Brutal. Some of what youll see tonight is tough to watch, but it is for now, the most complete look at what took place that weve reported so far. It was 6 00 a. M. On saturday morning, october 7th. The sun was rising over southern israel. I was standing with a friend, and we looked together at the sunrise. I told her, look how beautiful she is. What a magical sunrise. What a magical day. Thousands of young people had been partying through the night at the super nova festival, a trans music rave. I made a video on my social of minutes before the attack. And the crowd goes crazy raving. I have been at a lot of festivals. One of the best ones. So, before the attack. After analyzing dozens of videos. They started shooting us. And interviewing survivors, cnn has been able to piece together how the hamas Terror Attack unfolded, 70 miles south of tel aviv near raim about 3. 3 miles near israels border with g gaza. Festival organizers had been setting it up for days. Usually Dance Festivals yo
Terror attack on israel was at the Supernova Festival, a dance party just 3. 3 miles away from the border with gaza. More than 3,000, mostly young people, had gathered in an open field. It became a killing field. The site of the single biggest loss of civilian life in israels history. Over the course of about six hours terrorists killed more than 260 people there. Many were slaughtered at the site. Others were ambushed or hunted down as they tried to flee. We still dont know how many party goers were kidnapped and how many of those people may still be alive. Being held somewhere in gaza. Hamas has posted Hostage Videos online and desperate Family Members in israel have resorted to scrolling through jihadist videos searching for videos of their loved ones. Only now the story of what happened at the supernova Music Festival coming into focus. Using video from multiple sources and eyewitness accounts from survivors weve been able to document how coordinated this attack was and just how br
good to see you. i m yasmin vossoughian. we re following breaking. is a red sea showdown involving an american warship. missiles, drone attacks launched by an iranian-backed group. we re gonna tell you what happened here. it s committed forces expand their offensive south. an attack on the area that gaza residents were told to go to to be safe. the biden administration, meanwhile, pushing israel publicly to do more to protect civilians. as israel defense itself, it matters how. the united states is unequivocal, international humanitarian law must be respected. too many innocent palestinians have been killed. the white house also making clear today that they had no advanced warning of the hamas attack after hearing that they had the blueprint for the october 7th plan a year before it happened. we re also following other news, that donald trump is spinning himself as the defender of democracy, despite trying to overturn an election. the fallout from elon musk s profane mess
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ride broke down. well, the child lost it. he was on the ground screaming and crying when a ride worker laid down next to him and helped to calm him down. the child s mother thanked the magical people who helped make her son feel special in that moment. thanks for being with us for newsroom. i m george howell at the cnn center in atlanta. let s do it again. more news right after the break. stay with us. geico makes it easy to get help when you need it. with licensed agents available 24/7. it s not just easy. it s having-a-walrus-in-goal easy! roooaaaar! it s a walrus! ridiculous! yes! nice save, big guy! good job duncan! way to go! [chanting] it s not just easy. it s geico easy. oh, duncan. stay up. no sleepies.