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
dig up old tapes of those artists 20 or 30 years from now. we ll see where the technology is at that point. if someone cares about it. that s the thing. all this stuff that we re hearing in 50 or 100 years, the only thing left is going to be those four guys. absolutely. well said. great to talk to you. thank you, everybody, for joining me this evening. don t forget to turn those clocks back an hour and maybe play some beatles later on tonight. i ll see you again tomorrow night at 5:00. full story is next. welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper in tel aviv. the attack by hamas left at least 1,400 people dead, month are than 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- controlled health ministry, more than 4,000 people dying there so far. the story of hamas is complex. itits roots date back to the formation of israel in 1948.
bringing. we will continue to work with you and with all our partners to fulfil this responsibility and make sure that our common human values prevail, international law prevails and peace for all prevails. thank you so much. if i now may give the floor to you, tony. good afternoon everyone. i m grateful good afternoon everyone. i m grateful to the entire team for their grateful to the entire team for their hospitality. and for the opportunity to be with. we appreciate the engagement of every country appreciate the engagement of every country here and we are particularly grateful country here and we are particularly grateful to country here and we are particularly grateful to jordan country here and we are particularly grateful tojordan and country here and we are particularly grateful to jordan and egypt, country here and we are particularly grateful tojordan and egypt, to partners grateful tojordan and egypt, to partners who have long worked to advance partners
rachel: all right, we re going to the fox fox news alert. disturbing images out of iran, thousands pouring into the streets of tehran to to heart attack the an verse roy anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the embassy, the crowd chanting death to america and death to israel. pete: did you see that uncle sam looking figure? that s how they view it, death to america, death to israel. and about 20 the minutes ago, secretary of state blinken express, quote, deep concern which is his permanent state as fighting intensifies along lebanon s southern border. israel hitting targets one day after the iran-backed terror group s leader declared they re ready for full scale war. will: the israelis opening up a corridor to allow palestinians to get out of northern gaza. saying if you care about yourself and your loved ones, heed our instruction to head south. let s go to mike tobin live on the ground in southern israel with the latest. mike, i d love to begin with this: you told the
saying not without the hostages being returned. sandra: and the hezbollah leader is threatening further escalation against israel and the united states, warning that our warships stationed off the coast of israel will do nothing to deter the iran-backed proxy. john: joint exercises in the mediterranean sea with more than 11,000 u.s. troops participating. sandra: complete coverage for you now, and idf spokesperson is moments away with the latest from the battlefield. john: alex hogan live in tel aviv. what s the reaction been there to blinken s comments about the pause today? john, sandra, there was a lot of concern for residents here worried about the potential for a ceasefire but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu shut down that possibility. we also heard from u.s. secretary of state antony blinken saying the u.s. goals for this conflict, really four of them. the first would be to prevent the conflict from spilling out into other countries, that s something