Tonight. According to hamas ben goirn airport, one of those Rocket Strikes hit a building in ash and that is a city that is used to seeing Rocket Attacks. Its become a way of life there. People have very hardened shelters. There are hardened daycares where children go that are hardened against Rocket Attacks. But its attacks on the ground that made what happened here so extraordinary. And attacks by air, paragliders, and by sea as well. It was a Multipronged Attack for at least saturday morning. Fighting still said to be going on on the ground, still insecure on the ground. Clarissa ward is not far from the scene. Clarissa, explain what the situation is and has been. Reporter well, i would say for the first time in three hours, anderson, the skies are relatively quiet. But it has been nonstop. We have heard jets wailing over head. We have seen a series of large flashes coming from that direction. Thats the gaza strip. Also talking to colleagues inside gaza, it appears there has just been a massive amount of activity there, a number of different strikes, according to the idf. On top of that, when we arrived here, we heard a barrage of rockets, a significant barrage, i should add. We saw the iron dome was activated. Most of those were intercepted. Two, at least, however, did make direct hits, one at a bus stop, another at a building and a residential building not too far from here. And you really have the sense, anderson, that the tempo is just continuing to ratchet up more and more. There are still squirmishes going on along the border, as Israeli Forces try to push out hamas fighters who have been able to infiltrate. There is a huge amount of armor and personnel, Israeli Military personnel, that is being moved into place close to that border. And a lot of Question Marks as to what the next step is in terms of trying to secure the release of those hostages. We dont know how many there are, but we know that their situation is quite keclearly desperate from the videos we have seen of them being paraded around, of them being humiliated. And still no clear answer as to how they will be safely returned, anderson. Clarissa, all of us here have reported for decades from this region, from this country, reported on this conflict. I have since the early 90s or mid 90s. What is different about this here now from your eyes . Reporter well, i think in terms of the scale of the loss of life on the israeli side, this is unprecedented, certainly in recent history or the last couple of decades i cant remember anything like this. Also the sheer number of hamas fighters who were able to infiltrate the extraordinary chilling images of people coming in, paragliding by air, by land, by sea. The images, as well, of civilians being pulled from their cars, being stabbed, being shot, being kidnapped, forcibly taken to The Other Side of the border. It just, sort of, comes together in this picture that is stunningly shocking and deeply disturbing. I think israeli people that ive spoken to certainly understand that this is, kind of, a seismic moment and that things will never be quite the same. But no one yet knows exactly what lies ahead or how this begins to resolve itself, if indeed it does in any way. Weve heard israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu saying, this is going to be a long war. It is going to be a tough war, anderson. And clarissa ward, thank you. We still dont know the total number of people who have been kidnapped, who have been seized. Elderly men, women, children, and are now currently being held somewhere in gaza in tunnels, in apartments, in bunkers. We dont know where they are. We are getting more accounts of the people who have been taken hostage, especially from that nova Music Festival, where thousands of young people had gathered to dance, a celebration of peace. It was supposed to it was billed as it became a slaughter house, more than 260, according to israeli officials, were murdered there. Many hostages were seized from that area. Weve shown you some previous video tonight. Were now showing this, with the familys permission. This is video we are just getting out. Hamas put it out as propaganda, but the family thinks it is important for you to see. This is a man named el khanna this is video of him in captivity, along with others we do not know and whose images we are not showing you. Joining us now is el khannas brother. U your im so sorry were talking about these circumstances. How did you find out your brother had been abducted . So, i recall all of his pranks that go to this Music Festival. Everybody was not available. I try and try and try and keep trying until someone answered me, he was home already. He actually left early, because the first attack was 10 or 15 minutes away. And then when he answered me, he just told me, i just saw your brother on the video. This video coming from The Other Side, from gaza side. And i told them that i cant believe i thought he was just playing with me and laughing with me. And he just send me the video. And from then until now, im in shock. I dont know what to do. We dont have any piece of information after that video. And you can see on his face how much hes scared. And you can see on his face that they hit him on his face. Its terrible. Im speechless. Sorry. But i didnt want to share this story to the world and ask to join me, to bring my brother back home as soon as possible. I know you are coming to israel. Have you has the family been contacted by israeli authorities . Do you have any more information about his whereabouts or his condition . There is no certain information right now. And actually there is still misinformation about other people that got kidnapped. So, we dont know their situation. But the moment that we saw the video, were still waiting to the government to