It's been over a month since October 7th when dozens of fighters for the group Hamas attacked Israel.

For Israelis, the attack which left at least 1,200 people dead and saw 242 people kidnapped

is one of the worst incidents of violence many there have seen.

Since then, the Israeli government, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has declared

war on Hamas.

Hamas will understand that by attacking us, they've made a mistake of historic proportions.

We will exact a price that will be remembered by them and Israel's other enemies

for decades to come.

In the month since that attack, Israeli strikes have resulted in the deaths of thousands of Palestinian civilians.

As of this broadcast, the death toll is estimated to be at least 11,000 people.

The United States government, along with the governments of several major world

powers, have pledged to support Israel's right to defend

itself.

But many, including the UN Secretary General and several humanitarian groups, have said the military

strikes have gone too far.

Last week both President Biden and Secretary of State Anthony Blinkin

rejected the idea of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas to end the fighting.

Here's Blinkin last week in Jordan.

It's our view that a ceasefire now would simply leave Hamas in place able to

regroup and repeat what it did on October 7th.

Though the Israeli government has agreed to military pauses

to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza,

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