We survived. Keep going. Keep walking past. Run. Israel said it is at war after a surprise attack by the military of hamas. Israel is in a state of emergency. How did you survive . I dont know, i dont have a clue. Mattresses, blankets are still here. We heard the air horn sirens. We heard loud explosions. He said to us, your son was killed. Israel didnt start this war, israel will finish it. Day on i want to, they dont have electricity, they dont have internet, they dont have phone service. Its just heartbreaking. U. S. Intelligence saying that israel was not responsible for the deadly explosion on the alahli hospital. Air strike. Doesnt of killed the people. We had memories, we had a dreams. I dont know what to do. Norah good evening, im Norah Odonnell in washington. Two weeks ago tonight there were no signs of a turning point in the middle east. Families in israel were celebrating somebody in the beginning of the jewish Holiday Spending time together. In gaza, palestinians were going about their lives. Then the unthinkable hamas unleashed terror and slighted. Thousands of militants are pouring into israel. Killing families in their homes and young people at a Music Festival. Also taking nearly 200 hostage. In a Stunning Development tonight, to american hostages were released. After the terror attacks, israel declared war and responded with a ferocious and deadly bombing campaign. 1090, a dangerous new phase of this war appears imminent. With israeli troops ready to invade gaza, a small strip of land with more than 2 million people. But still hasnt received humanitarian aid. October 7th changed israel. Gaza and the world. We want to warn our viewers are special tonight contains disturbing images of war. And we began with cbs news senior Foreign Correspondent in tel aviv is a reality. Its been two weeks since hamas militants smashed through the barrier that is using to contain palestinians inside the gaza strip. And went on a murderous rampage. Gunman out from the bird designated a terrorist organization by the u. S. A lot of people in their own homes. And on the street of southern israel. The death toll stands at over 1400. The biggest single massacre was at a festival of thousands of young people. Hamas turned it into a killing field leaving at least 260 dead. We witnessed the aftermath. Is seen that was a indescribable theory. Young people came here for a party, for a celebration and then they were slaughtered. Here, you could see their toiletries, a toothbrush, their clothing, wherever they went the militants also kidnapped hostages. More than 200 by israel count including children and the elderly. Amongst them americans. No i got money was pulled away as she was screamed for help. What you want the Israeli Government to do to get your daughter back . [speaking nonenglish language] reporter only peaceful measurements we need to act with sensitivity. They also have mothers who are crying. Israels Prime Minister benjamin not yahoo vowed it to crash and destroy hamas. Israels military set up that task with the waves of air strikes. On the gaza strip. Palestinians officials saying more than 4,000 people have been killed including children. Cbs news payment led by producer Marwan Alghoul is on the ground. I saw dozens of killed people and dozens of unbalances. They also ordered a total siege of the gaza strip. With no food to come afield, or medicine going in. And warned a brown mailing people to evacuate their homes in northern gaza and move south. Firing thousands of rockets and since war began. I tie standing ask the scrabbling undercover. Israel intercepting most of the rockets. Use only iron dome defense system. There is also anger here with israels government for their parent security failures that allowed hamas to go on his bloody assault. On tuesday night, horrific images began emerging of a deadly blast at alahli hospital in gaza. A palestinian officials said 100 were killed and blamed an israeli air strike. But israel categorically denies it was and bawled saying it was a failed rocket launch by palace dalian militants. Meanwhile, President Biden made a rare wartime visit to tel aviv and this past week. With deadly exchanges of fire along with israels northern border with lebanon along with fears of the war could expand into a regional conflict. He urged restraint. After 9 11, we were raised in the unitd states. When we saw just as we also made mistakes. There is always cost and requires being deliberate. Reported back to american hostages judith and her daughter natalie have been freed and were now safe here in israel. There are from evanston, illinois, visiting relatives and they are the first hostages to be released since hamas gunmen launch their attack. They spoke on the telephone to this evening with President Biden. Secretary of state Antony Blinken said there are still ten americans unaccounted for and some of them are being held as hostages. Norah holly williams, thank you. Charlie dagata is in tel aviv tonight and charlie despite the good news about the hostages, there does appear to be these low and the air strikes. What about this mass military buildup . Well point met the country is on war footing, the whole area around gaza much of it that we could see, become a military rise of his own and, most of the towns and villages and cities have been evacuated of its residents. Military taken a position there. Im president build up like nothing ive evr seen. Its been happening day by day, we try to get down there every day. What we are seeing armored personnel carriers, tanks, lots of tank units. That are getting in place, up amored bulldozers which will be important for any sort of ground innovation thats taken place. In addition to that, its a sheer number of troops that are arriving, all these reserves, holly mentioned them. Bases that they were doing some of the training, the refresher courses, live fire training. Wasnt happening inside that base but outside the base when we saw genuinely tens of thousands of cars. You could tell they got there in a hurry. There were parked on the curves, on the medians, part on the deserts. We saw all these people arriving with airbags slung over their shoulders. With their weapons and place. Reporting for duty. Is a militarized zone in that area specifically around northern gaza itself. Which is where they try to evacuate or try to push as many people from gaza from the north and south indicating if there is a Ground Invasion thats going to happen they are. We havent seen is further south we also have to remember this isnt going to come from that side. They said is going to be lance and aaron. Israeli military saying that. Theyre getting in place, if and when its going to come, we are not sure. They say they are ready. Just waiting for the order. Norah cbs news Foreign Correspondent imtiaz tyab in the west bank has tensions flare, i know you are there witnessing some of the rage. What can you tell us . Where putter norah, ive been covering the story for many years. Ive been many into these protest, there is something of a strange familiarity to them. Youll see a Young Palestinian men throwing stones and burning tires but this time, it was different. We saw Israeli Forces in the distance. Then, we heard a loud crack. Was the sound of israeli sniper fire. Witnessed firsthand the three people, three palestinian posters get shot. Would team i saw a total of eight. Really underscores a volatility here in the occupied west bank. Since hamas brutal rampage across southern israel, clashes with an Israeli Forces. Added to that volatility, weve seen huge protests across the middle east from cairo to istanbul, and there are concern is that it will only spread. Norah . Norah i wonder about that convoy, 90 trucks of humanitarian aid waiting at the border of egypt and gaza to get to the palestinians. Whats the latest there . Reporter yeah, we know its close, it has for the two weeks this week has gone unpaid we understand that repairs are desperately needed because israeli air strikes have been carrying out there. Those trucks remain idle. Lets have one final thought for the children of gaza. They make up more than half of the population. War where theres been no ada, theres been no supports, it is always a young as who pay the ultimate price. Norah . Norah imtiaz tyab in the west bank, thank you. With this into perspective, cbs chief of Foreign Affairs correspondent and moderator facing the nation, margaret brennan, how does todays news about the hostages change the dynamic . Not entirely clear what the hamas motivation is with him in a giant release of a monitor and a daughter of illinois today. We do know diplomats say they will continue to push for hostages intensely. In the next few days to be released. Theyve seen catarrh can to deliver. They feel like they have point in a very short period of time to get as many people out as a can. Will continue once the Ground Invasion it does begin. They wont stop trying to get hostages out but it makes a complicated situation far more complex. Norah there are some that 200 hostages from 40 countries. Why this mother and teenage daughter . That are from america. Speak out thats a big question being asked of the 200y2 americans who live on u. S. Oils. There are other dual citizen that believed to be held. There are some analysis of that that would suggest americans were chosen as the first for a reason to send a signal. Perhaps, hamas is being strategic care. Will it result in anything more . What we have seen a pause according to a result of the hamas bombing since i area in midday. A lot of hope that diplomats will be able to get aid into gaza in the coming days. Thats another of intense diplomacy right now. To be clear here, diplomats are trying to do their hardest work in the next few days but it is not clear all 200 people will be as lucky as these have two today. Norah market, thank you for your brilliant reporting as always bring it with growing fears of a wider war, up nice, we will see how the u. S. And israel might handle potential military challenges ahead. I got this 1,000 camera for only 41 on dealdash. Dealdash. Com, online auctions since 2009. This playstation 5 sold for only 50 cents. This ipad pro sold for less than 34. And this nintendo