respond of, like, whats going to be our plan and how were going to strategize to bring him back home. Were still helpless, waiting for any kind of help from the government. But we dont receive it right now. And i assume you have family here on the ground. How are they holding up . I know youre coming back here to be with them. Yeah. My parents, even cannot over the phone. Im sending all my friends and the big family to my parents house to be with my parents. And my brother. He has a wife and a three years old son. So, everybody in the same house together trying to hold each other. But its a situation that you dont know what to do. What do you want people to know about el khanna . He was a guy that would never leave someone behind him. This is one of the reason he got kidnapped, i believe, because he stays there with other people, probably, who got trapped or Something Like that. I know him very well. He stays to serve more people. And then probably catch him somehow, just took him to gaza. And he has a huge heart. Hes always helping people. He has an ice cream shop. Hes a very sly guy. This is the thing this is the thing. He loved life. He went to celebrate life. He has a family and a three years old kid, and he wanted to celebrate the holy day. And during that celebration of life, he got facing the most horrible attack that ever happened in the history of our country. People being slaughtered. Woman got raped. It was not normal. And im sure there is israel to stay there, others. Youre hearing about your story. And when we talk with other people, they tell us that he stayed there and took care of the people that got wounded and helped them to get to safety. And when he reached out to someone, he told them, im helping the other people right now to get to safety. And thats the situation that we are right now currently. So, we got a call for him about 6 30 israel time. We spoke around 10 minutes before 8 00 a. M. We told my mom he is given direction to the people where to go, what to do, hiding some people. And we told us that everything is going to be okay. No worries, no worries. But he dont know that we came from another side and another side. So many terrorists from hamas. Im sure well, im so sorry for what youre going through, your family is going through, and so many families here are going through. We wish you the best, and we will continue to be in touch with you. We will be hoping for the best. Thank you, guys, for having us. Thank you so much. Thank you for joining us. Joining me here in tel aviv, cnns Becky Anderson. I mean, it is unthinkable what these families are going through right now at this hour. You know, Everybody Knows about the history of hostage taking into gaza. Sometimes a soldier was held for years before finally being turned over and returned for more than 1,000, i think, palestinians. This is a situation that israel has not seen before. Its uncharted territory. And weve been saying that from the beginning of this. And we are now nearly 48 hours into this. But i dont think anybody could have imagined how this would, sort of, work its way out. I mean, hamas now saying they have over 100 hostages. And clearly for the Israeli Defense force, which is working out what it does next in order to try and get into gaza and get those hostages out, things are really, really difficult. Youve been reporting that this is a highly congested area, some 2 million people. And hamas have said that they have these hostages littered around the city in areas which the idf, frankly, will find very difficult to avoid if they go in. Any kind of Ground Operation in gaza, either to i dont think the israelis want to take over all of gaza. But any kind of Ground Operation, even without hostages, is incredibly difficult in the war in the streets and the entrenched nature of gaza. As the israelis try to avoid the civilian population. Tonight has been an interesting time. Over the last couple of hours, youll have heard the Thouuds A The Sounds of explosions. We now know there is an ongoing war just up the road from where we are at present. And those hostages are caught up in that, anderson. Its also extraordinary i, kind of, assumed when i flew in here 12, 15 hours ago or so, that the situation on the ground, the Security Situation, at least on israeli territory, in the Border Regions, would be more secured than it clearly is. Nic robertson spoke tonight who said there are a number of points along the border that people are still trying to cross over. Fighters are still attempting to get into israel. There are more than 20 of those, as we understand it, 20 areas that were breached in what is this incredibly, incredibly secured and fortified border normally on the part of the israelis. And we know there is still outgoing rockets being fired by hamas. What we heard earlier on today and what we saw with the Iron Dome Interception is just here over tel aviv, hamas says more rockets being fired at the airport, cwhich i flew into jus 24 hours ago. The u. S. And israelis saying that some 4,000 rockets have now been fired by hamas over this last 48 hours. And thats significantly more than the entire amount of rockets that were fired in the last war or conflict. The 2021, the 10day conflict. There were less rockets fired then than there have been in the past 24 hours. We know theres been a direct hit, as youve been reporting on a building. It is unfathomable what we are going through at present. Its an attack by land, by air, by sea. Becky anderson, thank you so much. A lot to learn over the next 24 hours. We have to take a quick break. Coming up, Fareed Zakaria joins us to look at the larger picture and the potential of this crisis to widen. Also an update on the Hostage Situation. Our live reporting from israel at war continues. The history of war in