Ten tooth brushes, something so specific and personal. It raises the reality that such an intense outpouring of daily generosity is both incredible and not infinite. And that means the world watches to see what israel will do in these coming days. Thank you so much for joining us. Us. Ac 360 begins now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com it is 3 00 a. M. Here in tel aviv, israel, and there are signs all around us today that a much wider and deadly phase of the war may soon take place. This was the scene just a few hours ago, while i was reporting on air. Sirens are going off, which has not occurred here for really today certainly or the last several days. Theyre quite extensive sirens. You hear them all over tel aviv right now. This just started about 15 seconds, maybe 30 seconds ago. So, it remains to be seen if rockets do come, generally they come from that direction. That sounded like iron dome interception. That was a rather large explosion. That is something we have not heard very much here in tel aviv. Well, today the death toll from saturdays attack rose yet again to more than 1,300. It has been almost exactly one week since that attack, and there is a sense here in these Early Morning hours that israel is preparing to strike back with the type of force we havent yet seen. This is video of air strikes along the gaza strip that we received just moments ago. The countrys Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu said today that the near constant air strikes on gaza are, quote, only the begins. Weve already seen incursions into gaza today, and more on that in a moment. What is next based on the artillery and troop amassing on the boarder would be a significant ground investigation. President biden was asked today what concerned him most about that possible invasion. He had one word, death. We do not know the timing of any such invasion or whether a final decision has been made. We do know that today israel dropped leaf letts across Northern Gaza. Quote, for your safety, you should not return home until further notice from the idf. Its part of a warning israel announced, giving more than 1. 1 civilians in the northern part of gaza a 24hour period to evacuate. That window was to end in about four hours from now. Scenes like this were common from gaza today, civilians trying to get out, trying to escape. Several evacuees were seen loading a car with a dead body. When asked why, they responded, we dont know where to bury our dead. The area of evacuation is highlighted in the red toward the top center of the map. Those leaflets i mentioned said civilians need to head south of the water, you see marked there. You can also see the Rafah Crossing at the southern end of gaza bordering into egypt. That crossing is closed for gazan civilians. Aid the evacuation of others, among others 500 to 600 palestinian americans estimated to be in gaza. It is not clear if that crossing is functional, following multiple air strikes in the vicinity earlier this week. A Top White House official this week, john kirby, called the evacuation, quote, a tall order. Hamas has called on gaza residents to ignore it, to not evacuate. Hamas spokesmen urged palestinians to remain steadfast, their words, and quote, the only direction we are migrating is back to our rightful lands. The country traded fire with iranianbacked hezbollah in lebanon to the north. And in the west bank, the Health Ministry says eight palestinians were shot dead during protests in support of gaza. This was the scene in baghdad, iraq, today where Hundreds Of Thousands are estimated to have protested the israeli air strikes. Both secretaries of state and defense were in the region today. Secretary of state Antony Blinken met with arab leaders and pressed the case to minimize Civilian Casualties. Lloyd austin declared the United States unwavering support for israel. This is no time for neutrality or for false equivalence or for excuses for the inexcusable. There is never any justification for terrorism. And thats especially true after this rampage by hamas. And anyone who wants lasting peace and security for this region must condemn and isolate hamas. With the region employing for a more intense phase of the war, we have more reporters across the region and washington, d. C. I want to start with nyqic robertson. New strikes on israel from gaza. What have you been seeing . What can you tell us . Reporter literally, as you were talking, anderson, a jet flew over, two huge, Big Reverberating Explosions from behind us. Weve had a fair degree of that this evening. A lot of Heavy Artillery as well. And Something Interesting that we havent seen before, some kind of Weapon System being used just over my shoulder in the last, sort of, 30 minutes with, sort of, lowlevel explosions close to the ground, cascading some sort of illumination or fire or its intercepting with something we cant see. But that seems to indicate that there are ground level