switch, sold for less than 20. I got this kitchenaid stand mixer for only 56. I got this bbq smoker for 26 bucks. And shipping is always free. Go to dealdash. Com right now and see how much you can save. Norah lets bring in cbs News National security correspondent david martin now from the pentagon and david, help us make sense of the American Military movements taking place right now. Reporter our outcome of what we are witnessing is the gradual execution of an existinf israel and specifically to prott israel against being overwhelmed by rocket and missile barrages from all of its enemies, not just hamas, but the terrorist group in lebanon as well. The most visible part of that plan is that two Aircraft Carrier strike groups. One already off israel and the other on the way. The most important ships in the strike groups are not the Aircraft Carriers. They are the we saw one of them in action just yesterday where it went through the suez canal down into the red sea. Intercepted multiple drones and missiles that had been fired by the iranian backed rebels in yemen in the direction of is israel. Norah that significant indeed and the president said he has no intention of putting you as boots on the ground in israel. What could change that . Reporter theres a couple contingencies that could change that. One, you could send in the American Team of hostage rescue delta who are the navy seals if and when u. S. Intelligence could get a good location on where the prisoners are. He might have to send marines ashore to evacuate american citizens from either israel or lebanon, and the president might have to send in Additional Air defense units to reinforce israeli air defenses. Norah how likely is it that theyll enter the war . Reporter most people believe that they do not want to open a true Northern Front against israel. Does not want in a allout war. So far lobbing some rockets but has not brought the full arsenal to bear. Its a much larger arsenal of rockets and missiles then hamas, the public estimate is 150,000. If they unleash that, thats really going to put a low on the iron dome system israel had with all the other defenses and thats where you can see americans having to sort of pitch in and help with their defense. Norah david ma martin at the pentagon, thank you. Lets bring in cbs news Foreign Policy and National Policy contributor. Former National Security advisor in the trump administration. General, good to see you, thank you for being with us. We heard david talk about the u. S. Navy worship that fire the first shots of the conflict yesterday in the red sea in iraq. U. S. Troops targeted with rockets. It is the u. S. Getting dangerously close to being drawn into a wider war . Its good to be with you. There is a wider war going on, norah, and its being orchestrated by the iranians, the islamic revolution. If you look at the pattern of activities, harangues committing acts of war against us with multiple attacks on u. S. Bases about 85 of them now for the pa. Iraq and syria. You mentioned the aggression in the region with the missiles being fired and its important to remember the strategy around israel is called the ring of fire strategy. If we hope they will not unleash the 150,000 rockets. I think the chances are quite high that the Supreme Leader in iran concluded this is his time to make good on their longstanding promise to destroy israel. I thickly have to be prepared for an exclamation of this conflict for people to have respond accordingly. Norah thats why there is new military assets but how should President Biden handle it . I think hes doing whats important to do right now which is a from the support for is israel. I think that visit was extremely important as well as his speech which sent a strong message of support but then of course heart power matters and as well as the Readiness Group that indicates that we have land force capabilities to be deployed if necessary. Its also important to note that there have been reports out of iraq for example that the iranians were mobilizing the militia and moving them into syria and trying to place them on the border of israel. What you are seeing is really the pattern of activity by iran to increase aggression and unfortunately we had not responded to it and in many ways we have been appeasing or supplicating to the iranians in the hope they would change their behavior. Of course, we undervalue the degree to which the aggressive ideology of the iranian revolution drives and constrains the real iranian leaders which is the Supreme Leader and the leaders of the Islamic Revolutionary guards corps. Norah general, you commanded troops in the middle east and what are some of the challenges if israel moves forward with their round invasion in a place like gaza . The first challenges you want to be able to take out critical nodes in Hamas Defense network and thats where the strikes have been oriented on. Of course, youve gots and the civilians, noncombatants out of the way. They are going to continue to use them as human shields but as much pressure as we can put on to convince the egyptians to open the border and convince the