one will feel safe until hamas is gone. cnn, israel. thank you to nic robertson for the report. of course, stay with cnn for the latest on the ground in israel and what s happening in gaza. thank you for joining us tonight. i m caitlin collins in tel aviv. and i m alex in washington, have a good night. welcome to the whole story i m anderson cooper in tel aviv. the attack left 1400 people dead, more than 200 people have been held hostage according to the israeli officials. many more people are still unaccounted for. in response, israel began a bombing campaign according to the hamas control health ministry with more thousands dying so far. the story is complex. . its roroots go back toto t the formation of israel in 1948. there was a military wing that perpetrated the terror attack. we have the whole story from how they were formed, what their ideology is and how they have evolved over the decades. we want to warn you that some of the images you will see in the hour may
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
welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper in tel aviv. the october 7th attack by hamas, left at least 1,400 people dead, 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 health ministry, 4,000 have died so far. the story of hamas is complex. its roots date back to thehe formatioion of israel in 1948. it has many factions, including the so-called military wing that perpetrated the terror attack. sara sidner brings us the whole story on hamas, how they were warmed, what the ideology is and how they evolved over the decades. some of the images you 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 they will not resis
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.