it is early monday morning here in tel aviv. israel is at war with hamas. what we have seen over the last 45 hours or so since hamas launched a surprise attack on israel across multiple fronts on gaza, it s been nothing short of extraordinary and sickening. civilians have been taken hostage. people have been slaughtered where they stood. by a wave of attacks that took place early saturday morning. take a look at this video from just a few hours ago of rockets being intercepted by the country s iron dome system. this is video from just a few hours ago. some of those rockets did make it through and landed in a town. we ve also seen a barrage of rockets here in tel aviv. cnn crews have been hearing loud explosions in the suburbs and they re claiming they re targeting the airport just outside the city, which remained open when we thflew in. israel forces have been striking back, the beginning of what benjamin netanyahu warned today would be a long and difficult war. one of at lea
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