troops close to the border with gaza. And we know that there was that incursion over the past 24 hours, the idf saying they went in trying to get hamas leaders, trying to get information about hostages, a limited incursion, a small incursion. But nevertheless the first time theyve gone back into gaza since this past weekend. So, you know, again, it fits the picture of the tempo just picking up. And even so, you know, we had a salvo of rockets coming out of gaza from here two hours ago, intercepted by iron dome. And from my perspective, that was perhaps the biggest salvo weve had in a couple of days. So, hamas taking there was a pause in the missile strikes. They took that 20minute pause, fired some rockets out. So, theyre still there. Theyre still active, anderson. We heard Prime MinisterNetanyahu Say today that it is only the beginning. To you, what does it suggest . Reporter yeah, it suggests to me he is trying to, sort of, set the scene for the country that this is not going to be quick, that what he said he wants to do, which is completely crush hamas militarily. Hes now, sort of, saying, well, thats not going to happen quickly. And that creates the impression that it may not happen during the military incursions, that there may be phases to follow on for that. Of course it does help him as Prime Minister because hes facing criticism for the fact that it was on his watch that there were these intelligence failures, that there was this massive death toll. So, theres a political accountability there. And in a way, he gives himself more time to solve it by saying, this is going to take some time. The indications from military analysts here is that incursions would be relatively short. And in part, that is because that difficulty of working in a highly populated civilian environment with a potential for high Civilian Casualties, the standards that israel and its allies set for it and not causing additional casualties and the pressure from the International Community and from the u. N. Agencies as well working inside gaza, you know, who were giving a very, very dire assessment of the situation there. The medical system close to collapse. Huge numbers of people, 400,000 people, displaced from their homes already. Some hospitals running out of the ability to treat people. No new medical supplies coming in. So, against that backdrop, its more likely to be limited incursions that can have limited results. And therefore the whole thing, the process, would take longer. Nic robertson, thanks very much. More now on those incursions by the troops into gaza to search for hostages that we learned about today. Im joined by Clarissa Ward for more on what we know about that. Clarissa, lets start with these incursions by israeli troops. Reporter so, anderson, the Israeli Military has put out a statement, but its a very limited statement. Essentially all they say is that during the past day there have been a series of incursions of Israeli Forces into gaza. They say they have a threefold mission. They were trying to destroy hamas weaponry. They were also trying to take out some hamas militants who have been firing antitank missiles onto israeli side of the border. And they said they have been trying to collect evidence, collect evidence that presumably might help them to locate the position of these hostages. You may remember that hamas yesterday said that at least 13 hostages had been killed in air strikes. I think no one would be exactly shocked to imagine that Israeli Special forces, for example, might have some kind of a presence or might be launching, sort of, smaller incursions into gaza to try to help pin down the location of those hostages, potentially even to think about some kind of a rescue, although obviously that would be very fraught and challenging for a number of reasons. But thats all the information that the israelis have given in terms of those incursions that they describe taking place during the past day, anderson. And whats the latest on prospects for any kind of humanitarian corridor out of gaza . And do we even know how many people have actually moved to that Southern Sector . So, it doesnt appear at this stage that so many people have actually moved. We saw scenes this morning in gaza of, kind of, chaos and confusion, people panicked, people wanting to get to safety, not knowing where to go, not really having anywhere to go, anderson. And the prospect of a humanitarian corridor is something that is ongoing in terms of efforts. There has been resistance. It is obviously very complex. How many people would get out . Where would they go . Are you going to create a tent city in the Sinai Peninsula for potentially more than a Million People . So, a lot of details to be ironed out. And meanwhile, its the people in Northern Gaza specifically today who have been suffering most acutely. Take a look. Reporter they grab whatever they can and set off. Many of them on foot, with no set destination. After