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
we begin in uvalde, texas, where a long awaited report into a deadly school shooting has been highly critical of the police. it found, what they describe, as a cascading failures of leadership, decision making, tactics, policy and training, when the gunman burst into robb elementary school in 2022 hundreds of police officers rushed to the scene but it took more than an hour for them to confront him. in that time, the gunman murdered i9 students and two teachers. that delay sparked outrage among the victims families and across the us more widely, and it prompted the us department ofjustice to investigate, producing today s report that runs 600 pages long. the us attorney general merrick garland visited families in uvalde, and he called the police he said the victims deserved better. in the hours and days after, it was a failure that should not have happened. we was a failure that should not have happened. have happened. we hope to honour the have happened. we hope to
Her husband is still being held. Israel estimates more than 200 hostages remain in gaza abducted in the attacks of october seventh. Hamas, which is designated a Terrorist Group by the uk and many other western nations, said the release was for humanitarian reasons. At least 700 people have been killed in gaza in the past day, according to hamas officials. They also say the total number killed is now more than 5,700 including more than 2,000 children. Including 2,000 children. Heres our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. I should warn you you may find on the images and details in her report distressing. The moment of release. After two weeks being held hostage. In a video sent out by hamas, they were handed over to representatives from the International Red cross. But then yocheved, who is 85, turns, shaking the hands of a masked gunman and saying, peace. Soon the women were whisked out of gaza to egypts rafah crossing and flown to israel. As they arrived at a hospital, yocheveds
Here, and some of that could turn heavy, even thundery, particularly from the east midlands eastwood, into east anglia as we head towards the end of the day. The best of the sunshine for the north, Northern Ireland, scotland, northern england. Watch out for a few showers. Temperatures are lower than yesterday but still above the early october average, so it is still fairly one, and we still have that humidity towards the south as well. The warm front will clear into the north sea tonight, but there is a line of showers following behind that will sweep away all that warm, humid feeling air, so it will feel pressure. Still showers in North West Scotland and Northern Ireland. Chile again tonight across eastern scotland, where we will see the clearest skies. For the vast majority, a mild start to the day tomorrow. Across england and wales tomorrow, a very different feel to things, pressure, without westerly to north westerly wind. Across the whole of the uk, it will be a day of sunshine an