Hamas' Unprecedented Attack on Israel

Fareed Zakaria GPS

CNN

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🗓️ 8 October 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Today's show covers the unprecedented attack on Israel by Hamas and Israel's subsequent retaliation on Gaza. First, Fareed talks with CNN reporter Nic Robertson, who gives a live update of the situation on the ground from Sderot, Israel. Next, he speaks to former Israeli Justice Minister and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, then former Palestinian Minister of Information Mustafa Barghouti. Fareed also speaks with Naftali Bennett, the former Israeli Prime Minister, about the brutality taking place against Israeli citizens as well as the intelligence failure that allowed an attack of this magnitude to take place. Plus, Fareed asks NYT columnist and former Jerusalem bureau chief Tom Friedman about the implications of this attack for the Israeli government, the broader Middle East region, and beyond. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is GPS, the global public square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.
0:06.3	I'm Farid Zakaria, coming to you live from New York.
0:09.7	Today on the program, the Israeli security cabinet has just officially declared a state of war
0:17.1	after yesterday morning stunning surprise attack by Hamas.
0:21.3	More than 500 Israelis have died in the assault with thousands wounded.
0:26.5	The death toll on the Palestinian side has surpassed 300 as Israel retaliates against Gaza.
0:33.5	The IDF says its goal is to control all of the Gaza Strip and to quote kill all the terrorists
0:39.9	in our territory. I'll talk to former Israeli foreign minister Zippy Livney,
0:46.1	former Palestinian Minister of Information Mustafa Barguiti and former Israeli Prime Minister
0:52.4	Naftali Bennett about what has happened so far and what comes next.
0:58.0	Also, Tom Friedman, one time New York Times Jerusalem bureau chief, will help us look at the big
1:04.8	picture of today's Middle East. Let's go straight to CNN's international diplomatic editor,
1:14.5	Nick Robertson, who is on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza near the northeast corner of
1:20.1	the Gaza Strip. He is in the town of Stereot where the police station was liberated by Israeli
1:26.4	forces in recent hours after having been taken over by Hamas militants. Nick, Prime Minister Netanyahu
1:35.3	vowed a mighty vengeance. Are you seeing that translate on the ground as Israel begins its retaliation?
1:43.9	I think we're beginning to see the precursor of what it will take to begin to put in place
1:48.9	the plans for a mighty vengeance. Getting control of the area that the Hamas militants took control
1:55.3	of yesterday, this town Stereot, you see the police station, you see how heavily damaged it is,
1:59.9	there was an outbreak of gunfire just around the corner from here that we could hear a few minutes
2:04.6	ago. There were intercepts of INDO missile shooting over our heads at more rockets coming out of
2:10.4	Israel. So securing the area around Gaza where there is still a high intensity operation onto
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