Good evening. I'm William Brangham. Jeff Bennett and Omna Nawaz are away. On the news hour tonight, after 14 months of war, residents of Northern Israel remain hesitant about returning home, worried the ceasefire deal might not hold.

Any day it can ignite in this area.

My daughter could be playing over here and a rocket could fall on her.

A newly discovered galaxy could offer clues on how our Milky Way galaxy formed.

And a pioneering nutcracker, the Boston Balletet offers a new look for this Christmas classic.

Welcome to the News Hour. Our coverage tonight begins overseas in Kazakhstan, where at least 38 people are dead after

the crash of an Azerbaijani airplane.

The passenger jet carrying 67 people was en route from Baku, the nation's capital, to the

Russian city of Grosny, this morning.

The airline said it diverted and tried to make an emergency landing in the Kazakh city of Oktow.

That's where an eyewitness caught this video of the Embraer jet rapidly descending.

Rescuers rushed to the scene of the crash, where they found at least 29 survivors, some seen walking away from the wreckage on foot.

Azerbaijan's president has sent a commission to investigate the cause of the crash.

The reasons for the crash are not yet known to us.

There are various theories, but I believe it is premature to discuss them. The matter must be thoroughly investigated. The Azerbaijani public will be regularly informed about the results of the commission's work. He also said Azerbaijan's prosecutor general's office launched a criminal case regarding the crash,

but did not provide further details.

Turning to Ukraine, officials say Russia launched an extensive missile and drone attack

on the country's energy infrastructure,

disrupting heat services for 500,000 people in the country's north and east.

It sent residents in the capital Kyiv underground

to shelter in metro stations.

Ukrainian officials say most of the missiles and drones

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