to me. there is was quite a bond. thank you so much for joining us here in tel aviv tonight. laura coates live starts right now. good evening everyone, and welcome to the special two hour edition of laura coates live. abby has the night off. there is a clear violation of a shaky truce between israel and hamas, maybe spell its end? both sides of the war confront this choice, to choose between peace or to renew violence. and there two very different stories emerging this very evening, from the very same incident. clashes in northern gaza that both sides say marked a breach of an already touch and go truce. both sides are pointing fingers and laying the blame on the other first skirmishes reportedly involving explosive devices. now, it is truly a classic fog of war incidents, and yet, at least for now, both sides are choosing to look past. it we already know and witnessed a now nightly routine, the israeli government says it proceeds and is going to review our list of hostag
there was a powerful moment today, at the tribute service for former first lady rosalynn carter. her husband, seven of 77, years former president jimmy carter, emerge from hospice care to attend. he was seen there in the front row. we didn t hear from him, but their daughter amy did share a letter that he wrote to her mother, 75 years ago. my darling, every time i have ever been away from you, i have been thrilled when i returned, to discover just how wonderful you are. while i am away, i try to convince myself that you really are not, could not be as sweet and beautiful as i remember. but when i see you, i fall in love with you all over again. i does that seem strange to you? it doesn t to me. goodbye darling, until tomorrow. jimmy. there was quite a bond. thank you so much for joining us here in tel aviv tonight. laura coates live starts right now. good evening everyone, and welcome to a special two hour edition of laura coates live. abby has the night off. ther
welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper in tel aviv. the october 7th attack by hamas, which the u.s. labels a terrorist organization, left at least 1,400 people dead. more than 200 people are being held hostage according to israeli officials, and many more people are still unaccounted for. in response, israel began a bombing campaign in gaza. according to the hamas controlled health ministry, more than 4,000 people have died there so far. the story of hamas is complex. its roots date back to the formation of israel in 1948. itit has many factions includin the so-called military wing, which perpetrated the terror attack. over the next hour, cnn s sara sidner brings us the whole story on hamas from how they were formed, what their ideology is, and how they have evolved over the decades. we want to warn you some of the images you ll see in this hour may be disturbing. pure unadulterated evil. i can t even try to comprehend these monsters. terrorists. this is no
welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper in tel aviv. the october 7th attack by hamas, left at least 1,400 people dead, 200 people held hostage according to israeli officials and many more people are still unaccounted for. in response, israel began a bombing campaign in gaza. according to the hamas health ministry, 4,000 have died so far. the story of hamas is complex. its roots date back to thehe formatioion of israel in 1948. it has many factions, including the so-called military wing that perpetrated the terror attack. sara sidner brings us the whole story on hamas, how they were warmed, what the ideology is and how they evolved over the decades. some of the images you see in this hour may be disturbing. pure, unadulterated evil. i can t even try to comprehend these monsters. terrorists. this is not islam. they should be spit out. we cannot expect that israel will continue to blockade gaza. deprive them of their freedom and assume they will not resis
attack. over the next hour, cnn s sara sidner brings us the whole story on hamas, from how they were formed, what their ideology is, and how they ve evolved over the decades. we want to warn you some of the images you ll see in this hour may be disturbing. pure, unadulterated evil. i can t even try to comprehend these monsters. terrorists. this is not islam. they should be spit out. we cannot expect that israel will continue to blockade gaza, deprive them of their freedom, and assume that at some point they will not resist. at some point, it s going to boil over. october 7th was different. october 7th changed everything. what happened on october 7th was absolutely unprecedented. hamas has certainly targeted israeli civilians before. that s not new. what is new is simply the scale and just the ruthlessness. how do you define hamas? who and what is hamas? hamas primarily is a social, religious, political movement. hamas is seen by most palestinians as a