It is early monday morning here in tel aviv. Israel is at war with hamas. What we have seen over the last 45 hours or so since hamas launched a Surprise Attack on israel across multiple fronts on gaza, its been nothing short of extraordinary and sickening. Civilians have been taken hostage. People have been slaughtered where they stood. By a wave of attacks that took place early saturday morning. Take a look at this video from just a few hours ago of rockets being intercepted by the countrys iron dome system. This is video from just a few hours ago. Some of those rockets did make it through and landed in a town. Weve also seen a barrage of rockets here in tel aviv. Cnn crews have been hearing loud explosions in the suburbs and theyre claiming theyre targeting the airport just outside the city, which remained open when we thflew in. Israel forces have been striking back, the beginning of what Benjamin Netanyahu warned today would be a long and difficult war. One of at least ten highrises hit by israeli air strike. The idf, israels defense forces. House military targets. Health officials in gaza say more than 400 people have been killed here. Power to the territory is cut off. The death toll tonight in israel has passed 700 and i want to warn you, many of the images were about to show you from here on out are incredibly disturbing but its important you see the reality of what has been going on for the last two days now. Take a look at some of these. This is one of at least, at least 260 bodies have now been recovered at the site of the nova outdoor Music Festival not far from the gaza border. One of several targeted by hamas terrorists. The assault was caught on camera. The video, again, the horrifying. What youre seeing and hearing is Gunman Firing on people trying to flee. Some in car, some on foot with Nowhere To Run surrounded by open desert with no place to hide. Some were captured and taken as hostages. Well be speaking to some Family Members tonight. Again, it is sickening. This is how a parent bring their daughter is gone. From video posted on social media. This is a young woman pleading for help as shes driven away on a motorcycle. She and her boyfriend abduct ld. Theres one video of one ho hostage, motionless, Semiclothed Being paraded. Thugs dancing in the streets. Chanting god is great. There are no words for what you are seeing let alone those words. The womans name is shani loke. Its not known exactly how many hostages hamas may have taken. How many men, women, perhaps children even are being held hostage right now in basements or in bunkers. Or in tunnels underground or in apartments somewhere in gaza. And it may be far from the only shock to the system. Not the least that it all happened without warning. Hamas launching coordinated attacks including sending Airborne Forces over the border by par glide. Ordinary israeli near the border finding themselves suddenly in the cross fire. It is hard to know exactly where this goes from here. How much wider this conflict will go. Israels ambassador To Washington spoke to that today. As far as we are concerned, this is a iranian lead coalition and we suspect riran is involve. Does that mean israel will f take the fight to iran . Im not going to stay exactly what israel is going to do, but i would just say that whoever strikes israel will strike back. President biden has said that israel will have all the support from america that it needs in this fight and theres no telling what that exactly may mean in the coming days and weeks. As for what the u. S. Is doing right now, a Us Navy Carrier group is on its way. Steaming toward the Eastern Mediterranean tonight. An american official telling us the air force is also sending more fighter jets to to region. The u. N. Security council, they debated. Not much was decided. Nearby, pro israel and pro palestinian demonstrators clashed. A palestinian supporter grabbing an israeli flag and trampling it. Police made several arrests. Tonight, as you can imagine, tensions are running incredibly high here. It is 3 00 a. M. Here and theres no telling what the next 24 hours will bring. I want to start with Clarissa Ward. Shes been along the gaza border. Weve been talking to her all throughout the night. There was a Rocket Barrage several hours ago. Clarissa, whats the situation there now . Well, i dont know, you probably cant hear on this small microphone but the skies, anderson, its just been nonstop jet activity. Ive seen at least three big orange flashes coming from that direction. Presumably air strikes on the gaza strip. As we arrived here, there was a huge barrage of rockets. The vast majority of them were intercepted by the iron dome. We could see them lighting up the night sky. But at least two did manage to make impact. One reportedly hitting a bus stop. The other hitting a building. Not too far from where we are now. And i think just more broadly speaking, honestly, anderson, theres a sense that people here are kind of reeling, trying