S sanchez live in washington, d. C. Youre watching cnn news central. Bone chilling. Thats how a u. N. Humanitarian envoy described the scale and speed of the violence in israel and gaza. U. S. And israeli officials are characterizing the terror attacks carried out by hamas as isis levels of evil. One of those massacres was at a rural xhurncommunity, or kibbut southern israel. Israeli Defense Forces say they discovered women, children and elderly people who were, quote, butchered by hamas fighters. Elsewhere, hour after hour were seeing israeli airstrikes Pounding Gaza and hamas Rockets Streaking across the sky toward israel. This is the backdrop as we await remarks from President Biden at the white house at any moment, remarks that the entire world no doubt will be watching. Lets get started with cnns ben wedeman, whos live for us in jerusalem. Ben, what is the scene where you are . Reporter jerusalem is relatively quiet, but certainly the area around gaza and the israeli cities just t
background of extreme violence in the capital of port-au-prince. there are at least 17 people detained at this point. reporter: number eight, the conflict in the middle east came to a head once again this spring, and turned into one of the worst rounds of violence between the two sides in years. it is a pattern that shouldn t be familiar, yet already is. hamas and islamic jihad rockets streaking across the sky from gaza. air strikes and rocket barrages, artillery and mortar fire, hundreds of people dead and more than 2,000 wounded. reporter: the conflict lasted 11 days, before israel and the palestinian group hamas agreed to a cease-fire. israeli air strikes killed more than 250 palestinians, including dozens of children. palestinian militant fire from gaza killed 13 israelis including children. number seven, myanmar s military
legacy of an irreplaceable figurehead. reporter: number nine. hours after haiti s president was assassinated, gunfire still crackled through port-au-prince. reporter: the assassination of jovanel moyes took place in the background of extreme violence in the capitol port-au-prince. there are at least 17 poem detained at this point. reporter: number eight, the conflict in the middle east came to a head once again this spring and turned into one of the worst rounds of violence between the two sides in years. it s a pattern that shouldn t be familiar. it already is. hamas and islamic jihad rockets streaking across the sky from gaza. air strikes and rocket barrages, artillery and mortar fire, hundreds of people dead and more than 2,000 wounded. reporter: the conflict lasted 11 days before israel and the palestinian group hamas agreed to a cease-fire.