He explained to cnn why he decided to leave new york. This is a quote from him. He said, its just feeling that it is my duty, its my calling. Of course, he is one of many of the reserves to have join up to fight, and go with their country, following this devastating attack from hamas on saturday. We will continue following, it all here on the source. Thank you so much for joining me tonight. Cnn news now with abby philip, starts right now. There are the sirens, going off. [sirens] im just gonna step all the way slightly, so that we can try to get our camera, and make sure that we have a little bit of cover here. [sirens] but again, this is just constant, every ten, or 15 minutes it seems, you hear the sirens, and you dont have a huge amount of lead time, honestly, to get to a shelter. Strikes are underway, at this hour, after a bloody and fiery day of retaliation in the war between israel and hamas. Israeli troops right now, amassing near gaza, for what is promising to be an unprecedented response, went to the horrific attack by hamas. Now, the fate of civilian hostages remains uncertain tonight, but we do now know that those hostages may include americans. And this comes, as new evidence emerges, of hamass barbarity in this attack. I am abby philip, and this is news night. Look at these burned out vehicles here. Again, testimony to the ferocity of the fight here. We have just seen bodies that are being taken out of some of the houses, of some of the young families that were here, being looted, and taken away. This is what happened, hamas stormed the more. The populations are gone, and the death toll here is absolutely massive, but now back under control of babies and toddlers, among the more than 1000 victims of hamass massacre. And the total, now includes 14 americans. The savagery, carried out person to person, face to face, against the young and the old. And the perpetrators celebrated over the bodies of their victims. These scenes, drawing comparisons to the holocaust. But, what is the end goal for this terror group . Do they want the brutality to of historic proportions, to provoke a worldwide response, that would expand this war . Well today, president bidens signal that the u. S. Would stand behind israel, as it carries out a forceful response. This is an act of sheer evil, the brutality of hamas the bloodthirstiness, it brings to mind the worst, the worst rampages of i. S. I. S. This is terrorism. Also tonight, the u. S. Says that at least 20 americans are now unaccounted for. And it is possible, that they could be among the many hostages. Lets go right away to my cnn colleague, Anderson Cooper he is on the ground in and just 19 miles north of that gaza border. Anderson, around five pm local time today, hamas had warned residents to clear out of the town of ashkelon, and you are just a few miles north of that. Do you have a sense, of whether that warning was heated . Well certainly, residents in ashkelon are more than well aware of the dangers that have been occurring here, and they are more than used to having rockets coming in at them, certainly people would have heeded that warning. It is a little rich for hamas to be claiming credit for giving out a warning and, as we all know, they launched this massive slaughter of more than 1000 people here in israel. And so they are really not too concerned about taking civilians lives. But certainly we have seen just continued bombardment. And all through the evening as we talk about two hours. In every few minutes, you just hear a massive, massive explosion, as Artillery Shells land in gaza, which is some 19 to 20 miles, as you said, behind me. But even from this distance, you can feel the impact of each of those shells. And anderson, you also spoke today with a woman, whose family was kidnapped, and it was all filmed. Tell us about what they told you, about this young woman . Yeah, her family, her aunt and uncle, her cousin her, her two little kids her husband, they were all kidnapped or have disappeared from a kibbutz. And, is desperate for information, about her, desperate to get some word. There has been a video released, that shows her cousin being taken away, with her two children, by gunmen, on saturday, from the kibbutz where she was living. I talked to earlier today, take a listen. I want my family back. Please, i want my family back [crying]. Im trying to be strong and stoic, and speak clearly. Well but [crying], i am devastated. I am devastated. I dont know what else to do, we need institutions around the world, we need someone to take care of those captive people. Civilians, that have been lost over i every hour, every day i, its getting worse, we know that the first days are the most important. I there is so much sadness here, grief, and anger, and increasingly resolve. For what comes next. It is devastating to see that family, one of so many who are mourning. Mourning the loss of their loved ones, and also hoping, against hope, that they find word of the ones who are missing. Anderson, please stay safe, yourself you and your team, thank you for being with us tonight. And we are only just beginning to learn the extent of the brutality inflicted on innocent israelis by hamas. One israeli soldier, attempting to bring his mother to safety, as the attack broke out. Instead, he found her body in the street, riddled with bullets. Joining me now is , a soldier in the israeli forces. Thank you for being with us tonight. I am very, very sorry for your loss. Then i want to go back to what happened, when you found your mother. You went back to find her, when you did, what did you see, when you got there . A body on the street, we came to the body, i [interpreter] saw the body of the mom. And, full of bullets, from head to toe, with the package of snacks that she wanted to give the kids, so they could not be afraid of the attack. She oh lady, 63, good lady. Just good in her heart, she would just give charity all the time, help everybody. She couldnt manage to go to a safe place, she wanted to help orchids, or grandchildren. So, she is over there, so she and the they shot her from foot to head. So this is how we found a our mom. That is unimaginable, i cannot imagine the night mirror that that is, to find your mother in that way. Weve