to get their arms around the magnitude of what the last 40, 42 hours has brought. And trying to deal with the most poignant or i should say pressing threat at the moment, which is the continued presence of hamas militants inside southern israel. Just earlier today, we were driving along. We had to reroute and change course because we could see a Fire Fight Taking place between Israeli Forces and hamas fighters. And theres a fear that there could still be more out there. Its not known how many were able to infiltrate. And so very real concerns as the tempo really continues to ratchet up, anderson. I think thats one of the things thats really important to stress. We are say 45 hours or so since this Surprise Attack on dozens of sites began early saturday morning. And to your point, you and i have been speaking now for hours tonight. There may still be militants on the ground. Theres still places last i heard from the idf several hours ago, talking about seven different locations along the border with gaza that militants were still attempting to get through. And you can really feel it. Not only did we witness that fire fight, but even when youre just driving in some of these areas along the border and you pass through some of these check points, the Israeli Military incredibly tense. A lot of these soldiers did not have their safety on. Theyre nervous because it is simply so random. They really dont know is the next car coming along going to be ordinary civilians just making their way to shelter or could it potentially be a car full of militants who are about to open fire on ordinary people. And that has a profound effect on the psyche of ordinary israelis and that combined with this very visceral emotional terror at all these hostages that have been taken and the lack of clarity around their fate, where theyre being held, which of them may be alive, what can be done to protect them, has really put israel in a spot that honestly i certainly havent witnessed in my decades of reporting, but which many israelis ive spoken to here feel theyve never witnessed, anderson. Well check back in with you in our coverage tonight. About two hours ago, i spoke to a mother and her daughter, shanni. The video is incredibly disturbing to see, but it is important to see and her mom gave us permission to show it to you as disturbing as it is because this video is of her daughter being paraded through the streets in gaza city by hamas terrorists, by groups of men shouting god is great, over her prone body in the back of a Pick Up Truck, celebrating her kidnapping. And we dont know exactly what the status, her status is. Her mother hopes she may still be alive but certainly in this video, theres not much sign of that. She is an israeli german citizen. A civilian. She was at a dance party along with thousands of other young israelis and people from all over the world when this attack began. According to israeli authority, as many as 260. More than 260 people at this one event were slaughtered by hamas fighters who descended upon them and systemically killed them. Her mom was kind enough to speak with us tonight. First of all, how are you doing . Yeah, i dont know. Im still not understand everything whats happening. Until i dont know exactly what happens with my daughter, i will not know for sure. So were kind of waiting. Waiting for news. When did you first get word that she had been taken . It started yesterday morning with the rockets early in the morning around 6 00. We heard many rockets and alarms and i started calling her to see where she is, if shes near to a secure location and she said shes at the festival in the south and she was panicked a little bit and she said shes going to take the car now and go to a safe location. And then we stopped talking and since then, i didnt hear anything from her anymore. And then she wasnt responding on her phone and a few hours later, we got a video from a friend through social media and we identified our daughter on a Pick Up Truck in the back lying on the floor with militant men around her and pushing her down and with armed and they are driving into the gaza strip with her so we saw they were in the gaza strip already. The video is extraordinarily disturbing. Is that the last you have seen of her . Yes. Its the last we have seen. Were always looking for more videos, more news, something that shows her in some other places and we cannot really see anything yet. We saw that somebody tried to use her credit card in the gaza strip multiple times. Thats all. Thats all we have. No other clue. Was that after you saw the video then somebody tried to use her credit card . Yeah. In the evening. In the afternoon and evening. Twice. What do you want people to know about her . She was such a loving and peace loving person. It was a Music Festival. She likes to travel. Shes an artist. She traveled a lot in the world and she has many friends aboard. She was there with a Tourist Group with mexican and guatemala and european