civilians to move south, i think thats important. And then of course the battles that occur around the city to set conditions for attack in an urban area like that are important to gain vertical dominance in some of the highrises that look deeper into the urban areas and of course attacks to cease critical nosed and some of the nodes will i think will be israelis and the u. S. And others expect hostages are being held. And then key nodes associated with not only their extensive defensive network and offensive rocket network, but the subterranean aspect of this, norah. I mean, they have masses of tunnels underneath gaza. Oriented on attacking israel but also oriented on being able to move between certain locations in the city. Norah and so how do you deal with that, this Massive UndergroundTunnel Network that hamas has . They key is to gain control of the ingress and egress points. Its not a panacea but theyve got advanced Technological Capabilities for locating these, but also robotics that conduct reconnaissance so you dont have to put people in is the first step and then of course israel said what they want to do is make sense after the reticent acts which is to destroy hamas and destroy this offensive architecture they have built an infrastructure within gaza. The attacks themselves will be difficult and we have seen how the buildings are reveled. Mobility assets, engineers are extremely important in this environment. As our Armored Vehicles, Armored Vehicles are important to help infantry get into buildings and some of the reveled areas where they can control key nodes of terrain. And then what you hope from the israeli perspective is that once you gain some of the areas that are valuable to hamas, you interject a degree of fluidity into the battle and thats where the israelis will have advantages associated with surveillance and the precision strike capabilities. Norah general master, thank you so much for your expertise. Great to be with you, norah, thank you. Norah i had come out we will hear from American Families whose loved ones are trapped in the region. How they are keeping hope alive. Is a search bar. Lets know the difference, okay . Social media, it can be overwhelming for a young homeowner turning into their parents. What does it mean to slide into someones dms . Mm. It sounds like a lot of fun. Okay, were not ready for that. As a team, well get there. It might be a fruit emoji, but that doesnt mean theyre talking about fruit. Oh. Progressive cant save you from becoming your parents, but we can save you money when you bundle home and auto with us. 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We were sure that they were going to tell us hes gone and they walked in the door and said that he has been taken captive. Its insane that you feel relieved just to think your son. They get here and they tell you your son has been taken hostage and you are relieved. Yeah, its unreal. In so many ways, their son, the oldest of two boys is a typical american kid from long island. If a typical kid excelled in whatever he did. An inspiration to his brother daniel. Hes a natural born leader and amazing role model. Hes strong and funny. There was a video for his birthday. Can i see the video . Sure. Everywhere he went, he loved making friends. He always thought big and wanted more. The desire for more lead him to israel. The homeland of his grandparents. Holocaust survivors. He wanted to connect with his roots. In 2019, he put off enrolling in bringing Tim University to begin a Study Program in israel. Months later, he told his parents he was thinking of joining the Israel Defense forces. And americanborn kid who wanted to help his friends and homeland defended. Did you raise the idea of risks . Yes. He was crying over this, this was not an easy decision to be made. Ultimately, he decided it was his duty to serve. On friday, october 6th, he was a tank commander stationed near gaza. That night he said, its a bit quieter. So im hoping that we can just relax a bit. We are like, okay, lets talk tomorrow. Sp reporter but that was the last contact theyve had. He was checking the news and oh, my god. Admittedly, i texted him whats going on. Nothing. We called him. Nothing. Reporter did you know he was stationed in the area that was under attack . Yes, yes, we knew it. Reporter what can you tell us about what you know happened . We know the army did an investigation from what theyve shared and the videos that were shown, their conclusion is that him and his team have been taken. Thats what we know. Yeah. Reporter which is the same painful reality joes families confronting. Joe is an entrepreneur that lives in brooklyn, an american. I think right now, the optimist in all of us is hanging on to hope. Reporter his cousin is in israeli, also a hostage. Hes a beautiful boy. Hes only 24 years old. Reporter a young man just Getting Started in life. Thrilled by travel abroad, exhilarated by a parachute jump. He loves to be with other people who are joyous. He enjoyed music, he loved dancing. Reporter which is why he was at the Music Festival that would be targeted by hamas. And he