they re the targets of more than 60% of religious hate crimes reported in this country. since october, jewish day schools have closed or had to hire extra security. synagogues have gone into lockdown and college campuses in particular have seen a surge in antisemitic incidents including assaults. over the next hour, dana bash explores the roots of antisemitism in america and how they ve spread. you ll hear from some on how they ve started higding their jewish identity in public out of fear for their safety. sunday, october 29th in southern russia. barely three weeks after the october 7th attack on israel by hamas. deadliest day for jews since the h holocaust. an angry mob rushed a plane that jujust arrrrived in tel aviv.. theyey were e hunting fofor jew. they weweren t sayiying give israelis, which would have been terrible anyway. that was playing all over antisemitism. she s the u.s. state department s s special envoy to monitor r antitisemitism. she was sworn in in 20
welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper in tel aviv. as we ve seen this weekend israel s war with hamas has entered a new phase. what that means for the more than 200 people held hostage in gaza is unclear. most hostages were taken on october 7th from israeli communities or kibbutz close to the gaza border. on a kibbutz it is estimated a quarter of the 400 or so people who lived there were either killed or captured. the whole story of what happened is only now really coming to light. tonight we want you to meet those who survived the attack and are now fighting for answers about what happened to their missing loved ones and neighbors. this was the nir oz kibbutz before october 7. nir oz has huge and beautiful fields all around it. many are potatoes with some peanuts and carrots and many other crops. it s like you walk without shoes with your dogs. it s one of the places you could still come and hear the birds singing. it was a tightly knit community of som
hello and welcome to all our viewers in the united states, canada and around the world. i m rosemary church with cnn s continuing coverage of the israeli/hamas war. cnn is just now getting israeli reaction to a deadly blast at the refugee camp in gaza. more than 24 hours after we first reported it. in a moment we will speak with a person of the israel defense forces. nada bashyr gives us details of what happened by those that lived through it. a warning, her reporting contains graphic images. reporter: at this hospital in central gaza, another day of seemingly unending horror. bodies, some tiny, arriving in the dozens. no one is spared the devastation of this war. this journalist, seen here at the gaza hospital, not to report on the attack, but to identify the children amongst the dead. translator: i saw my son. my daughter and my sons. i saw my three siblings killed. friends at my house, all killed. reporter: hospital officials tell cnn this latest disaster was caused