people. Most of them are still missing. They have no idea where they are. Theyre possibly there kidnapped together with her. I dont understand how such a brutal thing can happen in the middle of the day. It was a complete surprise. I mean, we got used to the rockets. We live here with a rockets. We have a routine. Go in a safe room to take care of ourself. This was completely different attack that nobody was prepared for and nobody can ever be prepared for such a thing like this. And even if im living outside a very there are two other families that their son and the daughterinlaw were brutally killed in their beds in their house and they left two little children, babies, alive alone the whole day there. And another family where her son is a soldier and was dead. So and its a small town of 200 families maybe. Its just terrible. I dont know. And it happens in all, in every town there are cases like this. Just unbelievable. We cant understand it. The Israeli Government now says more than 260 people mostly young people were killed at this dance. 700 are killed already and identified and i think 130 kidnapped. Thats the latest news that we have from our government. But more than 260 from this particular dance that she was at. Yeah. I saw the videos where the people are running on the fields. They have no shelter, nothing. They were just shooting at them and taking them. My daughter tried to get to her car. Thats what we heard from people that saw her and who were there and were rescued and she was going to the car and they had militant people standing by the cars and were shooting so people couldnt reach their cars even to go away. And thats when they took her. Do you believe she may still be alive . I hope. It looks very bad but i still have hope. I hope that they dont take bodies for negotiations. I hope that shes still alive somewhere. We dont have anything else to hope for. So, we try to believe. Yeah. And we have to wait. Its going very slow here. Government is really, nobody is really calling us. Nobodys giving us updates. Im in contact with the German Embassy because were also german citizens , me and my daughter, and trying to get help from the german government. But its difficult. At this stage, have israeli authorities reached out to you . Have no, we have very no, i mean, we went to the police and register her as missing but thats it. Nobodys coming back to you. They just dont have time. They have so many priorities. They have still people running around with arms and they were trying to catch and theres still many bodies of the field of the festival since yesterday morning that they couldnt recover. They didnt have the time and resources yet to get to them even. So its really a mess. Its very chaotic and we dont get much response. We have a very close field around us in our village. People are helping and they give us everything we need, but from the government or from the army, there is not much response at the moment. They are not there yet. I know you know that people around the world who have seen the video of your daughter are just horrified. And im sure, i hope you know that there are many, many people whose hearts go out to you right now and i wish you the best and continued strength. Thank you. Yeah, we need to see really what there is so targeted brutality and taking civil persons not even, i mean those were really young people and other people were taken. Children. Old grandmothers were taken in hostage. Its just unbelievable. Ive never seen such a thing. And you see crowds of people cheering and chanting, god is great. Sickening. Which really cant comprehend it. Its not normal. I know. I cant believe it. It is impossible to believe. Thank you for being with us. Im so sorry. Thank you. And as you sit and watch these images tonight, just know there are dozens of families in israel in the United States and elsewhere waiting for word on their loved ones who have been taken. Who have been dragged across the border into gaza, where abouts unknown and their status unknown. Again, as these strikes and counterstrikes continue tonight, i want to go next to cnns adas gold in jerusalem. What is the latest on these hostages . Theres a lot of priorities here. Still fighting going on. Potential fighting on the ground. Very unsecure border. Rockets. What do we know about the hostages . Well, we have heard within the last hour or couple of hours or so, hamas, one of their top people saying in an interview to an Arabic Television channel, claiming they have more than 100 captives. They say many of them or some of them, they call them senior soldiers, senior officers, thats in addition to an earlier claim weve heard from Palestinian Islam jihad, which is a separate Militant Group in the gaza strip but is often aligned with hamas that said they have 30 in their captivity. Not clear how those numbers overlap with one another but that jives with what ive been hearing that these numbers were not just in the dozens. That were not just