said, mom, okay, we are going to the car. Reporter just before the attack, his mother natalie called her son. And 15 minutes later, we got the alarms in tel aviv. We immediately knew that something bad is happening. He didnt pick up his phone. Reporter natalie connected with joe in new york where news of the massacre was breaking. It was shock and horror of. Reporter is he natalie too had learned h how to redefine what is good news and bad news. This is video she said is the white hyundai thats riddled with gunfire. I was relieved of the car was not burned down. There was some, but not too much like if you got a bullet, there would be more. So it gave me hope. A speech of this or israeli mothers trying to keep her composure and her compassion for all the sons and daughters caught up in this war as she wrestles with the reality of her son now held hostage. When i see that little boy in gaza with a scared face going to a different place or a shelter come on my heart to him. We are thoughts of love and humanity and everybody is human. And my son is exactly the same. Oh, listen, can you hear this . Thats a siren. Its a siren. You are going to the neighbor is now downstairs. Reporter when we spoke on october 13th, we were suddenly cut off. Im back im back. Reporter are you okay . We are safe. Yeah, there were two very big explosions. Reporter the destruction and the english is felt on the palestinian side as well thats the bombs. Its hard for me to listen to right now. It is. Reporter 22yearold palestinianamerican College Student in new jersey. She sent the video of the bombing was sent by her father also a u. S. Citizen. He traveled to gaza last month to visit his mother. He told me that theres no electricity, food, water. Norah healthy and will not his mother. And another american suffering with a loved one in danger. I cant sleep with the bombs. Reporter and living phone call to phone call. Like bombing everywhere. The amount of kids i saw. Reporter she is praying her dad will stay that way. I love you. Keep safe, i love you. Reporter three families all dealing with their fear in their own ways. We are on a mission. Reporter they are focused on action. This is not a time for tears. Tears come at night. Ive been showing so much because i cry in the shower and i let it out and i come out and i have to refocus again. Reporter putting all their energy into making no one forgets their son or any other hostage. We are doing everything we can to help bring them back. Let them go home. Ing wrong. Its not that hard. We are all humans. We made it bmo has arrived. Hello . You said it. Hello to more ways to save money, grow your wealth, grow your business. Just what we needed, another big bank. Not so fast. How many banks do you know that reward you for saving every month . Hes got a good point. Did i mention bmo has more feefree atms than the two largest us banks combined . Uh, bmo . Just beemo, actually. Quick question, will all this stuff fit in your car . should i get rid of the mug . Bmo norah tonight, we want to step back from the headlines to look at how israel and hamas got to this current moment of intense violence. The roots of the israelipalestinian conflict stretch back decades to the time even before the creation of israel in 1948. Cbs news senior Foreign CorrespondentMark Phillips brings us some perspective. Reporter there is a glib saying about the israelipalestinian conflict that particularly applies to gaza. Too much history, not enough geography. Its a history that has seemed doomed to repeat itself. Hamas rockets fly towards is israel. Israeli bombs dropped on gaza. Israeli forces roll in. A fragile ceasefire is declared. The United States welcomes the agreement today for a ceasefire in gaza. Reporter repeat. 2008, 2009. 2012. 2014. 2021. Stories from decades ago can sound like they were written today. This one is from 2009. The israelis say only they can know when theyve done enough damage to hamas that they can stop. But they are fighting another enemy now, too. A growing International Outrage at the terrible toll this operations taking in innocent lives. Yet, history is about more than just states and defense, its all about perspectives and the history here has been viewed from opposite sides of the line as is whats happening in this latest conflict. This war is not just between israel and hamas. Reporter former cabinet minister and ambassador. Its between civilization and a very evil and dark force. I know that sounds rather dramatic, but thats truth. You have the people of gaza. Either being bombed by israel regularly, and blockaded, and whose lives are admirable and miserable really. Reporter a palestinian author based in london. Her family fled jerusalem when israel was founded in 1948. The way the story has been supporters and friends is some kind of mindless act of terrorism and crazy group and hamas quite wrinkly could be from mars from the kind of description that you get because they are evil or something. Decide they are going to go and kill jews. Reporter there are a lot of travesties and trav tragedie, even disagreement on when it starts. The two arguments you hear right now is some people drawing a line from the hamas attack and others drawing a much longer historic line that brought us going back to 1948 and even before that. Which do you think this Current Crisis is most connected to . Its connected to the history of how the whole thing arose. 