I don't know if you can hear now, there's silence blurring again.

There was an interception now just ahead, entering the staircase, which is one of the places

you're supposed to go, uh, doing up, there's an interception overhead, there's another

one.

Our colleague Dove Lieber is in Tel Aviv.

The interceptions he's talking about, those booms you're hearing, is the sound of Israel

shooting down rockets that are coming from Gaza.

How are you?

I've been better, Kate, I'll be honest with you.

These are dark times here, very, very, very dark times.

We've seen some of the, I mean perhaps, the grimest images ever in this area, in this country

for sure, and it's a very dark time and even worse, potentially far worse things are to

come.

Early Saturday, Hamas, the militant group that controls the Gaza Strip, began an assault

on Israel.

Hundreds of fighters streamed across the border, killing around 900 Israelis and taking dozens

of hostages.

Israel immediately declared war on Hamas, shut down the border with Gaza and began airstrikes

on the Palestinian territory.

In Gaza, more than 800 people have been killed, and Israel is now preparing for a ground

invasion.

What would you say is the significance of this moment that we're in?

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