Right now on Ana Cabrera reports, one year later israel honoring those killed a year ago today in the Hamas Terror attacks. A day that finds hostages still in captivity and their families living in limbo. This as the Middle East sits on the brichk of a wider war. Israel launching new strikes in lebanon. We are live in a region consumed by conflict. And breaking news, Hurricane And Storm surge watches in effect in florida this morning as a rapidly intensifying Hurricane Milton hits cat 4 status with Floridas Gulf Coast in its sights. Plus the race for the White House less than a month ago and both sides amping up their presence on the airwaves and on the trail. Hello on this busy Monday Morning it is 10 00 a. M. Eastern, 7 00 a. M. Pacific, im Ana Cabrera reporting from new york. Today marks one year since the October 7th attacks on israel and this morning the Middle East is a region on the brink. Commemorations held across Israel Today to mark the deadliest attack on jews since the holocaust. Hundreds of mourning families gathering at the site of the Nova Music Festival, hearing the final song played before that festival descended into chaos. [ screaming ] a wail of Pain And Grief breaking that silence at that super Nova Site and one year later israel is fighting on two fronts with no end in site. The idf issuing new Evacuation Orders for much of Northern Gaza in what appears to be a major new offensive in that area while israel to the north the israeli military is lunching new Air Strikes on beirut overnight in its assault on hezbollah and ordering new troops to join the ground forces in southern lebanon. Joining us from the region now nbcs Raf Sanchez in Tel Aviv and matt bradley in beirut. Raf, lets start in israel. How are israelis commemorating one year since that horrific attack . Reporter well, ana, this is a day of memorials as you can imagine and it began at 6 29 a. M. , one year to the minute that the Hamas Terror attack began. Some of the first victims at the Nova Music Festival site, we were there earlier and this is a vast stretch of woodlands, its about two miles from the gaza border, and it has been converted into just an enormous memorial to the roughly 350 people who were killed at that site. Their names, their faces, their stories remembered and this morning many of their Loved Ones came back to the place where their brothers, sisters, husbands, wives were killed to be together, to be in community. There was a Memorial Service which was attended by the president of israel and as you mentioned, they played the last track that festivalgoers heard on October 7th before the music stopped and the shooting started, and i can tell you, ana, while we were there we heard shooting all day. The sounds of outgoing Israeli Artillery Fire being fired into Northern Gaza, there were israeli Apache Helicopter Gun ships overhead. There are no memorial ceremonies in gaza today, this is just another day of palestinian families trying to survive as this war drags on. Some 41,000 people killed in gaza according to the hamas run Health Ministry apparently 17,000 of them children. With every passing Day Fear is growing for the fate of those 101 hostages living and dead who are still in gaza. 40 hostages were kidnapped from the Music Festival site and almost unbelievably one year later around half of them are still in Hamas Captivity in gaza and this is an open wound in israeli society. So this is really not a day of looking back on old pain, this is a day of very raw, very fresh grief in this country and in this region. Meantime, matt, new Air Strikes there in beirut. Whats the sense there on the ground when it comes to a potential wider war breaking out in the region . Reporter yeah, i mean, i can tell you, ana, there is concern about a wider war breaking out in the region but its hard for lebanese people to imagine this war getting any worse. The fact is that theyre more preoccupied with the war that is going on all around them. In fact, in just the last two minutes as raf was speaking we heard yet more thuds from right behind me, this neighborhood of dahia which has been the Focal Point of constant, daily, every couple hours or more frequently than that bombardment over the past two weeks. It was just a night or two ago when we saw what lebanese people and beirutees have been calling the most intense Bombardment Theyve seen on this city since the war began, really since the last time the israelis invaded back in 2006. Yes, hezbollah is the Cats Paw of the iranians here in lebanon, they are by far the most formidable, best organized, best equipped Fighting Force that is not a government in the middle East And Bain in the existence of israelis for generations. They are now much humbled. It is hard to see how this war to get any worse if there were some wider war between the iranians and the israelis, it would certainly involve hezbollah, but hezbollah is already very much involved. Weve seen now more than 2,000 people killed, weve just passed that number here in lebanon ever since October 8, the day after those October 7 attacks and now weve seen well more than A Million people displaced in just the past three weeks most of them or all of them civilians from the south of the country heading north to here in beirut and further Points North and weve seen the israeli attacks expand to the northern city of tripoli and even into downtown beirut. I just heard just now, i dont know if you can hear it, a very low concussion that sounded like a blast. This is just regular and weve also been hearing here in beirut and wherever you go in the city the constant low whir of drones overhead. There is always a reminder. They dont need memorials, they dont need oneyear anniversaries. That this is a war and this war is only going to expand further. Matt and raf, thank you very much for the reporting, as always, stay safe. Joining us now former Nbc NewsTel AvivBureau Chief Martin fletcher and outgoing editor in chief at the Jerusalem Post avi mayer. One year later hostages still not home, a year of war, whats the feeling there in Israel Today . Well, ana, i remember that one year ago as we were just coming to grips with the scale, the enormity of the carnage, i wrote a piece that appeared in the next Days Paper entitled this is israels 9 11. I remember 9 11, im sure you do as well. That day was horrific, it was traumatizing, i was a High School Senior in the d. C. Area, but then the day ended and we were able to start healing as a nation. The situation here in israel is different, the healing has not started because we are still in the trauma of that day. There are still 101 hostages whose fate is unknown. There are Tens Of Thousands of israelis who was displaced from their homes who have no idea whether or when they will even return. There are thousands of israeli families that