six Straight Days of relentless bombardment, palestinians in Northern Gaza woke up to leaflets from israels military, ordering them to move to the south of the densely populated enclave. The deadline given to the u. N. Was 24 hours. But there is nowhere for them to go. Efforts to open a humanitarian corridor through egypt have so far been fruitless, and shelters are completely overwhelmed. The head of the u. N. s Palestinian Refugee agency called the order, quote, horrendous, and said the enclave was rapidly becoming a hell hole. The streets of many neighborhoods are already ghost towns, hollowed out by ferocious strikes. Those who remain, alone with their grief. My sons, my daughters, my neighbors are all gone, this rent says. I only have one message to the arab and islamic world. Have mercy on us. For god sakes, there is nothing left. In several cities across the world today, there were protests in support of gaza. But the drum beat of an invasion is growing ever louder here. And the price that Gaza Civilians are paying for hamas bloody attacks is already so high. At the hospital yesterday, some of the youngest victims lined the hallways. On a stretcher on the floor of the hospital, a young girl pants with fear. Youre a good girl, praise god youre here, the man tells her, dont cry, my dear. Everyone is dead, she says. Theres only a few left. In another bed, a young boy lies heavily wounded, reassuring his father. Dont be scared. Dont be scared, dad, he says. I am fine. But with no promise of safe refuge, fear is the only sane reaction. Those images are just horrific. Clarissa, youve been talking to a young woman inside Northern Gaza tonight. What did she tell you . Reporter thats right, anderson. 22yearold dentistry student yara, exceptionally bright. She told us essentially that shes terrified. Shes confused. Her family doesnt know where to go. Theyre in that part of gaza along with more than a Million People who have been told to leave their homes and move to, its not clear where. She doesnt know exactly what theyre going to do. She doesnt want to leave until they have a good sense of where to go. Have a listen to what she had to say. Im actually terrified. Im trying not to show it, but its all the situation around us, theyre saying that you could die at any moment. You dont know i dont even know if im going to live for the next minute. So, yeah. Its really terrifying. Have you lost any friends or family throughout the strikes of the last seven days . Yes. Theres a friend. She actually got out of her house to her cousins house. When she was there, the area were targeted. And the house got bombed, and shes gone. What was she like . She really liked to joke a lot, laugh with us a lot. Even though in school, we had tough times, she was always she just always know how to make us laugh. Sorry. Dont be sorry. Dont be sorry. We just want peace. Thats it. Reporter and anderson, the name of yaras friend was abdul kareem she was killed, according to yara, at 3 00 a. M. In gaza. Its worth mentioning as well that hamas is telling people not to leave their homes, to stay in place, to stand strong. But so many, like yara, are desperate to get to safety. They just dont know where that safety is, anderson. Clarissa ward, thank you. Last night, we introduced you to an emt, who told us a remarkable story. It was the night of the attack, saturday, after already helping survivors in one city, he and his team rushed to a nearby kibbutz. He said a soldier handed he and his colleague babies, twins. This is Shalom Holding one of them. The twins are ten months old. The mother and father were murdered. 14 hours passed before the babies were found, thankfully alive. Shalom says they were screaming, dehydrated, and that the baby he changed clinged to him. Today i spoke to the Brother Of Those Babies mother, their uncle. Im so sorry for your loss. You, your parents, four of your siblings live on the kibbutz. So many people were killed and kidnapped there. Tell us what happened to your sister and her husband. Friday evening, we celebrated, all of us together, with all the kids, all the grandkids. We celebrated my moms birthday. It was the first time, long, long, long time that all of us were together. And woke up saturday morning to literally hell. When did you know something was wrong . Not until about 6 00 in the morning. We woke up, we heard a lot of missiles and bombs start rg to fall in the kibbutz. Then realized that something is happening. But in the beginning, didnt hear it wasnt too different than other times that they shot on us. But very soon, wd hear Hand Grenades and automatic weapons and screaming in arabic just outside of the houses, just outside of my window. Then we realized that Something Different is going on, and we got into the shelter. My wife, myself, and our baby. And slowly, slowly, the electricity just we stayed with no air condition, no light, no air, no nothing. And slowly, slowly, their messages, whatsapp