1940 its a very important date in the history of both the palestinians and the israelis. The date when the state of israel set up and also the date when the vast majority of palestines was forced out. Become the center of bitter conflict as the new jewish states born in the tense atmosphere of civil war. Reporter the palestinians call it the catastrophe. Founded in 48 and 700,000 of the palestinians living there were forced out of their homes or fled. From the south of the country, they sought refuge which was then the egyptiancontrolled gaza strip, a dusty 25mile long sliver of land along the mediterranean coast of the more than 2 million residents of gaza now, the u. N. Considers 1. 7 million of them still to be refugees. And when they israel is captured the sinai in the 1967 war, gaza became their problem. Its crowded refugee camps became a breeding ground of resentment, and a for attacks. But in 2005, israel tried to break the mold of history with the bold and risky experiment. They let israel pull its troops and settlers out of gaza and here to there is disagreement on what happened next. It easy to look back what happened in 2005 and say that was a grave mistake. I was a reserve officer in that operation. We uprooted and destroyed 21 different settlements in order to get a boost of peaks. We are going to let the palestinians have a mini state of their own and that state could have been singapore, could have been switzerland, middle east, we use many terms. However, gaza remained effectively blockaded by the israeli military. The people of gaza did not have control of their borders, they didnt have control of their airspace or they are sea or natural resources. That is not an end to occu occupation. Win elections in gaza in 2006 produced a hamas degree, its refusal to recognize israel or take part in the Peace Process meant the israelis tightened the borders even more to try to keep hamas from arming itself. Hamas overthrew the palestinian authority, killed millions of palestinians and turned gaza into a terrorist state and oppression of even its own people. Reporter yet extreme circumstances many palestinians say produce extreme outcomes. I dont know why it is so difficult for people to understand the palestinians are also human beings who want to have decent lives. So the people of gaza are no different. Therefore, they have the absolute right to resist the circumstances in which they did. Reporter this time, though, the ruthlessness of the hamas attack and the response has meant the death toll and the pain on both sides is worse. There is going to be more pain coming, unfortunately we know that. Reporter Joseph Gabler moved to israel 23 years ago and runs a charity distributing food to the poor. We had multiple friends whose sons have been killed already in battle first days responding to the call to save people in their homes in the south. Im keeping my composure, but that is just external, but internally im a basket case. , palestinians are always blamed for their own loss of life. Reporter layla is a palestinian writer and activist now living in the u. S. , but with family trapped in gaza. I have my mothers side of the family in the southern part of gaza and i have my fathers side of the family in gaza city. Reporter here lies the great lesson of this history written in blood. Everybody blames the other side for whats happened. The loss of any human life, especially civilian life, is tragic and deplorable. The real blame here lies on the decades long very violent structurally systematic and otherwise violent israeli occupation. Reporter two peoples, to histories, one land, same story. The turn of a dial, with zero sugar and zero calories. And cirkul has over 40 flavors, so your water can be as unique as you are. Try cirkul. Your water, your way. Now with even more flavors. Available at walmart or drinkcirkul. Com. Norah new mornings to night of possible violence in the u. S. Has tensions boil over from the mideast war. If its being described as one of the most complex Homeland Security threat environment sine 9 11. Those concerns especially high in the jewish and muslim communities. Cbss Catherine Herridge rep reports. Reporter from barricades around the u. S. Capital to armed police at places of worship, the visible security reflect the heightened threat at home. Theres a real deep concern something might happen. If you want to make sure the Jewish Community is protected. Dont ask reporter gil preuss of the jewish they added more armed police and synagogues and imposed Real Time Intelligence sharing about potential risks. There will be greater animosity and greater likelihood of acts against the Jewish Community. We are starting to see the hate crimes come in. Reporter telling cbs news that the muslim communities also on edge. Every mosque in america, every Islamic