BBC Breakfast star shares 'devastating' death announcement minutes into show

A BBC Breakfast star shared a "devastating" death announcement minutes into Tuesday's (October 7) show.

During this morning's instalment of the popular breakfast show, presenters Jon Kay and Sally Nugent brought viewers the latest developments from across Britain and internationally.

They were accompanied in the studio by Ben Thompson, who handled the sports bulletin, whilst Carol Kirkwood provided regular weather updates.

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Later in the programme, Jon disclosed: "It's exactly two years today since the October 7th attacks when Hamas surged from Gaza into Israel, killing around 1,200 people - most of them civilians. 251 hostages were also taken."

Sally continued: "The attack prompted a fierce military response from Israel, which has so far killed more than 67,000 people, according to the Hamas-run health authority," reports the Express.

"Peace talks involving the two sides are currently taking place in Egypt."

The BBC's Middle East correspondent Yolande Knell subsequently reported on the continuing "trauma" from the attacks and their aftermath.

In a moving segment, the journalist revealed: "Time stands still in Kibbutz Be'eri. Homes ransacked and burnt out are reminders of the 102 lives lost here. Exactly two years on from the Hamas attacks, the trauma lives on."

She continued: "More people were killed in Be'eri than any other kibbutz, and the grief and pain two years on is still very raw. Many of the houses still look like this. And people say they can't rebuild their lives until there's a full ceasefire and all of the hostages are brought back.

"So far, Israel's bombing hasn't stopped in Gaza, despite an order from President Trump. And the Strip's already devastated... The war has seemed endless."

Enaam al-Wahidi, a resident of Gaza who was forced to flee Gaza City with her family, confessed: "We expected that it would be one month, two months, three months. But two years, it's a very long time.

"Every second, we look at the news [to see] what happened. I'm afraid that this ceasefire is not completed and the war will come back to us."

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has issued a warning to students against joining pro-Palestinian protests on today's October 7th anniversary, citing "rising antisemitism on our streets".

Sir Keir described it as "un-British" to hold protests on the anniversary which, he said, had been used by some as a "despicable excuse to attack British Jews".

BBC Breakfast airs daily on BBC One at 6am