It was 6. 30am on October 7th, when fighters from hamas and other groups crossed the southern border from gaza, and inflicted the worst single Mass Killing of israelis, in the nations history. The gunmen from hamas broke through the border fence, rampaging through nearby villages, kibbutzes, military posts, and a music festival. They torched homes, shooting and killing indiscriminately. Hamas is designated as a Terrorist Organisation by the us, uk and other governments. According to israel, 251 of its citizens and foreigners were taken hostage into gaza. One year on, around 100 People remain unaccounted for. The events of last year have transformed israel and the region including in gaza, where nearly 42,000 People have been killed in israels response. Israeli bombs continued to fall on the territory today. Tonight, beirut is being rocked by explosions as israel continues its campaign against hezbollah. But we start with the day of commemorations in israel as it remembers one year on.
Not done with bringing people back. None of us can think of the future. Hello. Im lauren taylor. Welcome to the programme. The escalating crisis in the Middle East began a year ago this monday on October The 7th when hamas gunmen attacked israel. But first, the latest on the war. The lebanese capital, beirut, is suffering one of its most intense waves of israeli strikes yet, with large explosions reported across the south of the city. Pictures from Overnight show a large Fireball Lighting up beirut s skyline. Lebanese officials released these latest figures earlier they say 23 people died and an additional 93 were wounded as a result of the israeli air Strikes Yesterday and raids across the country. And the strikes continued into the morning. Israel has issued fresh Evacuation Orders for residents of several areas in southern lebanon, calling on them to head immediately to the north of the awali river. Other lines coming in today, the israeli military says 30 rockets were fired by hezb
Sir Keir Starmer will say there is light at the end of the tunnel in the form of faster ecOnomic growth and falling nhs Waiting Lists, but hell warn there are no easy answers. Well bring you full coverage of that as it happens 2pm. The Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has addressed the cOnference in the last Hour And Lisa nandy, the secretary for culture, Media And Sport is expected to speak in about half an hour. So, dOnt anyOne tell me that was a protest. DOnt anyOne tell me that was about immigratiOn, policing or poverty. Plenty of people have strOng views On immigratiOn, crime, On the nhs and more, but they dOnt pick up breaks and throw them at the police. They dOnt set light to buildings with people inside. It was arsOn, it was racism, it was thuggery, it was a crime. Applause and you know it happened because criminals thought they could get away with it. They saw the cracks in the system, the impunity that built up system, the impunity that built up through the tory years, and when t
FIghters and destroyIng thousands of houses, just hopIng at mIdnIght they have allowed aeroplanes. ThIs attack came wIth thIs context, all the attempts were faIled. The resIstance remaIned strong. ThIs Is the hIghest way of crImInalIty. ThIs Is the hIghest way of crImInalI. ~ u, crImInalIty. We wIll contInue to monItor crImInalIty. We wIll contInue to monItor because crImInalIty. We wIll contInue to monItor because I crImInalIty. We wIll contInue | to monItor because I suspect thIs Is goIng to go on for some whIle. We saId a lIttle earlIer that there were those reports of jets flyIng over that there were those reports ofjets flyIng over beIrut. Hugo pacheco put up the pIctures of the skylIne over that cIty, also confIrmIng that he can see and hear those jets flyIng at low altItude just as Hassan Nasrallah started gIvIng that speech. Let me brIng In James Landau and frank gardner. Just as a quIck asIde, frankly, we dont know the locatIon of thIs News Conference or address. There wIll be
SImultaneously exploded across lebanon In what appeared to be a sophIstIcated remote attack. Hezbollah, whIch has Been desIgnated a TerrorIst OrganIsatIon by the uk, Israel and other western countrIes, has called It the bIggest securIty breach. At least nIne people dIed and nearly 3000 were Injured. Blasts were reported In supermarkets, homes and on the streets of the country, whIch shares borders wIth Israel and syrIa. Lebanons Health MInIstry says 200 people are In a crItIcal condItIon and that hospItals are beIng Inundated wIth the wounded. 0ur Correspondent Graham satchell reports. It was an audacIous, unprecedented attack. All across lebanon, thousands of pagers explodIng at the same tIme. Many were on the street. Some, lIke here, In peoples homes. Some In supermarkets. Emergency servIces struggled to cope wIth the scale of the attack. Thousands of hezbollah members sufferIng InjurIes In the same Instant. Israel hasnt commented, but few have any doubts about Its role. So how was I