between the friends and family and the people in the kibbutz, we realized that its going on all over. Do you know at this stage what happened to your sister and her husband . Did they have a safe room . Yeah, all of us have these shelters room. And in the beginning, i think around quarter to 7 00, 7 00 in the morning, my sister was still on whatsapp on the family group. And all of us texted to each other that we are all right, everything is all right there. At that point. But slowly, slowly, all of the all of us kept texting, except them. They didnt answer. But we knew that all of us having problems with the connection and with the electricity. I dont know. Maybe this is the story we wanted to tell to ourselves to feel better about it. But after five, six, hours we started to think that something is wrong. And when we got these messages from their neighbor that heres the twins screaming nonstop, plus the fact they didnt answer us, didnt text for many, many hours, i think that even though we didnt want to believe, we knew that something is wrong there. And i know you talked to investigators who have, sort of, pieced together what happened. Your sister left the safe room, i understand, in order to get some milk for her babies. Yesterday, just yesterday two guys from the special forces, our secret service, that literally took the babies from their beds after 14 hours that they were alone. From what i understood, yeah, they found my sister in the kitchen with the bottles around her. So, probably because she realized that theyre going to be stuck there for many hours, she went out to make them the bottles, yeah. I know her husband was killed as well. I spoke to one of the paramedics last night, a man named shalom who actually was handed one of your nephews right after they were rescued. The other nephew was handed to another emt that he was working with. And i know he brought them, i think, to the hospital. How are the little kids doing now . How are the boys doing now . So, first, i want to speak also about my sisters husband. They found him lying in the entrance to the shelter room. And from what i know i have known him for many years is he was also an officer in the army, combat soldier. So, i know that he did his best to stop these terrorists from getting into the shelter, getting close to the babies. And they know that he did his best to just be there and stand be the obstacle between the terrorists and the babies. I saw the pictures. The paramedic that held one of the babies. Its sad. Its very sad. But on the other hand, they are smiling. They are healthy. Theyre so young. Theyre not really understand and realize what happened to them yet. But it looks good, yeah. What do you want people to know about your sister and about her husband . They sound like such loving parents. They were amazing people, amazing parents, amazing couple. They did everything right. They had everything, a plan for them, for the babies. They did everything, everything, every single day, every single thing for them, for these babies. This is why they also risk their lives for them. Im so sorry for your familys loss and for your loss and for those kids loss. Thank you so much for talking to us. I wish you the best. Much appreciated. Still to come tonight, a closer look at just how involved the u. S. Military is in a war that appears ready to get far more dangerous and deadly. Our Jeremy Diamond has the latest on our relationship ironclad. Later, footage we havent seen before from inside a bomb shelter. The grounds where a massacre occurred at that Music Festival considered the deadliest attacks to date. Newly released comments from President Biden about american hostages being held in gaza. This is what he told 60 minutes. I say were going to do everything in our power to find them, everything in our power. And im not going to go into detail of that, but were working like hell on it. Because i think they have to know that the president of the United States of america cares deeply about whats happening, deeply. We have to communicate to the world, this is critical. This is not even human behavior. Its pure barbarism. Earlier today, President Biden held a call with the families of 14 Americans Still unaccounted for. These comments come as israelis are still clamors for answers as to how a country that prides itself on intelligence could have missed the operation that seemed to be in the planning stages for about two years, with Training Sites right across the border from israel. New cnn reporting about days before the assault, warning about potential increase in attacks by hamas. Alex marquardt joins us more with details. Tell us what the Intelligence Community knew before the attack and where that information may have come from . How specific was it . Anderson, there were indications, there were warnings within the u. S. Intelligence community and the Israeli Intelligence that there could be an attack. However, they were not