Its seven in the morning in singapore, and 2am in israel where we start the programme as the full horror and ferocity of last saturdays attack by hamas gunmen, in Southern Israel, is becoming clearer. Israeli Officials Say more than 1,000 people have been killed. Throughout the day, the Israeli Military has been recovering the bodies of entire families including several children, just a mile from the border with gaza. Israeli soldiers on the scene, describe it, as a massacre. Thousands of troops remain massed on the border with gaza, ready for what could be, a full scale Ground Invasion. Our international editor, jeremy bowen, has been to the village of kfar aza, where the bodies have been recovered on tuesday. A warning you may find this report distressing. The first few days of war at this small Israeli Community called kfar aza are a microcosm of israels trauma and a glimpse of what might come next. Israeli troops only seized back full control of the kibbutz this morning. Its one of
This area was targeted heavily last night, hundreds of airstrikes destroyed many buildings in this area. Tonight, we hearfrom one mother whose children were kidnapped by hamas gunmen. Those barbarians took kids out of their houses and out of their beds and just kidnapped them. Also on the programme. Interrupted by a protestor but the labour leader, sir keir starmer, stays on course at his partys conference and promises a decade of National Renewal if labour win the next election. And, after 14 years at the helm, Holly Willoughby announces she is quitting itv s this morning. On newsnight at 10 30pm, live from jerusalem and london, well be speaking to israeli politicians, to a man who fears his family has been taken by hamas to gaza and a senior representative of the palestinian authority. Theyre still, four days on, collecting the bodies of the dead. Good evening. Were live injerusalem, where the full horror and ferocity of last saturdays attack by hamas gunmen in Southern Israel is bec
but the question remains. why did hamas strike now likely knowing the devastation that it would provoke in gaza? hamas spokesman name checked events at the mosque earlier this year as motivation for their attack. hamas has called this operation the storm of in reference of course to the mosque compound known as temple mount a place so holy to both jews and muslims here in jerusalem. earlier this year police raided the third holiest site in islam during the month of adan and pass over just as police step inside the mosque is considered incredibly provocative and aggressive . but many experts say the timing of hamas attack has to do with mecca, the holiest place of all of islam, saudi arabia. hamamas was c concerned aboue saudi moves to build ties with israel and the u.s. one concern was that saudi money would then bolster the palestininian authorority in th west banank. hamasas looks at this worord an ememerging alliliance betwee moderate arabs and israel and de
i m anderson cooper in tel aviv. only the whole story, i m as we ve seen this weekend, israel s war against hamas anderson cooper in tel aviv. hamas entered a new phase, what that means for the 200 people held hostage in gaza is unclear. most of those hostages were taken on october 7th from israeli communities or kibbutz seen close to the gaza border. in a kibbutz, were either killed or captured. around 6:30, they recorded this video showing in the distance rockets firing from gaza. a red alert was called immediately. the couple sent this video to a group chat at 6:42 am. they haven t been heard from since. hadas kalderon: i could hear the red colors, it means that we have to go to the safe room, to the shelter. i m all alone in my own house. my children with the father in the other house. anderson cooper: hadas kalderon s youngest kids, sahar and erez, were with their father offer in his house nearby. hadas 19-year-old son rotem was in his own house. and hadas mother
evening. reporting from washington, i m jim acosta. the whole story with anderson p cooper is next. p cooper is next. good night. captions by vitac www.vitac.com has entered a new phase. what that means for the more than 200 people held hostage in gaza is unclear. most of those hostages were taken on october 7 from israeli communities, or kibbutzim, close to the gaza border. on a kibbutz called nir oz, it s estimated a quarter of the 400 or so people who live there were either killed or captured. the whole story of what happened at nir oz is only now really coming to light. tonight we want you to meet those who survived the attack at nir oz who are now fighting for answers about what happened to their missing loved ones and neighbors. this was the nir oz kibbutz before october 7. noam peri: nir oz has huge and beautiful fields all around it. many of them are potatoes, but some peanuts and carrots and many, many othther crops.. gaia kalderon: it s like you walk without s