is an ininvasion whihich may ma hamas s more populular. nothihing would b be a greae setback toto hamas thahan after this an israeli-saudi normalization. that is the strategic prize for israel. diplomatic and political progress in the middle east hahe often comeme in the afaftermath wars. when i was a young reporter it would have been very difficult to imagine that the spanish government and bask extremists could sit down together and work things out. that happened. it would have been very difficult to imagine n northern irelanand beining at peacece. and that h happened. i have thihis little rayay of h that it has happened elsewhere in the world. maybe somehow that can happen in gaza as well. in the days and weeks ahead there is so much at stake here and cnn will be here to cover it all. thanks for watching the whole story. i ll see you next sunday. [music playing] anderson cooper: welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper in tel aviv. one of the worst scenes