Shock, trauma, and the agony of uncertainty

Amanpour

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Israel has been rocked to its core by Hamas’ brutal surprise attack. At least 1,000 people have been killed in Israel since the start of the Hamas assault, Meantime the Palestinian Health Ministry says the death toll in Gaza is now more than 800, with more than 4,000 injured. The fighting continues to rage on, with the UN calling the latest developments "bone-chilling." Ehud Barak was Israel’s prime minister from 1999 to 2001. Before that he was Israel’s defense minister for nearly six years. Barak tells Christiane why the Hamas attack was “the most severe blow” in Israel’s “entire existence.” Also on today's show: Abbey Onn, a relative of five of the Israeli's being held hostage; Khamis Elessi, a doctor in Gaza; Imran Ahmed, CEO, Center for Countering Digital Hate; John Kirby, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communication 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	The So, I'm Raheel Solomon in New York and this is CNN.
0:45.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur.
0:50.0	Here's what's coming up.
0:55.0	As Hamas launches more rockets into Israel and Israel pounds guards with airstrikes, U.S. President Joe Biden will
1:05.2	make public remarks on the crisis and will bring you that as it happens.
1:09.2	And I'll get the latest U.S. military maneuvers from the national security spokesman John Kirby.
1:14.7	Then I speak to an American Israeli who says five family members have been kidnapped by Hamas,
1:20.4	most of them children or elderly.
1:23.0	Also ahead, the former Israeli Prime Minister and Army General Eh Hood Barat on what a war
1:28.2	will look like.
1:29.6	And later in the program, the latest from inside Gaza with a doctor working in the city under siege.
1:35.9	Plus, social media is letting the world see these atrocities in real time.
1:40.9	Harry Streinovasan discusses the impact with Imran Ahmad, the CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate. Oh, Welcome to the program everyone I'm Christina Montpur in London.
2:11.0	Shock trauma and the agony of uncertainty as Israel unleashes revenge on Hamas.
2:16.5	The fate of more than a hundred hostages snatched on Saturday is still as unclear as ever.
2:22.3	In Tel Aviv today today American families of missing
2:24.9	loved ones spoke to the reporters about their living nightmare.
2:30.7	There were two texts in a row from Hirsch at 811. The first one said, I love you. And immediately at 811 also it it said I'm sorry and so I knew immediately wherever he was it was a
2:50.3	terrible situation I took it to mean I love you and I'm sorry because
2:54.9	whatever is going to happen is going to cause you a tremendous pain and worry.
2:58.8	We're waiting for Sagi to come home. We do not know what fate he met. It is our hope, which is a bit
3:09.6	ridiculous at this stage to say that the optimistic scenario is that she's held hostage in Gaza
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