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Introducing Tug of War: Attack on Israel

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🗓️ 11 October 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Israel has formally declared war on Hamas - and now the world will witness in real time a major military operation in Gaza. CNN’s new daily podcast, Tug of War: Attack on Israel, brings you daily updates from CNN reporters on what is happening and why it matters. Listen to the latest episode here and follow Tug of War wherever you get your podcasts.  Warning, this episode contains descriptions of violence. As the conflict enters the fifth day, Israel’s military continues to pound Gaza with airstrikes, while Israel forms an emergency government and war cabinet. In today’s episode, CNN's Hadas Gold explains what this move says about Israel’s military strategy, as fears of a regional conflict rise.  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

Hey, it's David Rind. You may have heard me on five things before. I wanted to drop in here to tell you about one of our other podcasts. It's called Tug of War. And over there, we're posting daily updates on the war in Israel.

0:14.5

Each episode I talked to a CNN reporter who was on the ground in Israel.

0:19.0

I think it's been really helpful to get their perspective on what they're seeing up close and how it fits into the bigger picture.

0:26.0

So we're going to play our latest episode right now, right here, so you can get a taste,

0:30.0

and just search tug-of-war wherever you listen and follow the show to get our daily

0:35.1

updates. All right here is tug of war.

0:39.7

It can be hard to stomach some of the images and stories coming out of Israel and

0:46.1

Gaza right now. It's really disturbing, but it's important to document what's

0:51.5

happening there. Even now, some of that terror is coming into

0:56.3

sharper focus.

1:00.7

According to the Israel Defense Forces, the death toll has risen past 1,200 in Israel, and the

1:06.8

Palestinian Ministry of Health says over a thousand people have been killed in Gaza.

1:12.3

On Wednesday, an Israeli government spokesperson said,

1:15.5

babies and toddlers were found in a southern Israeli kibbutz

1:18.9

over the weekend, with their heads decapitated.

1:22.6

Hamas

1:23.7

targeting children, but it's this kind of accusation

1:26.7

that has so many Jews around the world,

1:29.0

comparing this to historical acts of evil. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said as much on a call with U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday.

1:39.0

We were struck Saturday by an attack whose savagery I can say we have not seen since the Holocaust.

1:47.0

So what do Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders have in mind for a response. Today a look at how moves inside

1:55.4

Israeli Parliament could reverberate across the region. From CNN this is tug of

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