talking about you know, 30, 40 captives. This is a number of captives the likes of which israel, im not sure what other country has seen taken in such a fast, 24hour period. Were also seeing claims of hamas saying they have captured even more just today. Now, the Israeli Military have not commented on whether more people were taken captive today because as we noted, there are still reports of ongoing fire fights going on within these israeli towns and villages in southern israel. Within the past few hours just today, the israeli Home Front Command has sent out directives to the citizens in certain villages, to stay in their homes. Lock the doors, do not come out for absolutely anything at all because of the fear militants are still popping up in these villages and towns and still attempting to kill. Still attempting to kidnap israeli civilians. Now, the Israeli Military and israeli officials have essentially put out a forced evacuation of many of these communities around the gaza strip but its a difficult thing to do when your forces are still trying to go house by house, car by car, treeying to clear out t area. This can be a needle in a hay stack type situation. And explosions has been heard in the suburbs of tel aviv tonight. Do you know the latest on that . That was a few hours ago. There was a barrage of rockets fired from gaza towards israel. Most of them were focused on the suburbs around tel aviv and hamas said they were specifically trying to target the airport, which is southeast of tel aviv itself. Just a little bit outside of the city limits. As far as we understand, none of the Airport Operations were affected. We know there was one at least direct hit in a city that received a heavy amount of fire. Its a city that sits quite close the gaza strip so it is unfortunately used theo these barrages. No major injuries and since then, its been relatively quiet so far this evening. Thank you so much. Come up next, a closer look at the sources and targets of the rockets that have been fired into israel and a former cia officer joins us to talk about the remarkable Intelligence Failures that left israel open to a Surprise Attack. And Clarissa Ward goes to the scene of the attack. Our coverage continues. Again, weve been seeing antimissile defenses in action in tel aviv, south of here as well, and have been getting reports of explosions in the area according to israels ambassador to the u. S. These figures will no doubt be climbing. Hamas has already fired more than 4,000 rockets into the country. Tom joins us now with more. Tom, talk a little bit more about what we know where those Rocket Attacks originated. Theyre originated really in rocket factories. Look at the range. Up here in tel aviv, say 45 miles away here to give you a range, hitting all these different areas here. What we know from the best estimates is that hamas may have six to 10,000 and i say best we know, this is a guess. Every person i talk to, every Military Analyst says thats a guess and its probably way low. It used to be, about ten years ago, that a lot of material for building these rockets came in from sudan and egypt. That largely got chopped off so now its homemade in this area thats about 25 miles by six miles roughly in terms of space. A lot of it made in these clandestine factories. Importantly, one of the trends even if they dont have an exact count on this, is that by and large they are Getting Better range, accuracy and more powerful with the rockets they make there and that is largely because thats being fueled by information they believe from syria and iran. So if you look beyond the type of rockets they have there, the biggest number 4,000 or Something Like this would be in this range here. Which doesnt go that far. Maybe 12 miles. Point and shoot rockets. They just shoot generally toward a target. Midrange, they may have somewhere around 1600. Those would go maybe 28 miles. Something like that. Then longer range rockets, the ones up here that can really go like 125 miles, they only have tens of those. At least thats what the Israeli Defense force found in 2014. Thats a really old report. All indications are that these numbers have ticked considerably up. Weve certainly witnessed that. Thats a tenyearold report. How does it tie into the land attacks . These incursions into communities, theyre used to the rockets. Its the Ground Forces going in slaughtering civilians, taking hostages. Its the sheer number. These old numbers dont tell us how many they have right now. What theyve been using tells us that there is a tremendous amount available still though largely focused on those shorter range rockets and so you see the areas where youve had the most Ground Fighting here. Thats generally been within the range of those shorter rockets which can sort of prepare the battlefield so to speak by just raining terror down upon innocent civilians here who are simply trying to live their lives and that has laid the groundwork for more of these Ground