A rocket fired from lebanon landed near a hospital, sending shrapnel and explosives through the car park as patients lay metres away. Dr 0sama nasser left his car here five minutes before the rocket hit, his daughter s car seat still intact inside the shattered frame. I m a lucky man. It hit the car, not me. I have a little girl also. Two years old. And with every boom and siren, she gets anxious. It is hard to be in this situation one year, it s exhausting situation. Suddenly, more sirens the panic here sharper this time. Seconds later, the thud of rockets. Three, four, five, six? that s a lot. Just coming to the safe room here after the siren sounded again at the hospital this morning. There s been a barrage 20, 30, a0 int
Hello, i m lucy hockings, welcome to Bbc News now. Memorial events are taking place in israel and Around The World to mark one year since the attacks of October The 7th, the deadliest day in the nations history. Nearly 1200 people were killed and hundreds more taken hostage when hamas gunmen stormed across the border. In a moment, well go to Southern Israel and our chief international correspondent lyse doucet, who is at kibbutz be eri, where one in ten of the residents were killed by hamas. And to Anna Foster In Beirut, which has seen fresh israeli strikes overnight and into this morning. But first lets turn to todays events. At exactly 6. 29 this morning flags were lowered to Half Mast outside the knesset. That was the time when rockets from gaza started raining down on Southern Israel, followed by the deadly rampage by thousands of hamas led militants on israeli communities, Army Bases and the nova music festival. At the festival site, president Isaac Herzog this morning joined a me
Memorial events are taking place in israel, and around the world, to remember the victims of the hamas attacks on israel, exactly one year ago, in which nearly 1200 people were killed, and 251 taken hostage. In israel, shortly after daybreak, president herzog, joined a Memorial Service at the scene of the nova music festival, marking the moment it came under attack. The time was 6 29am when southern israel woke, to the sound of sirens along the gaza border. Only a few moments later, sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and nearby cities in central israel. At 6 50am, hamas fighters, breached the border fences, entering israeli communities and launching attacks in multiple locations. By 8 04am, the israeli army declared, a State Of Alert for war and idf soldiers began deploying to areas under attack. At10 25am, Idf Spokesperson Daniel hagari announced 0peration swords of iron. Before noon, prime Minister Netanyahu addressed the nation from Tel Aviv, declaring that, israel was at war. As fighting