terribly specific. They were rather broad, sort of, more strategic analysis about something that could happen. There were three separate pieces, three separate reports. Two american, run israeli, in the days leading up to the attack last weekend. September 28th was the first one, a u. S. Intelligence report saying there could be a crossborder attack by hamas from gaza. Then a couple days later on october 5th, just two days before the attack, there was a cia wire that said that hamas that there was an increased possibility of a hamas attack from gaza. And then finally, anderson, right before the attack, the day before on october 6th, there was an israeli report that was circulated among u. S. Officials that indicated there was some unusual behavior by hamas. That was passed on from the israelis to u. S. Officials. But none of these three were all that out of the norm, and they certainly didnt speak to the horrors that we saw unfold. Theres no specificity about timing, what would unfold, how hamas would carry out this attack. These were much broader warnings, anderson. Did israel have access to the u. S. Assessments . Its not clear to me how much intelligence gathering the u. S. Has independent from israel in this region. No doubt the u. S. Is getting so much from israel. They are a terrific intelligence partner for the u. S. , particularly when it comes to the palestinians. The israelis are watching very closely on the west bank. And in gaza the u. S. Really relies on israel when it comes to those militant groups in gaza whether its hamas or islamic jihad. The flow of information would be from the israelis to the u. S. Certainly the u. S. Has its own intelligence. But the bulk of that intelligence from the region about palestinian militant groups would come from the israelis. So, its unclear to what extent these assessments were shared, certainly because they were analytical and relatively broad, you would think the israelis had things like that themselves. We heard from the Secretary Of Defense earlier today saying if there had been a plot picked up by u. S. Intelligence, that would have been shared with israel. More now on the u. S. Reinforcing support as Israeli Forces appear to be prepared to launch a Ground Invasion. Jeremy diamond got a look at the latest round of u. S. Military aid that arrived in the country. Reporter tonight, u. S. Support for israel looks like this, a hulking u. S. Military transport plane bolstering against hamas landing at the air base, where cnn received exclusive access as airmen offloaded cargo. Military cargo planes just landed here in southern israel. It is bringing fresh u. S. Weapons and ammunition for israels fight against hamas. Today the Secretary Of Defense lloyd austin coming here to inspect the shipment, vowing the u. S. Military support for israel will continue to flow at the speed of war. I know how hard youve been working. Youve been hustling to get this here as quickly as you could, and a lot more follows this. Reporter this was the second shipment of Military Equipment to israel just this week, delivering precision decided munitions, artillery shells, and iron dome missiles, which help protect civilians from hamas rockets. It is support. It is the leading edge of more to come. What kind of assurances do you have from the israelis about how to use these munitions . This is a professional force thats well led. So, im sure theyll do the right thing. And jeremy joins me now from ashkelon. As the u. S. Provides these weapons, what else did secretary austin have to say, particularly about upholding the laws of war . As you could probably tell there anderson, the Secretary Of Defense initially didnt want to really answer my question about Civilian Casualties. In fact, there were a couple of Security Officers im not sure if they were israeli or american who were, kind of, pulling me back as i was trying to ask the secretary some questions there. But he did eventually get there. Earlier in the day as well, he also addressed the notion of democracies. And he said that democracies have a particular responsibility to uphold the laws of war. And he also explains that he was willing, that the United States would be willing to share its expertise with israel in reducing Civilian Casualties during urban warfare, in creating humanitarian corridors for civilians to escape. It is important to note that this additional shipment of u. S. Weapons and the fact that the u. S. Is vowing to provide more weaponry to israel in the coming weeks comes against the backdrop of rising Civilian Casualties inside of gaza. A total of 1,900 people, thats civilians as well as combatants, have been killed inside of gaza. If you look at that number, of those 1,900, 614 of those are children. It just gives you a sense of the Civilian Casualties that result whenever there is war inside of gaza. And any more on efforts to negotiate some sort of humanitarian corridor . Well, we do know that u. S. Officials