Incursions by actual people who are coming out these militants coming out of gaza to fight in this area. So really, if you look at what has happened here, this area where they can rain down blankets of rockets, as you said, people have grown used to some of them, but not what theyve seen in the past few days, which really is a big step up. Yeah. Appreciate it. The attacks that occurred and have been occurring took place from land and sea and air. Weve seen the images of mass rocket launches. There were hamas fighters on pair gliders. It certainly speaks to intellig Intelligence Failures on a truly stunning level. The hostage taking only makes any response to it that much harder. Bob, obviously theres going to be a time and place for an assessment by israeli authorities about what went wrong here. How they didnt see this. What do you make of the intel Intelligence Failure not predicting this . There are so many actors involved in attacking israel, it was very coordinated. Its amazing they were able to keep it secret. Anderson, i think the failure is worse than the war in 1973. The fact that a force like this was assembled essentially with its own air force. These paragliders. The amount of rockets, israeli air defenses, just astounding. For me, what the israelis really missed was this transformation of hamas. Ive spent a lot of time with hamas, it was years ago, but they were fairly moderate in those terms and what we have now with this attack on the rave killing 260 people, slaughtering them, is much closer to the islamic state. In luxor, the same sort of group, attacked, killed 62. Its the same thing in gaza. The radicalization the israelis have missed because they rely on techn technology. They have no Human Sources in gaza. Certainly not in the military. Otherwise into this. And what theyve been doing all these years have been listening to cell phones. Listening to and the rest of it but at the end of the day, that only tells us so much. I think that hamas has figured out how to beat Israeli Intelligence and thats what should scare the israelis. The taking, the large scale taking of hostages, i mean, think about it. Hamas is, the u. S. Calls hamas a terror organization. What we saw were Terror Attacks certainly over the last 48 hours. They are the ones running things. They are the government in gaza. The taking of hostages as a Government Policy is extraordinary. Sickening and it makes any response by israel all the more complex and complicated. Well, the israelis cant, the only way they can go into gaza is in force. Reoccupy gaza. Street by street. Ive walked those streets. Theyre very narrow. Im sure hamas has set up traps. Theyre probably trapped at this point and scattered and youve got a city of this large, urbanized area. They can go without electricity. Its not a happy situation for him. Appreciate your time. Thank you. Up next, more on how that israeli Music Festival took place, a peace celebration no less. Thats what it was billed as and it turned into a massacre. New details ahead. Cmon, were right there. Cmon baby. Its the only we need. Go, go, go, go ah Touchdown Baby touchdown are your neighbors watching the same game . Yeah, my 5g Home Internet delays the game a bit. But you get used to it. Try these. Theyre noise cancelling earmuffs. I stole them from an airport. Its always something with you, man. Great solid greek salad . Exactly dont delay the game with verizon or tmobile 5g Home Internet. Catch it on the xfinity 10g network. Were learning more about the terror that unfolded at the israeli Music Festival near the gaza, what should have been a fun gathering in the desert, it turned into a massacre when gunm gunmen pursued festival attendees. At least 260 people were killed from this one event. Others were kidnapped. Clarissa ward has been at the site and has more. Yeah, this was actually billed as a festival of peace. It was supposed to be an opportunity for young people to get together, to dance, to celebrate. It was all about love and music and instead, it turned into scenes of absolute carnage and mayhem. Take a look. What happened just off this quiet border road was a massacre. The bodies of the perpetrators still remain while the fate of many victims is unknown. Organizers of the supernova Music Festival say that thousands of young revelers had gathered to celebrate the end of the holidays and just after 6 00 a. M. , hamas militants launched a bloody attack. So were just now on the approach The Dance Party was taking place. Theres vehicles all around here that have been shot up. We see the bodies of at least one, two, hamas fighters. I think there are maore down ths way. Many of the victims spent hours in hiding, waiting to be rescued and calling their loved ones. Many of them are still missing. Many of them are dead. Its been very difficult to try to get a precise number. Now, a Volunteer Group that handles Human Remains says that at least 260 bodies have been found at the festival site. The government here