Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett and I'm Am the Navas on the news hour tonight.

The killing of Hamas's leader echoes throughout the Middle East and sends the war in Gaza into an unpredictable

new phase. Western North Carolina residents contend with a lack of basic

needs and overwhelming grief as they try to rebuild after Hurricane Helene.

And Afghan women whose education was cut short by the Taliban find another chance to fulfill

their dreams of being doctors in Scotland.

We all have a hope because that's something I believe in.

Of course I want to go back and serve my people. Welcome to the news hour. If the US wants to use the death of Hamas leader

Yachya sinwar as an opportunity for peace.

The warring sides today are publicly resisting.

Hamas vowed to keep fighting.

Lebanese Hezbollah announced a new phase of its war,

and Israel announced more military deployments into northern Gaza and

the Israeli border with Lebanon.

Nick Schifran starts our coverage.

Today in Hanunus in a

Blyunus in a blown out mosque, Palestinians from Yaya Sinwar's hometown

mourn the death of a man they called a martyr.

His final act throwing a stick at an Israeli drone

before an Israeli tank seen in new footage released today, fired and killed him.

But one day after it announced his death, the Israeli military also announced it expanded operational

activity in northern Gaza. Much of Hamas's leadership is dead, but Hamas fighters continue

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