are continuing to press both the israelis as well as the egyptians, who its important to note control the southern border of gaza, to allow some kind of humanitarian corridor for, in particular, american citizens who are inside of gaza but also other civilians to be able to flee south and eventually leave gaza and head into egypt via the Rafah Crossing in the south there. As of now, ive spoken with a comal of u. S. Officials who say the israelis and egyptians have a number of concerns. At the top of the list is the notion of how exactly are they going to screen individuals to know whether they are civilians or whether they are combatants, terrorists perhaps as well. And secondly, egypt is also concerned about having a massive flow of refugees, a Million People, perhaps, flowing into their country. So, we do know that that is an ongoing discussion that u. S. Officials are having. And its also important not to lose sight of the fact that egyptian officials are key in this discussion, beyond just the israelis. Beyond that, we know that israel has given folks in Northern Gaza 24 hours to evacuate to the south. And for now, that seems to be the focus. As the borders of gaza remain closed, people are just being told to go further and further south. Really theres not much place to go, anderson. Jeremy diamond, thanks very much. Joining me now is james spider marks, cnn military analyst. General marks, the idf announced today raids over the past day in the gaza strip using infantry armed forces in an effort to, quote, eliminate the threat of terrorists and weapons in the area and locate hostages. Talk to me about what these raids tell you about israels plan. Is this softening up areas before a Ground Invasion . It certainly provides an opportunity to expand upon the confirm or deny intelligence. Thats one of the what i would say downstream benefits of doing this. This operation was conducted primarily because i can tell you that it probably was based on a high level of confidence on the intelligence that they had on where hostages might be. And that becomes very perishable. Thats targetable intelligence. So, the israelis conducted these raids hoping they might be able to get their hands on some hostages and bring them back. As a result of that, you certainly are going to expand and increase your intelligence collection. Its not necessarily a direct harbinger for a ground operation, but it can be used that way. A lot of humanitarian groups operating in gaza are saying, moving a Million People in 24 hours is impossible. Its going to be a catastrophe. I mean, we have seen, in wars in past decades, large movements of mass migrations of people in very short order of time. If hamas wanted civilians to move, they could play a role in that. Clearly its not in hamas interest to have civilians out of the war zone. Exactly correct. When youre motivated to get out of the way of combat, int evidentable combat, thats sufficient for you to just get up and go as best you can. Certainly youve got those that have to be assisted. Youve got the elderly. Youve got folks in hospitals. I got all that. Hamas could facilitate this. But hamas has said to their citizens, their palestinian residents, stay in place. Because what they want to do is use them as human shields. Its exactly what its all about. Israel will do as best it can please, go right ahead. No, no. Go ahead, go ahead. All i was saying is israel will do the best it can in terms of Collateral Damage assessment, proportionality. They are going after military targets. They are trying to reduce the number of Civilian Casualties, whereas hamas will put civilians in the front of their formations in an effort to mix them with those military targets so you end up with the narrative and you end up with the horrible pictures of Civilian Casualties as a result of this invasion. Its an inevitability. It will happen. Civilians will be killed in this assault in gaza. It is guaranteed. And given the network of tunnels in gaza that hamas has built up for movement of weapons, for movement of their forces, how complex is any Ground Invasion going to be . Very complex. What has to happen, when israel decides to cross into gaza, it will probably cross in multiple locations. When you do Something Like this, you want to get as deep as you can as quickly as you can so that you can then set up a corridor and then, in the case of gaza, you then want to maneuver north to reduce those pockets. What you dont want to do is enter into gaza and establish some shorter objectives, then move to another objective and then move to another objective. As a result of that, the bad guys are going to move and get out of there as best they can. You want to get as deep as you can as quickly as you can. And what you have is this Labyrinth Set of tunnels, which will be incredibly difficult to clear. Israel is very much aware of that. Theyve done this in the past. The key is, what objectives are you going to