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,
Good to be with you. Im katy tur. One year ago today, hamas militants launched an unprecedented multipronged attack on southern israel, descending on communities close to the border, killing 1,200 people, including 46 americans, and taking more than 250 hostages back to gaza. Kids, and babies, moms and dads, grandparents, soldiers, people in their homes, people at work. People at a Music Festival. It was the largest massacre of jews since the holocaust, the worst Security Failure in israels history. In the years since, israel has turned gaza into rubble, trying to root out hamas. And rescue hostages, killing 40,000 gazans, militants and civilians. In many cases, entire families, and lots and lots and lots of children. More than 16,000, according to local accounting. On top of that, an ever escalating humanitarian catastrophe, a lack of food, water, shelter, and medicine. Of the 250 hostages taken back to gaza, 117 have been released in shortterm Cease Fire and lopsided Prisoner Exchang
Tech Billionaire Elon Musk joins republican Nominee Donald Trump On Stage in butler, pennsylvania as he returns to the site of his attempted assassination. And a new Zealand Navy Ship runs aground and catches fire the major Rescue Mission to safe those onboard as it sinks. Youre watching bbc news. You join us youjoin us in you join us in Southern Israel, in front of one of the many homes in this community which is to be home to some 400 israelis, now only two people live here. The entire here were killed during the Hamas Rampage in Southern Israel on October The 7th. In a moment will be speaking to one of the Family Members who survived but now lets look at the latest news this hour, beginning in lebanese. Israeli Bombardment Israeli continued overnight. Some 30 lebanese. Israeli bombardment continued overnight. Some 30 strikes were reported on strikes were reported on lebanese capital beirut. This lebanese capital beirut. This is the Beirut Skyline when the is the Beirut Skyline when
The world as the annIversary of October 7 approaches. In other news. Tech BIllIonaIre Elon Musk joIns republIcan NomInee Donald Trump On Stage In butler, pennsylvanIa as he returns to the sIte of hIs attempted assassInatIon. You are watchIng Bbc News and you joIn us here In the kr boots not far from the Gaza Border In front of one of the homes as you can see was brutally attacked In the early hours of october seven a year ago. Everybody who lIved In the homes behInd us are dead. Some of the famIlIes that are gatherIng near to not farfrom where we are broadcastIng to commemorate the lIves that were taken and the hostages stIll beIng held In gaza. The communIty suffered terrIbly In the october seven attacks. A small communIty of 400 people saw 117 people kIlled or kIdnapped. That Is a quarter of thIs communIty. In a moment, we wIll speak to someone who saw sIx members of herfamIly taken and someone who lost Loved Ones In the attack. Lets look fIrst at the latest development, begInnIng wI
Saturday at nine On Cnn when despite her huge Fundraising Edge Kamala Harris is locked in a dead heat with Donald Trump this is going to be a very tight race until the very end. There we went pennsylvania, we will win the whole thing as wars abroad and natural disasters at Home Intercede what will it take to win democratic Senator Martin kelly is live from Swing State Michigan ahead and going back, as i was saying donald Trump Returns to the site of his attack tempted assassination in a dramatically different race than three months ago, we will fight fight, fight. What is he willing to do to win republican national Committee Cochair . Laura trump joins me exclusively, and then Senate Candidate Larry Hogan, plus a year of pain with Israel Set to mark one year since the October Cooper seventh attacks, its forces are escalating offensive in gaza and lebanon. Will the hostages ever come Home Washington where the state of our union is 30 days out. We have just over one month left in one of