this country is a reflection of the deep routed, long standing bitter conflict in this country. That was wrapped up in the global conflict between the United States and the soviet union and more recently between the u. S. And iran. I want to get some perspective now from Fareed Zakaria, host of Fareed Zakaria gps. Fareed, as you watch what has taken place here over the last nearly 48 hours, what do you think the biggest Geopolitical Impact of this may be in the short term . In the short term, really it is a body blow to israel, in the sense israel was seen as the regions military superpower, stroejic superpower, and intelligence superpower. Particularly on the intelligence front, this is really a dramatic set back. People are comparing it to the 1973 yom kippur attack, which also took israel by surprise. I think this is, in some ways, bigger and more damaging. In 1973, the issue was israels Intelligence Service was not able to foresee there was planning going on in foreign capitals by foreign armys to attack israel. This is something that came out of gaza. Gaza is the place Israel Occupied for decades, still has tight security over, still maintains a very tight lock on. Boasting of the network of informants it has in the palestinian territories, both in gaza and the west bank. None of that seemed to matter. Hamas was able to launch a multistage, multipronged operation. They took the wall the israelis built, which some estimates costs A Billion Dollars to build a wall in gaza, and they bulldozed their way through it. All of that seems to suggest youre in for this is not going to come up right away. But there is going to be some introspection and reckoning that comes out of it. In 1973, the Labor Government that was in power didnt immediately naturally suffer any consequence. Everyone rallied around the flag. But it did break the strangle hold that the Labor Government had over power. Four years later, for the first time ever, a nonLabor Government came into power. I wonder, you know, whether once israel digests all this, whether theres going to be some domestic reckoning about all this, really extraordinary reversal. Theres also theres hezbollah in lebanon. I covered the fighting against hezbollah in 2006, which went on for quite a long time. If they got involved, if they chose to get involved, i dont know if thats they have funding from iran and others. What would happen to this conflict . Oh, it would absolutely escalate. And its interesting that hezbollah didnt jump right in to support it. But it has not jumped right in. And as you say, hezbollah is not just allied with iran. It is essentially an arm of iran. They will openly say that the Supreme Leader of hezbollah is the leader of the ayatollah in iran. Thats looking at a multifront war. And it is interesting that hezbollah has not done that yet. I dont know what to make of it. But youre absolutely right. Theres hezbollah. Theres also a kind of syrian dimension that could play out. Iran has its tentacles in many of these areas. With hamas, they have had a strong relationship. Theyve funded it on occasion. Theyve also broken with it. On syria, they broke with it in iran and hamas, its an Uneasy Alliance because iran is, after all, a shia power. Hamas is a radical sunni operation. That has not stopped them from collaborating in the past. The common enemy made them come together. But its not really as close as the tie between iran and hezbollah. At this point, what do you think a war against hamas actually looks like . I mean, is the end goal if the end goal is getting rid of hamas in gaza, is that even possible . That is a great question, anderson. And that is the question that they must be pondering in the Israeli Security cabinet because, look, the israelis have massive, overwhelming power. They can obliterate large parts of gaza. They can destroy a lot of the infrastructure. But to what end . What are they trying to accomplish . In the past certainly theyve destroyed a lot of buildings, and hamas just goes underground and comes back. Take over gaza again and rule it themselves. This is what they did one time in one of israels most battlehardened generals, ariel shahroam, do they go back in and do that . And if they dont do that, what can they do short of it to exercise the kind of control that would allow them to be sure this kind of attack wouldnt happen. After all, they thought they were doing exactly that, with the blockade, with the wall, with the Intelligence Services. So, youre exactly right. And add to that complication, anderson, the issue of hostages. Israel is admirably very, very concerned about the loss of israeli life. They really try their hardest not to, in any way, endanger the lives of israelis, particularly Israeli Citizens or idf soldiers. We dont exactly know how many, but there are a whole bunch of israeli hostages. Some say as many as 100. That complicates this response. Thats why i think netanyahu began with a very tough statement talking about mighty vengeance. And then he said this is going to be a long and difficult war and asked israelis to bear with him. I think that second statement is a closer reflection of reality. Well n gaza hamas is in control of gaza. There are plenty of People Living in gaza city who may not like hamas. But its not as if there are free and Fair Elections there routinely. Hamas is the power there. Theres Islamic Jihad operating there as well, but hamas is fully in control. Absolutely. There is no prospect. And there have been efforts to do other things. It just feels as though that would be a particularly now in a situation of war and siege, its impossible to imagine. There was plenty of evidence that people in gaza were very dissatisfied with their lot. But lets remember that their lot is in part because they are in this almost pris