As israel holds commemorations marking the October 7th attacks, we ll be reporting on how so many lives were changed and how the reverberations have spread right across the Middle East as israel waged War On Hamas In Gaza and now in lebanon against hezbollah. Panoramas Jane Corbin has been following two families affected from this conflict. One in israel, and one in gaza. Both living in the aftermath of the attacks, and the war that followed. A year ago, Doron Katz Asher and her two daughters, raz and aviv, were staying at her Mothers House in niroz kibbutz. They were all taken hostage by hamas. Doron kept a diary while she was held in gaza. She wrote to her husband, yoni, about how much they were missing him. The moment the family was taken hostage was filmed by hamas and seen by yoni. Saw my wife, some of the hamas men puts a cover on her head. I saw my girl raz, purple dress, long golden hair. As they were taken into gaza, an israeli helicopter was firing above them. Doron s mother
October the seventh Hamas Attacks on israel. And Im Rosemary Church and we begin with a somber milestone in israel where the country is marking that one year since the deadly attacks by hamas on October 7, commemorations are being held to remember and honor the 1,200 people who were killed that day with the first event taking place its early this morning at the Nova Music Festival site, where they final Music Track of the festival was replayed before a minute of silence ahead of the anniversary, images of the hostages were projected onto the walls of jerusalems old city as of today, the israeli prime Ministers Office says there are for a total of 101 hostages in gaza, including 35 believed to have been killed. The mother of one victim had this heartbreaking Message And Elon maccallum are buried. Mother, ive yet to process the word higher cut last stand before you today, dear family wanting to shout that, im not miserable because none of this actually happened. Im still in denial. Im be
Can help you get started with your idea called now 807, 710002 zero getting a firsthand look at the devastation the station from hurricane helene. He is in the Carolinas Today with a swarm has killed nearly 100 people. How the federal government is helping the Recovery Effort is haunted words of thousands still remain without power and as cities are running low on food and water, plus, as the world awaits, israels response to a ballistic Missile Attack from iran, the idf ramping up its Ground War in lebanon. Another major question amid heightened tensions, what role will the United States play . Then turns of that thousands of Fort Workers hit the picket lines. A strike that could have a huge impact on the economy and things that you buy every day. Were following these major developing stories many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central President Biden is flying over the devastation from helene, the deadliest hurricane to hit the u. S. Mainland since breanna back in 2005, to
Middle east very closely. The united states is committed to Israels Defense. We are watching developments, as i said, very carefully this morning. U. S. Officials tell Nbc News they expect this iranian response to involve more fire power. Israel is trying to push hezbollah forces north. The israeli defense Forces Spokesperson announced israel uncovered Hezbollah Tunnels in Southern Lebanon. One of the buildings that our troops raided, we found proof of this. This is a map that hezbollah planned to give its terrorists at the time of a widescale invasion of israel. It was to cover out a massacre in israels north. Joining me from jerusalem is nbcs Erin Mclaughlin. Also with is monica alba. Monica, what are you hearing from the White House . The State Department ordered all u. S. Government employees and their families to shelter in place and that this is supposed by in response to the killing of nasrallah on friday in a massive Air Strike by israel as well as previous fronts to hezbollah
Your people back into their homes, you dont escalate to deescalate. And obviously now, with the iranian retaliation, israelis are in their shelters as they go into the new years holiday weekend. Ben . Yeah. I think, you know, since October 7th, the Biden Administration has had a number of goals, one was to provide support to israel as it aims to go after hamas, but then also one of the principle goals of u. S. Diplomacy since October 7th had been avoiding deescalation into lebanon, precisely because i think there was an understanding that lebanon could be kind of the Trip Wire to this broader regional war that essentially, you know, it is one thing if there is a conflict In Gaza, that alone is destabilizing enough and is obviously brought a tremendous Human Toll and has grinded on for a full year. But the concern has always been that if israel launched a Ground Operation and significantly escalated things in lebanon that could draw iran into a conflict in a direct way as were seeing to