mckay: this is happening now, if you can possibly believe that. the terrorists are saying theyey ll blow up p the schoo, killing all the children inside. the german police haveve been wawaging a relelentless wawr against the terrorists, capturing some, killing some. man: the british army are the terrorists. francis: no one, even the most powerful, has immunity from these urban guerillas. brinkley: there are 298 people held hostage. those people, they have good ideals, they re just going about them the wrong way. we are ready to go on until martyrdom. mckay: the communiqué ended with the appeal,l, revolutionaries of the world, unite. [ indiststinct shoututing ] [ sirens wail ] terrorist attacks, especially where hostages are taken, have become increasingly common. there have been bombings, shootings, and strikes in northern ireland. arab guerillas fired at an israeli school bus near the lebanese border. the 1970s saw the development of the terrorist repertoire. cronkikite:
thanks for joining us on cnn newsroom i m michael holmes with our continuing coverage of the israel-hamas war. in a few hours from now the israeli military is expected to open a road corridor so people in gaza city can flee south, that s the plan. the idf is offering what it calls safe passage during the four hour window beginning at 10 am local time. but, it is unclear if people in gaza will even get the message, given the widespread power and communications outages throughout the war. or whether hamas will perhaps try to prevent them from leaving. meanwhile this was the scene overnight as fireballs light of northern gaza. as seen by cnn crews just across the board in israel. israel has not yet commented on the strikes. even as israeli forces say they are encircling the city hamas rockets continue to fire into israel, the idf says it intercepted six rockets near tel aviv so far no casualties reported. the idf also released video of the chief of staff just inside gaza on sa
was clear that the united states was so ill prepared and failed to recognize the extraordinary change that had happened in the 70s. new year s eve, end of the decade but not yet of the deadlock. in 1979, we take a deep breath and realize that we re on the precipice of an entirely new era of terrorism. the islamic world is in crisis, and the crisis goes well beyond the u.s. embassy walls in tehran. rather than catching our breath, what we should have been thinking is, how can this get worse? it sounds like the most futile observation possible, but i m going to make it anyhow. we have to find a way to stop terrorism. it is growing at a scary rate. terror is a new form of warfare, and history shows that every new form of warfare, like hitler s blitzkrieg, seems indomitable at first, but it soon provokes ingenuity to find ways to overcome it.
by the end of the year, it was clear that the united states was so ill prepared and failed to recognize the extraordinary change that had happened in the 70s. new year s eve, end of the decade but not yet of the deadlock. in 1979, we take a deep breath and realize that we re on the precipice of an entirely new era of terrorism. the islamic world is in crisis, and the crisis goes well beyond the u.s. embassy walls in tehran. rather than catching our breath, what we should have been thinking is, how can this get worse? it sounds like the most futile observation possible, but i m going to make it anyhow. we have to find a way to stop terrorism. it is growing at a scary rate. terror is a new form of warfare, and history shows that every new form of warfare, like hitler s blitzkrieg, seems indomitable at first, but it soon provokes ingenuity to find ways to overcome it. remember skyjacking seemed
was so ill prepared and failed to recognize the extraordinary change that had happened in the 70s. new year s eve, end of the decade but not yet of the deadlock. in 1979, we take a deep breath and realize that we re on the precipice of an entirely new era of terrorism. the islamic world is in crisis, and the crisis goes well beyond the u.s. embassy walls in tehran. rather than catching our breath, what we should have been thinking is, how can this get worse? it sounds like the most futile observation possible, but i m going to make it anyhow. we have to find a way to stop terrorism. it is growing at a scary rate. terror is a new form of warfare, and history shows that every new form of warfare, like hitler s blitzkrieg, seems indomitable at first, but it soon provokes ingenuity to find ways to overcome it.