establish, and when do you determine that youve met those objectives . The last thing israel wants is to own the gaza. They figured that out in 2014 and they left after about a month. Retired general james spider marks, appreciate it. Thanks. I want to show you a video of people hiding from hamas gunmen in a bomb shelter. This occurred on saturday during the slaughter at the Music Festival. The Israeli Defense forces took it to the ground where the destruction, brutality, is painfully visible. Well tell you what happened inside that bomb shelter coming up. Before we go any further, we want to warn you, parts of this next story may be difficult to watch, and frankly even to contemplate. Were learning more about what happened tanoh voir dire music test value, where 260 people were murdered last saturday, making the single deadliest attack in these Terror Attacks. The Israeli Defense forces took me to the site where the wreckage and carnage is still plain to see. The music was playing, the dance floor packed, when the rockets began. Just 3. 3 miles from the border with gaza. It didnt take long before hamas gunmen arrived. Some party goers were able to get to their cars, but many were killed before they could get away. Rear admiral daniel hagari, a soldier all his life, has never seen anything like it. This is a massacre scene. I dont have any other recall of memory in the history of israel, since it was established, this kind of event. The bodies and body parts of the dead have been removed, but peoples possessions are strewn all around. The carnage is clear. Burned out cars, burned out cars, bullet holes, blood stains on seats. From some cars, the idf has retrieved Dash Cam Videos that show hamas Gunmen Roaming the site for hours shooting freely. This one shows a bloody Hostage Being Led away. Under the car, you can see another man hiding. A gunman runs up to him and shoots him point blank in the head or upper body. I dont know how people can explain this. I cannot i dont have the words to explain it. And then running away on motorcycle with girls to gaza. Fleeing east across open fields was the only way out for many, but they were easy target plus. Others sought safety in nearby bomb shelters. This is Dash Cam Video of a hamas Gunman Tossing a grenade into a shelter, when a man runs out trying to escape, they fire on him repeatedly. In another shelter a few miles north of the festival site, about 30 people tried to hide. A man recorded inside. You can hear the panic in their voices, asking whats going on, are there Israeli Soldiers nearby. We arent going to show you what happened next. Cohen says hamas gunmen repeatedly tossed grenades into the shelter. People inside were blown apart. Its one of the most gruesome videos weve ever seen. This is some of the after math. Cohen survived, hiding under body parts. Thats him, terrified, but alive. We found the shelter in the town yesterday evening. Someone had put a curtain up over the doorway, but nothing could hide the smell as you entered. My camera man, whose experienced a lot of war, began to wretch and had to step outside. Theres bloody hand prints on a wall. Theres blood smeared on the walls. You can see probably these are either bullet holes or from the grenades that were thrown in here. Body parts have already been collected from here, but blood soaked clothes and shoes remain. This looks to be a bloody hand print. This shelter is no more than 15 feet long, maybe 5 1 2, 6 feet wide. The idea of so many people packed in here, Standing Shoulder to shoulder, terrified, screaming, its incredible that anybody was able to survive. There are other shelters like this, other tragedies still to be discovered. The full horror of what happened here is just starting to come to light. I want to let you know on sunday night on the whole story, we have a whole special hour devoted to piecing together the terrifying events, what occurred at that Music Festival. This is the single deadliest attack on civilians in israels history, the Terror Attacks of the past week. Thats at 10 00 p. M. Right here on cnn on sunday. Now, new details from a survivor of another attack last saturday. He was awakened at dawn by the sound of rockets and immediately knew something was wrong. Then came the automatic gunfire and a text warning him his kibbutz was being invaded by hamas. He rushed his family into a safe room. He decided to face off against the men who had come to kill them. I spoke with him earlier this evening about he and his family. After you secured your wife and four kids in the safe room, i understand you got your gun and you waited in the kitchen. When did you see the hamas gunmen who had come to your neighborhood . It took several hours until the first one got inside our neighborhood. I could see them in the outskirts of the neighborhood. But we could hear the fighting. We could hear the shooting close, nearby, i think just outside the neighborhood. We could hear them launching