also just been hearing the unspeakable atrocities, that soldiers like yourself have been finding, as you have gone into these kibbutzes, and these communities, to find and to defend them. When you went around your mothers kibbutz, what did you see there . What did you witness . I saw everything was destroyed, i saw old ladies that, they just blew them up, book gas, opened the gas of the houses, and blew the old lady up, killing everywhere, everywhere. I they did it like a gang, it was a game. The civilians of gaza, sought like a game, they came from gaza civilians, people from gaza, kids from gaza, came to the place, just destroy whatever they can, they took whatever they can, killed and they saw just like a game of flies. And you know what, they didnt matter what are you. If you are, are you from thailand, are you from the United States, are you from brazil . From france, they didnt give they saw just like a game, and the game, they wanted just to destroy, to walk, to rate to, kill, to kidnap. This is the game. And tell you, kids from gaza came, and israeli kids, they took them back to gaza they put them in gaza, put the kids and chicken cages. When they treated them like they were puppets. Kidnapped, thailand people, kidnapped the palliate workers, just trying to feed their family. Killed old ladies, like my mom. My mom had a good heart, was a great woman, she just helped and did good things all the time, we didnt judge nobody, nobody. And she never judge nobody, all the time, just give charity to everybody, and helped everybody. She fell on the street, because she was old, she couldnt manage to go to the safe place on time. So they just shot or, from toe to head. Six bullets, for my mom, for what . Maybe more, when they were done. I didnt count, just full of bullets. My understanding is that you are actively leading a number of soldiers, in your community. Tell us how, you and your fellow soldiers are preparing for what your country is heading into right now . Which could very well be a prolonged war, with hamas . Can i tried to collect to the, answer the war is not just with hamas. The war was with all of the civilians, that cannot see us as human beings, they want to kill us, because what i saw in that place nearby gaza, civilians from gaza, came on bicycles, on bicycles to the kibbutz, just to kill, and destroy. Its not just you know, people that are warriors of hamas, i cannot even call them warriors, they are not warriors. Somebody that fights, with kids, and women, is not a warrior. They are not warriors, they are nothing, they are monsters, so monsters from hamas, civilians from hamas that came and kill our people, for israel, just because they are people, they think its a war between good and evil. This is what we are preparing. Ill or with good and evil, or what the enemy that have no mercy, have no ethics codes, one of no codes at all, and no mercy. They kill kids, kills childs, kills babies, women, no respect for nobody, for old women. No respect for old people, no respect for little kids. This is the enemy that we are preparing for. There is word there could be a ground invasion, into gaza. Tell us, what do you believe that will look like, for you, as somebody in the idf, who could be very well on the front lines of a conflict like that, . I i am now also at the present time, on the front line. With israel, israel is not just that dangerous from gaza strip. We can have a wall, from all the places that are around all the emory that we have before. And, we are preparing for war, i and we want to bring our kids back, our babies back, our oldest people back, and women back, our men back. We want to bring everybody back, safely, but we i know we have a very evil enemy. Theres no codes, they dont give i want to bring we want to bring everybody back. No matter what you are, the american people, the brazilian people, Everyone Wants to bring them back safety. I know this is an incredibly difficult time for you and your entire country. Again, i am so very sorry for the loss of your mother, thank you for joining us tonight. Thank you for, thank you for putting the online, i want everybody to know that god is taking us, and taking care of us, in my mom was a very good person. This hour, i want everyone to remember. Thank you very much. And next, i will speak with the brother of one of the hostages, who received video of his capture. And plus, an american who was just off of a plane from israel, after hiding during this attack, she will join me live. And this, is cnn special coverage. Tonight, a sobering confirmation from president biden, that some of those taken hostage by hamas are american. In total, the Israeli Government says the number of those kidnapped is near 150. And, im about to speak with a man, who says that his brother is one of them. Is 22 years old, and he was at that music festival, that left at least 260 people dead. Now, hamas released a video, that shows him being taken hostage. I want to warn you, this video, which is in fact propaganda, is disturbing. But, our guest said that he wanted you to see it. You can see here, hamas, their behavior, their actions firsthand. This is his brother, being taken by armed militants. We have blurred some of the language that you would otherwise see on the screen, that has been taken out, as well as the audio here. And this is him tied, up in the back of a truck. And he is around by other hostages, who we are not showing them. We now, is brother, joins me now. , i want the viewers, and you want the viewers to see this, firsthand. What your brother went through, when he was captured. Tell me what it has been like, for you to see that video, you and your, parents to see it . Hey abby, its eli and. It was very hard to see a video that we didnt want and our parents and our sisters to watch it its made us very its varying very sad. But also i want to be optimistic, because we saw that he is okay, that he is fine that he is complete and and i when we also saw much worse cases and much worse video. And so, it is somewhat of a good thing you, know. What are you hearing from the idf, when it comes to and when it comes to what to do to rescue your brother . We cannot be sure, but we have to believe that the idf is doing everything to secure