From CN,. I'm Faiz Jamil with the five things you need to know for Monday, October 7th.

Israel is marking one year since the October 7th Hamas attack as its strikes on Gaza continue. 1200 people were killed in Israel that day. This family member of one of those killed at a kibbutz spoke to CNN.

Feel like yesterday and we still haven't to accept that she's gone and we didn't anticipate that it's going to be in one year. We thought it's going to be one week. We're going to pray now. Today, asked to judge, the.

250 hostages were also taken during the attack. Families of some of those hostages sounded a siren for two minutes outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem, whom some families accuse of prioritizing his political survival over the safety of the hostages. Israel's ensuing war in Gaza has killed more than 41,000 people there, including children, and triggered a humanitarian crisis. Today, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society says an Israeli strike on a refugee camp in central Gaza has killed three people and wounded several more. The war has now also widened across the Middle East, which you can hear more about on Sunday's episode of CNN One thing. Available wherever you get your podcasts.

As the death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to 213 across the southeast, Florida is now preparing for Hurricane Milton. Over the weekend, officials announced another 11 deaths in North Carolina, two in South Carolina and one more in Tennessee. Meanwhile, Milton intensified to a Category 1 storm yesterday and is expected to make landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast later this week. In an area still cleaning up Halloween devastation, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has ordered all disaster management sites to remain open 24 seven as the state rushes to remove debris. And Florida Senator Rick Scott says Milton has the potential to cause a lot more damage than Helene.

It seems like a lot of our storms have become water events. We got it all with this way. We're going to have storm surge. We're going to have flooding. We're going to have massive winds. And guess what? Means you're going to lose power.

Emergency management officials also warned that evacuations will likely be necessary at a level the state hasn't seen since Hurricane Irma back in 2017.

Multiple sources have told CNN that hackers linked to the Chinese government have infiltrated multiple American telecom firms. They say it's likely they were searching for sensitive national security information. CNN's Sean Lyngaas has more.

Investigators believe the hackers potentially accessed wiretap warrant requests. US broadband Internet providers like AT&T, Verizon and Lumen are among the targets. U.S. telecom firms hold enormous volumes of data and user data that could be of interest to Beijing. The US government has in recent years brought charges against Chinese government agents for allegedly harassing Chinese nationals on U.S. soil.

A Chinese embassy official denied that Beijing backed hackers had breached U.S. telecom companies while the Justice Department and the FBI declined to comment.

LeBron and Bronny James make NBA history. That's next.

'LeBron James and Bronny James have become the first father and son duo to play together on an NBA team. During the L.A. Lakers pre-season game against the Phenix Suns. The pair took to the court together to start the second quarter. Bronny, who also happened to turn 20 yesterday, played for four minutes alongside his 39 year old father. When asked about sharing this moment on his son's birthday, LeBron said it meant everything.

To someone who didn't have that, You know, growing up to be able to be able to have that influence on your kids and have their influence on your son, to be able to have moments with your son and then ultimately, you know, be able to work with your son. I think that's one of the greatest things that a father could ever hope for, which for.

That's all for now. I'll be back with our next episode, which drops at 9 a.m. Eastern.