took a bold step releasing an image of scores of body bags in a tent where investigators were tasked with identifying them. So you can see over here, the body of at least one other person. I dont think you want to get to close to it. Its pretty graphic. Active fighting continued along this stretch of the border throughout the day. As Israeli Military forces poured in. Were seeing a bunch of tanks being brought down this way and also hearing a steady stream of booms. Apparently rockets landing in the distance of that direction and certainly a feeling that people are on high alert. We were told in no Uncertain Terms that we needed to turn around. What are you seeing on the ground over the last several hours in terms of Israeli Forces gathering . What is the next step in all of this . I think theres a lot of speculation there might be an incursion, a ground offensive. We saw a huge amount of weaponry, armor, Personnel Being moved down towards the border. But of course that is somewhat complicated by the fact you have this unknown number of hostages. We dont know how many of them are dead or alive. Who are being held against their will in the gaza strip. So any kind of a major Offensive Inside Gaza clearly is going to put their lives potentially as much at risk. So israel is sort of now walking a bit of a tight rope in terms of prioritizing getting those people safely out while at the same time, wanting to exact a punishing cost on hamas for this unprecedented attack, anderson. Thank you. Next, a live report from the pentagon on the steps to beef up American Military perez innopresence in the region and give israel what it needs in the days and weeks ahead. As israel launches a Large Scale Campaign against hamas, a Us Navy StrikeCarrier Group is headed to the mediterranean. So what is the u. S. Saying about irans potential connection to these attacks . So, this is an important point to make. The u. S. Is not seeing direct involvement in the preparation, planning, or approval for this attack. But thats not to say it isnt there because u. S. Intel failed to pick up on this attack and the israeli intel failed to pick up. Its possible Something Like that may emerge. Its simply not there yet according to u. S. Officials with whom cnn has spoken but theres a tremendous amount of context here. Iran provides a tremendous amount of funding to hamas including training and arms. So in terms of the background and all of the elements that went into an attack like this in terms of arming hamas and giving it capabilities. And the move this strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean, is that just symbolic, are there capabilities that could be brought to bear . Theres no expectation this Carrier Strike group and destroyers going into it will take part in any way against israels campaign against gaza expand and escalate here in the coming hours. The point is to back up what the president said yesterday an opportunity to exploit weakness here on the part of israel. Even without stating who he was referring to, biden there clearly giving a message to hezbollah and iran and other groups in syria that might try to exploit an opportunity like this. That is the message from this strike group as well as Fighter Squadrons that will be beefed up in the middle east that are already there and coming into there. Its a message of deterrence to iran and other iran backed groups. According to the u. S. Government, at least three americans were killed in these attacks from hamas. Is it known at this point about those americans . Are there other americans who have been taken hostage . At this point, theres little info about who they are or how long theyve been there or whether they are dual citizens. We are getting a little more information on this front. There is an unclassified briefing to some House Members and according to a source familiar with that briefing, it is at least four americans who have been killed but the keyword is at least. That number very much expected to rise. Israel doesnt have a firm grasp on how many were killed or taken hostage or of those hostages, how many are alive or have been killed. That number expected to rise. Doesnt tell us anything about how Many American citizens were taken hostage. Thats a number the u. S. Is trying very much to figure out. Thank you. Joining me now, former defense secretary, william cohen. First of all, your overall thoughts on what you have seen here over the last 45, 46 hours since this Surprise Attack began. Weve seen Devastation Take place. Never had to face this kind of a threat on three fronts. They have hamas on the ground still in israel. They have threats coming from threats coming from gaza, and they have threats coming from the sea. Theyve never had to face this in the recent past. This is uncharted territory for them. I think there is fear. There has been psychological damage done to the israeli population. Theyre in a state of fear and yet one of unity. Israel has been divided