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Everyone and welcome to the amanpour hour. Heres where were headed this week one years since the October 7 attacks that transform the Middle East and sparked a wider war i speak to israeli and palestinian Journalist Ilana Dianne and Tarek Abu Azzoum about the deep wounds inflicted on their societies and how theyre coping from the bottom of my soul, that we will not be able to heal if these hostages dont Come Back that day has turned and changed the lives of millions of palestinians. Now upside down on, then bob, My Name is Siamak Namazi just called as being made from ward four of the prison in tehran, from there to here, i would say i do feel very free. My exclusive interview with Siamak Namazi, The American prisoner once left behind in iran Torres Evin Prison liberated after eight years in that hell, Plus Winslet on channeling the legendary World War ii photographer lee miller, the woman who blazed a trail for female reported because capturing the holocaust and famously washing off those horrors in Hitlers Bathtub Everyone im Christiana Amanpour In London a year ago this weekend, hamas invaded israel from gaza in a land, Sea And Air borne wave of unspeakable brutality. It devastated the nation, shocked the world, and launched a 12 month Middle East war that is still expanding. October 7 was the darkest day in israeli history, 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were murdered in their homes, in their shelters, in their sleep, or while dancing at a music festival. It was a massive failure of intelligence and military dominance on the ground. Soldiers were nowhere to be found and the Terrorists Rampage freely to commit atrocities including rape, sexual violence, and mutilation. Also, 250 israelis, men, women, and children, were taken hostage and still today, more than 100 of them remain in captivity 60, a believed to be alive Israels Bubble of invincibility was shattered that day, but now off for a yearlong massive Military Campaign to root out hamas In Gaza decapitated hezbollah, and Wage War in lebanon, israeli seizing back the initiative to understand the implications for Israeli Society, i spoke to top Journalists Ilana Diane about how people have coped with all this happened and what her reporting since October 7 has revealed ilana dianne. WelCome Back to our program. Thank you for having me, christiane i want to get to your observations about Everything Youve covered and Everything Youve experienced in the past year. But first what is the feeling amongst israelis right now, the military is back, the intelligence is back. All those things that were essentially demolish the idea of american Israels Prowess in those two key areas. On October 7, what does israel want . I mean, Benjamin Netanyahu is Riding High and the Rock Bottom Poll numbers he had often October 7 are increasing and his majority in the knesset is increasing what does israel want . It depends on who you ask. Of course yes, youre right. Netanyahu is Riding High in the polls. But if you ask, israel is most israelis think that we have to go to the ballots most israelis think that we have to go for a hostage deal. Most israelis would not have voted for this coalition. The thing is that they dont get to decide the majority in the knesset gets to decide. But what means is that the rift within Israeli Society is ever deeper. Many israelis want this horror to be over. Many israelis dont trust the government and still many israelis know that the wars that we are fighting, these days is just as the work can be so there you have it. Its complicated and it strikes me that this is being the demand of the israeli people since October 7 above all, to get people back to get their people back and its fallen out of the headlines, are nobodys talking about hostages. Suddenly the government and others, and i wonder where are people about this right now . Do they just look at the military successes of the last weeks . Or is there still this gaping hole, this wound many israelis and ill speak for myself now. I think this is one stain that will never bleach if our government lets, let these hostages stay there and die there and, you know, we are, we are, we know they are being tortured. We know they are starving. We know at least half of this 101 hostages are still alive and we know that to put it delicately, there were chances to strike a deal. And now as you said, the focus has shifted to the north when will we talk about the hostages and what will happen to our society if they dont Come Back, there is a contract between israelis and their government that somebody will be there to save us if anything happens to us thats the defining ethos of the Israeli Society. And i know, i know from the bottom of my soul that we will not be able to heal if these hostages dont Come Back i want to remind you of something you said to me on my program when i first spoke to you in the couple of weeks after October 7 about the hamas attacks, just listen. I thought that i know something about our Enemies None of us, christiane, none of us even imagined this is the kind of enemy that we are confronting. This is part of trying to record what, happened to us. October 7 so much was broken the fact that we always feel protected was broken. The sense that we know something about our enemy is broken. The sense of security, National Security and personal security was broken. The sense that our military knows everything. They cannot be blinded. And obviously in the year since youve seen the revenge, 41 plus thousand palestinians have been killed including some 16,000 children. And i wonder whether that that visual that that Human Toll on the other side is getting through to the israeli people and what you all think about it now, a year after i know that after October 7 came October 8 and october the 28th. And this war has taken a terrible toll on civilians and also innocent civilians In Gaza. And ive been to rafah a couple of months ago. And ive seen the destruction and i know that we report as israeli media or not covering it enough or the other Hand Christiana have to tell you its tricky because i figured that every time i cover October 7 or rather, every time a cover October 8 the notion of the tragedy In Gaza that youre talking about i carry October 7 with me. I carry everything i saw. The bodies. I saw the atrocities ive so the people i know the second cousin of mine whos kidnapped at gunpoint are political correspondent whose family, two parents and two kids were executed at gunpoint. The grandmother was murdered with her autistic grandchild so i carry discuss because its so personally experienced. It is something which we all experienced. So personally that i have to tell you that the sense of detachment that you have to have as a reporter is something very difficult to implement. And yes, i think of the tragedy In Gaza and i think we dont cover it enough youre right in that sense. Coming up after the break, the israeli Offensive On Gaza has killed tens of thousands of palestinians since October 7, including many journalists. 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And now israel launches attacks and lebanon. Gaza has faded from the headlines but israeli bombs continue to rain down there and people are still starving. Nowhere near enough aid is getting in and No One understands this reality better than those who are on the ground joining me from gaza is al jazeera, English Journalist Tarek Abu Azzoum. Hes in Deir Albalah Tareq abu azzoum, welcome to the program. And i just want to note for our viewers that weve just gone from a pretty first World Camera Operation in israel to award time under bombardment skype, pretty bad connection. And thats just the reality of whats going on right now. So can i ask you . To reflect on what where were you on October 7 and October Aides when the war then came to you . Well christiane, thanks first for having me when october the seventh really attack took Place East we were now homes in a very close Border Town with the u. S. But if orders we were living peacefully in sleeping and we woke up on the sound of bombardment and attacks it was the very tough day for everyone in palestine simply because the day has turned and changed the lives of millions of palestinians now upside down clearly we were forced to leave our homes and houses under really heavy israeli bombardment. We were forced to move from one neighborhood to another looking for some sort of safety. We were forced to leave the north of the strip after following the israeli Military Orders to no longer remain in the north of gaza because it will be an active Military Zone and familiar alongside my family members, we have been displaced for over five times since the war began. And the situation was catastrophically very dire and tarek youre a journalist, did you immediately leap into action to try to cover what was going on . Because obviously we know that now at least 116 journalists have been killed in this counteroffensive some of them are your aljazeera colleagues how tell me what its been like as a journalist to live through this. Well, firstly, my first and top priority how it can give my family took place, could have some sense of partial safety i just managed to be absolutely joining the fealty in Gaza Strip to follow up every latest developmental the ground and how the of course of actions are ongoing In Gaza, it has been a very tou