rpgs and shooting with heavy machine guns. And it was all outside. But inside our neighborhood, it took, like, i think three hours or four hours. Then the first one came in. Did you see them . How close did you see them before you actually engaged with them . I think it was about about five or six meters. They just came from the corner and into my line of sight. And i understood that theyre going to approach my balcony. And this is the entrance to my home. And i just shot them a few times. I dont know if they were hit or not. But i shot several times and changed position and shot again. And thats it. They fired back on the house and on my position where i stood. And then they shot around. I dont know if they knew where the shot came from, but they decided to change, to go to somewhere else. I dont know. I guess i was lucky. They didnt decide to i knew push forward. You had a 9 millimeter hand gun, i understand. They obviously were they had rpgs. They had automatic weapons. They had Clash Anykalashniko heavy machine guns, the one i saw. And when the israeli army arrived, they evacuated your kibbutz. But i understand you had one last encounter with a terrorist. No, it wasnt it wasnt me. We were evacuated to the extraction zone. And then several hundred or several a lot of people. I dont know. It was dark. But all the people were evacuated from the kibbutz were there, and we were unprotected. And then one terrorist just shot from the treeline. And the idf were there to keep us safe. They eliminated them pretty quickly. It felt like hours because we had to lie down on our kids and grown up kids got lost in the mess. It felt like hours. We were just playing video showing idf forces evacuating your family. Thats incredible that one was laying in wait, hoping to kill somebody else, as they were being evacuated. I know youre deploying and youre joining your reserve unit tomorrow. What are your feelings about what lies ahead . I get deployed. Im no longer in a fighting unit. Im too old for this and have a bad back. But im in the Armidenfication Lab for the last several years. And im going to help my unit. This is my unit, and i need to i feel that i was helpless for so many hours. And now i need to go and give back and start doing, start changing the picture. So, i need to go and help my unit to identify the bodies of my friends that were slaughtered. Give them closure. And bring answers. Yeah. Yeah. Bring answers to the families of their loved ones. And you protected your family too when the moment came. I appreciate talking to you, and i wish you the best. Thank you very much. Just ahead, as the conflict ramps up here in israel, it is Building Pressure in washington to fill the House Speaker vacancy. The latest on that fight next. R time to win is running out in our prize packed kick off the savings Monopoly Game hurry in to play for your chance at over 25 million in prizes and money saving offers like this, and this, or even this. Plus, you still have a shot at up to 100,000 in guaranteed prize money. Stop in while you can still win and shop your Favorite Brands sporting the kick off the Savings Monopoly Tag for unlimited bonus game tickets at lucky were going to continue to bring you the latest on the war in israel. Were also following the latest on capitol hill, where House Republicans are in chaos over efforts to elect a new speaker. Melanie zanona joins us from the capitol. Where do things stand . We are on day ten without a speaker. And republicans have gone home for the weekend. Earlier today republicans huddled Behind Closed Doors where they tried to select a new speaker candidate. They settled on jim jordan, the trumpbacked candidate, who earlier this week came up short against Steve Scalise, who ended up dropping out of the race. Jim jordan is also going to have a major math problem, just like Steve Scalise did and just like Kevin Mccarthy did. Jordan and his allies say theyre going to spend the weekend working the phones, trying to win over holdouts. Theyre hoping the base gets fired up and tries to urge members to get behind jim jordan. Were told that 55 republicans indicated they would not back jordan on the floor, and he can only lose four of them. He has a massive hill to climb, particularly with moderates, who are worried about his controversial votes. Where do House Republicans go from here if its not jordan . S jordan is going to try to take this thing to the floor potentially on tuesday. If he fails he could see a number of dark horse candidates jump into the race. Theres more discussion about giving more temporary power to patrick mchenry, who cant do much except preside over speaker elections. But The Big Picture here, the House Republican party is in a full blown crisis, all while Critical Issues hang in the balance, including aid to israel and a Government Funding deadline coming up in november. Melanie zanona, thanks so much. Cnns coverage from israel cnns coverage from israel continues