our sisters, and our brothers, and bring them back. We dont have any other choice it, when want to think otherwise. The idf is also in straight contact with us, two days ago, some officers came to our house. And, they confirmed what we already knew, that my brother is kidnapped, and being taken in the gaza strip. And so, we are in very close connection to the arm right now. I wonder, as someone who lives in israel now, and has been. How much has all of this changed, if at all, how safe you feel there . I in this time, it is a very high we, very hard to tell, because we live in a place that is far away from the from the gaza strip. But, any minute, anyone from a close village, and we are very close to the too many arab villages. In a minute, it can be all war, everywhere, and it is very, very frightening. I can only imagine. And, we continue to hope for your brothers safe and swift return, to you and your family. Eli david, thank you so much for being with us tonight. Thank you abby. And up next, new cnn reporting on the hunt for evidence, in irans role in all of this. Senator Lindsey Graham will join me live, plus carl bernstein, well talk about president bidens response, and why america is suddenly more involved, than perhaps it was just hours ago. Is it possible my network could take my business to the next level . It is with comcast business. Powering all your devices with gigspeed wifi. And you get fast downloads and uploads. Pick it up pick it up oh we got this because its powered by The Next Generation 10g network. More speed for your business . Its not just possible. Its happening. Get started for 59. 99 a month for 12 months. Plus, ask how to get an 800 prepaid card with a qualifying internet bundle. Comcast business, powering possibilities. In this moment, we must be crystal clear. We stand with israel. Israel has the right to respond, and indeed, has a duty to respond to these vicious attacks. When congress returns, or going to ask them to take urgent action, to fund the National Security requirements of our critical partners. This is not about party or politics. Let me say again, to any country, any organization, anyone thinking of trying to take advantage of the situation. I have one word, dont. That was president biden, forcefully condemning the evil of hamas, as he stands with israel. Tonight, hamas is rejecting the president s forceful remarks, calling them inflammatory words, aimed at escalating the conflict. I want to bring in now, republican senator Lindsey Graham, of south carolina, on this and really what was a historic moment for the entire world, it seems. Starting with the issue of iran, senator graham. The white house National Security adviser, jake sullivan, and that iran is complicit in a broad sense that the Intelligence Community has not assessed without a knew about the attack or helped a planet. But i wonder, do you think that it is plausible that the attack has been executed without support . Moran absolutely not. This was a coordinated land sea and air attack, that had been months in the making. There is no way in the world that this happened without iran knowing. If you know the relationship between iran and hamas, that is impossible to believe. I think the Wall Street Journal Report will prove to be correct, overtime. But, i have to put this in context. You have a lot of you on the show, that break your heart. Here is where israel finds itself. Its almost like world war ii, gaza has been radicalized by generations. I think we can do business with the palestinian authority, we cant do business with hamas. So, israel is going to have to go in, and dismantle hamas, like we took down the germans and the japanese. They are going to have to reoccupy the gaza strip, and build up a new generations that will be better for the palestinian people, and in gaza, and better for israel. It is going to take a destruction of hamas, like we destroyed the third reich, and a reoccupation, to get a new generation of people, who really do buy into peace. And as long as iran goes unchecked, nothing changes. You have said recently, and that the u. S. Should threaten iranian oil infrastructure, if the conflict in used to escalate. I want to be, clear are you calling for the u. S. To become directly involved, in this war with hamas . We are already directly involved, 14 americans are dead tonight. To their families, im sorry. But to the degree. That would be a just listen to me, they will be alive today, without iran building up hamas. Here is what im saying, i want to be very clear. If you kill the hostages, the hamas has hostages, americans and israeli hostages. They start killing those hostages, and if there is an attack by hezbollah in the north, creating two fronts for israel. What i would do is, i would bomb irans oil infrastructure. The money. Its time for this Terrorist State to be a price for financing yes if you are the iranians, if we were up to me, and this war escalates, im coming after you. I think this is what im trying to clarify here. I am wondering if us in the United States not want to be crystal clear, let me just i want you are saying, that you want the United States to bomb, iran even in the absence of direct evidence of their involvement in this attack . I guess if there is an escalation abby, if there are peoples throats being cut on television as israel goes in, and theyre threatening to kill the hospital it has been as unleashed in israel in the north it will be because iran is supporting that if you dont get the connection between iran and the Territory Body that you are missing this is a Terrorist State that has american blood on his its hands. It is now time to dismantle the Finance System of terrorism and yes, i have already done a joint military operation. I have told the of iranians today, that if the war you will be out of the oil business. I want to be clear still clear on that. And if we dont do that, what do you expect to happen in the future . Do we expect israel to forgive and forget . Biden didnt mention one word about iran today. And i want to support the president , i am supporting the saudi israel peace deal. Israel made peace with several arab cultures through the abraham accords. I want to help the palestinians that, we can do business w