covering the unspeakably brutal attack on israel by hamas and now the wider war, among the best and bravest in the business. they ve seen and devastation for decades, and yet some of them have choked up at having to report the absolutely gruesome details of the atrocities carried out by the hamas terrorists. my fox news colleague trey yingst. reporter: you see scenes of parents showing up to sorry. it s difficult. yeah. reporter: parents showing up to give hair of their kids to the authorities to see if they can match the dna to the bodies. just horrific. howard: anderson cooper, after a woman described the kidnapping of family members. i m sorry i m so emotional. howard: cnn s nick robertson on talking to an israeli military official. reporter: and i asked him how are you going to get these hostages back. all right. nick robertson, thank you. reporter: and what he told me was go ahead, nick. reporter: i m sorry, abby. and how he k he toll me that they w
i m ali velshi. we are following to breaking news out of israel. prime minister benjamin and yahoo has declared that israel isn t a state of war after what is being called the worst attack on the country in 50 years overnight the palestinian group, hamas, which controls gaza, launched an all out assault by land, air, and see. israel senate responded by air striking at least 21 targets in gaza. the israeli ministry saying they infiltrated the israeli border by both land and sea. it ll be very interesting when we describe that happen. gaza base fires fired more than 2200 rockets into israel. across the country. israeli officials say at least 40 officials have been killed, hundreds more injured. the gaza health ministry says 198 palestinians have been killed, 1600 injured. both hamas and the militant group palestinian islamic jihad claimed they have captured it soldiers inside of israel. according to media reports, hamas fired a second barrage of attacks toward israel following