have been racked by death, horrific injuries, trauma in a variety of different ways. So this is a country that is still very much in the grief of that day and we dont know exactly when it is we will be able to emerge from it. Martin, the October 7th attacks marked a significant breakdown in Security And Intelligence there in israel. Now a year later is there any reestablishment of a sense of Safety Or Security in israel . When i think obviously the attacks in lebanon against the against Hezbollah Decapitating hezbollah, weakening them dramatically obviously that gave israelis more Trust And Confidence in their intelligence services. It was a dramatic, extraordinary achievement in lebanon but really all it did was stress the complete failure of the same agencies on October 7th. So i think theres a sense that israelis feel very, very vulnerable. They are in a situation not yet an existential situation but they are under extreme threat. They understand that the Government Wasnt really there for them on October 7, nor were the military or the intelligence agencies. Now there is a sense that theyre reestablishing control in the area. Certainly the result of all of this is israelis feel very vulnerable. By the way, as do jews across the world at this extraordinary outbreak of antisemitism. I mean, its quite extraordinary to think that 1,200 israelis were murdered on that day, 240 are taken Hostage And Israel suddenly has become the pariah in the world. How did that happen . There is a great sense of vulnerability among israelis and jews everywhere, ana. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Iron Sword Monument in Jerusalem Today and said, quote, we went through a terrible massacre a year ago and we stood up as a people, as lions. Abi, the Prime Minister has faced significant criticism in the last year for failing to bring the hostages home, for the extensive loss of Human Life and the humanitarian crisis in gaza. What does victory actually look like for netanyahu . Well, i think victory at this point for the people of israel would be the return of those 101 hostages. I dont see how he can claim victory with even a single israeli still held in captivity whether alive or dead. I think that that needs to be the Number One goal. I think there is a Ground Swell of support amongst the israeli people to bring back as many of those hostages as swiftly as we possibly can. We of course also need to secure the northern border. Since October 8 hezbollah has been bombarding the northern part of the country to the point where Tens Of Thousands of israelis have fled their homes and have no idea whether they will ever see their homes again. That needs to be resolved and thats what i think you see happening in lebanon at this time. I think until theres some kind of comprehensive quiet on all Borders Kwloz how israel and the Prime Minister will be able to claim victory. Martin, this morning the idf is still attacking sites in gaza, engaged in Air And Ground assaults in lebanon. I know youve covered this meaningen for nbc for a long time. Have you ever seen it this close to a larger regional conflict . No. No, i dont think no. Absolutely not. I mean, in 1973 when egypt and syria invaded israel it was still very much a localized a localized attack. If i could just add something to what abi said that is relevant now to what you just asked me. What is the definition of success, i think what abi outlined is the shortterm definition of success definitely, get the people home, get the hostages home, get israelis back in their homes in the south and the north, but i think part of that definition of success that the israeli government is calculating now is to what extent do we go against do we continue to fight hezbollah and especially to what extent can we continue the war or escalate the war against iran . I mean, the definition the real definition of success is how do you stop this happening again . And in order to stop it happening again, israel is doing what it can in gaza, theyre beginning the way to stop it in lebanon. The real enemy for israel is iran who supports, of course, the militaries in gaza and lebanon. Longterm definition of success is to stop the threat from iran against israel. How to do that really only with american help. How to do that and i guess the question is even is it even possible. Martin and abi, thank you both so much for joining us this morning. Coming up, a former israeli hostage fought for her life in gaza. One year later shes still fighting for her husbands freedom. I will talk to her on this somber day next. Also ahead this hour, a weather onetwo punch, Hurricane Milton rapidly strengthening, poised to Hit Florida as a major hurricane. This as parts of the country are still recovering from helene. Also a last ditch media blitz, Harris And Walz hitting the airwaves with less than 30 days until the election. The Vice President s message to one republican who shamed her for not having biological children. Were back in 90 seconds. Biolo children were back in 90 seconds this is what Joint Pain looks like. 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Reporter families are still fighting for these hostages to be released, ana. We know the u. S. Government is continuing to put pressure on for a Ceasefire Deal that includes the return of those hostages. Thats certain to be part of the Conversation Today as we are here at one of the rallies that are happening around the White House and in the downtown d. C. Area. Behind me is the area where you can see people are going to start going in, they just opened the gates here about half an hour ago. The rally itself wont start for several hours, but this is just one of a few that were expecting to see this morning. This centered on the larger geopolitical conflict, supporting israel on this commemoration of what happened on 10 7, but i will spin you around here just to show what the Security Posture also looks like. Speaking to the heightened tensions that we know weve seen at these kinds of rallies, but also speaking to the fact that Secret Service is involved with this particular event because senator j. D. Vance is going to be among those who are speaking at this rally. Thats on this side of the White House. And you can see behind me just to orient you a little bit to where we are in d. C. , the White House of course just beyond that tree line. On the other side of the White House theres going to be a rally that happens with the families of those who are still held hostage. Again, all of those families advocating for the return of their Loved Ones and an end of this conflict which weve only seen continue to reach a Fever Pitch after Fever Pitch with more escalation in the region. Ali vitali, thank you. We cannot forget those hostages. We are joined by a woman who has been living this nightmare for t