School is shoring up security. Reporter intelligence bulletins obtained by cbs news tell an increase in threats to the jewish, muslim, and arab communities including reports of physical assault, bomb threats, and online calls from mass casualty attacks. Foreign terrorist groups like al qaeda calling on supporters to attack americans. Are fbi field office, communicating not just in say local Law Enforcement but faithbased. Reporter they warn of lone actors that may take inspiration from the conflict to commit violence in the u. S. Of chicago, a 6yearold muslim boy was killed and mother injured in the alleged hate crime. Norah theres a lot of question americans are asking. It can Homeland Security stop the violence from coming here . We can reduce the risk. Its not perfect. Reporter Homeland Security expert after dealing with attacks. Its hard to anticipate every attack. Reporter how does the Ground Invasion by israel change the threat environment here in the u. S. . Anything that elevates the number of casualties creates horrifying visual images. Some people are going to take that as a final push into taking violent action on their own. Norah finally tonight, its hard not to get emotional after hearing stories out of gaza and meeting so many people in israel whove lost everything and for some, everyone. As a mother, the hardest thing to hear is about the impact on children. Children who lost their lives, their homes, their families, and their innocence. 13 year old waited 16 hours in a what were you thinking . I was thinking in the moment, any moments going to be my last moment and i was so afraid if anybodys coming because are they going to take me, are they going to shoot me . I didnt know what can happen to me. Norah tell me about your walk to freedom. We had to go to a bus, it was so scary. A friend of my family came to me. Youre not crying, not now, you cant do it, you have to focus. You need to survive. Keep going. Keep walking, walk fast, run. Norah the fact that shes alive is a miracle. How many of your friends and neighbors are gone . Too many. Norah thats her mother. She told me if were going to get together, i will let you kiss me anytime you want. Since then, im kissing you every minute. Norah we traveled to ashkelon, an israeli town just miles from gaza where the Children Center of the hospital was hit by a rocket. This is the moment of impact recorded on this clock just outside the directors office. He was here, luckily because of the sirens he was able to make it down into t the bomb shelter and he was okay. That there were no children hurt because theyve already been evacuated. Childrens life has been thoroughly upended. But even in this makeshift refugee camp in gaza, kids finding time to play. While their parents tried to protect them from the bleak reality of war. And sturdy, no toilets, no water. Norah this mother says she we come here, they are scared and crying from the attacks. Norah gaza is home to more than 1 million children. Many now the youngest victims of this war. The number of wounded, more and more children are beginning to come in. Kids taken out of their own homes. Norah the surgeon in gaza says its the worst carnage shes ever seen. There are moments that kind of take your breath away. If you see this and you are reminded that this was someones baby child. Norah one of the stories we will never forget is of the young couple who died protectng their twin boys. He was killed in the kitchen trying to get bottles to feed the ten months old. Her body found in between the boys beds. Their uncle, a father himself tells us the babies were left alone for 14 hours crying the entire time. But nobody could leave their shelter to get the babies. No, their neighbor tried a couple of times but every time he did, the terrorists just got into the house and tried to kill him as well. I met him outside and he cried and asked me for forgiveness. Because he couldnt help. If not for my wife, she told me with all due respect, but if you do it, hell live with no uncle and hell live with no father. Norah the only glimpse of hope is that theyll be raised with love and a large family. What do you think youll tell the twins in the future why their parents arent here . That their parents were heroes. They did it because of the love they had for them. Norah they are alive because of their parents. Exactly. Amen. Norah the children and their families, a reminder of the heartbreak of this war. President biden says this is a perilous moment for global democracy. Its important to remember the immense human toll of the bloody conflict. Im Norah Odonnell in washington. Night. Good night. Deep voice monster tacos are back at jack in the box. Along with new, spicy angry monster tacos. Come and get em. We dare [clears throat] jack vo we dare you. Get 2 for just 3. Now at 11 00, after nearly to weeks as hostages of hamas, two american women are free tonight. We also want to thank everyone throughout the country who has been praying for our family. While hundreds more families can only wait and worry. Plus, theres something in the water in one bay area town you definitely dont want