It s 10am in singapore, and 5am in beirut, where there have been further air strikes on hezbollah targets in the lebanese capital. The israeli military carried out multiple bombings and several ground incursions throughout the day. The lebanese health ministry said the strikes led to dozens of deaths, including ten firefighters. Hezbollah fired 130 rockets most of which were intercepted into israel, where across the nation a day of commemoration has been taking place to mark the first anniversary of the deadly october 7th attacks by hamas, as clive myrie reports. Their tears are shared. There s a solidarity in this nation s sorrow, uniting strangers and friends, rich and poor, young and old. As a still traumatised people mourn, thousands gathered in southern israel, remembering the 383 people killed at the nova music festival. What s also being mourned is the death of promise, because so many young lives yet to be lived were snatched away. Ask this survivor of the horror of october
Hello, im christian fraser. Youre watching the context on bbc news. As he marks a year since the october seventh attacks, uk prime Minister Sir Keir starmer urges all sides to step back from the brink. Lam iamjust i am just watching some pictures of Tel Aviv at the moment. This is the Night Shot across a city where the Air Raid sirens have been activated in the last few minutes. As far as we can ascertain, there doesnt appear to be much activity around the city, the idea for that activity is they were watching project i coming into space above Tel Aviv from the direction of lebanon, so things tense in the Capital Tonight at a time where people are on the streets marking one year since the october seven attacks. We will continue to watch that and bring you an update as and when things clear. This is the longest war between the israelis and arabs since the end of the conflict that set the boundaries of the israeli state in 1949. But what about the Arab States, Saudi Arabia and the uae, t
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 hol
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,
To be back after a couple of weeks off, but i mean, what a time to be back election day, as i said, its just one month away israel could strike iran at any moment that could be a seismic event. And at a sensitive time in us president ial and in this moment, Vice President harris, shes stepping up outreach to Arab American and muslim voters last night she met with Community Leaders in michigan as shes trying to shore up support with Palestinian Americans reeling from the war in gaza. And now Lebanese Americans are distressed by the bombardment of beirut both groups are concerned about us support of israels government. And both groups make up a critical demographic, specifically in the Battleground State of michigan while i was iii is one of the Community Leaders who met with Vice President harris hes the ceo of Emgage Action. Its an organization aimed at boosting the muslim american vote. And they have endorsed the harriswalz campaign. Thank you so much for meeting with me this morning.