politically for the past year or more. And yet that division is the center of the population. It the Center Cannot hold if a nation is divided. Thats as old as abraham lincoln. A nation cannot stand if its divided. Same is true in israel. Theyve been deeply divided politically. I think when all of this is said and done, will be a factor that hamas and others take into account that will say israel had its eye on a different problem and was not focusing as much as it should have been on the threat posed by hamas. U. S. Officials are telling cnn they have not found a, quote, smoking gun tying iran to these attacks. What kind of intelligence would be needed fair smoking gun . They would have to pick up and try to trace back any kind of communications that were coming from tehran or their assets in the region or coming from syria or possibly even lebanon. So, theyll look for all of the communications they can find and see whether any operatives they have identified as being supporters of terrorism have been moving in the region of gaza. Itll be very difficult. I think it was taken by israel israel obviously was taken my surprise. It wasnt just an Intelligence Failure. It was a systemic failure. It was a military failure. It was a political failure. The notion that you can have a Bulldozer Drive a hole through this, quote, wall, to me is just staggered in terms of relying upon a wall thats so thin and fragile as that to protect the people of israel. All of that will be settled at some future time. Right now the Israeli Forces have to be defeat the hamas in their own territory n israel, and then go after them in gaza itself. And if any other country is interested getting involved, you have now have the uss gerald ford arriving soon. Its also stunning that, you know, some almost 48 hours, 45 or so hours, since this attack began, that there may still be mili militants that the area is still not secure on the ground in israeli territory in the south along that border. There may still be fighting going on with militants on the ground, terrorists on the ground in israel. Well, as i said, the israelis were taken by surprise. They shouldnt have been, but they were. It can talk about, again, Intelligence Failure or our failure to see things they didnt see. I think it may be an issue of resting on laurels, resting on reputation, that they were reputed to be the most well, one of the most intelligence operations in the world, one of the best. And i think, perhaps, they got on that. We dont know that yet. But thats irrelevant at the moment. Right now theyve got to provide for the defense as best they can for the Israeli Citizens who are now at risk and those who have been kidnapped and may be subject to torture and abuse, taking off to gaza and elsewhere. Obviously this is an extraordinarily complex n Histo Contemporaneously as well. How difficult, for israel is it to be dealing with a neighbor next door, hamas, which is not just the u. S. Labelled terrorist organization, certainly what we have seen over the last two days has been Terror Attacks, the wholesale kidnapping of civilians, thats a matter of policy for hamas. Thats not something of rogue actors from hamas doing on their own. That is policy by hamas, and hamas is controlling gaza. In order i mean, israel some in israel have talked about trying to just finally once and for all destroy hamas. But thats not an easy thing to do, if at all possible. Its not easy and its not quick. I think its going to take quite a bit of time in order to do that. But the israelis are going to have to go in at some point in time and dig out hamas and take their leaders and remove them and destroy the head of the organization, or heads of, and then keep the pressure on them and destroy their financing if at all possible. Not going to be easy, but thats the dedication of the israelis. They cannot afford to have a vibrant hamas once again on their border, armed and dangerous, thanks to the iranians and some of the other actors in the middle east, including syria and including lebanon. William cohen, thank you so much. Appreciate it. Next, israel targeting sites in gaza. Hamas Firing Rockets into israel. The latest developments ahead. Youre probably not easily persuaded to switch mobile providers for your business. But what if we told you its possible that comcast Business Mobile can save you up to 75 a year on your wireless bill versus the big three carriers . Its true. Plus, when you buy your first line of mobile, you get a second line free. There are no Term Contracts or line activation fees. And you can bring your own device. Oh, and all on the most reliable 5g Mobile Network nationwide. Wireless that works for you. Its not just possible. Its happening. Just a few hours from sunrise in a country deeply wounded right now, still in shock, and now at war. New video tonight from ash kalan, just north of the border with gaza, israels iron dome engaging hamas rockets. They are part of a wave of strikes across the country