Tug of War: Attack on Israel

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🗓️ 13 October 2023

⏱️ 17 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 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: what you’ll hear in this episode is disturbing. With each passing day, the true brutality of Hamas’ attack on Israel is coming into sharper focus. At the same time, Israel says their troops carried out raids in Gaza, while pounding the enclave with airstrikes and shutting off all water and power to the region. In this episode, CNN Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward tells us stories of grief and strength out of the Be’eri kibbutz, which bore the brunt of Hamas’ attacks. One resident felt “relief,” after learning of his daughter’s death. 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 Rhine. 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.
0:13.8	Each episode I talked to a CNN reporter
0:16.2	who was on the ground in Israel.
0:18.4	I think it's been really helpful to get their perspective
0:21.2	on what they're seeing up close and how it fits into the bigger picture.
0:25.6	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 updates.
0:35.2	All right, here is tug of war. again.
0:48.0	This is the sound of mass exodus.
1:00.0	Early Friday morning, Israel's military told over 1 million people in Northern Gaza to evacuate to the south. They dropped flyers from the sky to spread the message.
1:04.0	Hamas said residents should ignore those orders, but people did start moving.
1:10.0	However, the United Nations said such an evacuation would be impossible without humanitarian consequences.
1:17.0	Remember in Gaza, over 2 million people are packed into just 140 square miles.
1:24.0	And then, a few hours later,
1:26.0	we learned that the Israel Defense Forces did indeed
1:29.0	send a limited amount of troops
1:31.0	into the Gaza Strip to search for hostages. As we record this, it's not clear if they found any.
1:37.0	Meanwhile, this is the sound of rage.
1:45.0	From the Middle East, in places like Jordan and Iraq to the U.S.
1:50.0	Thousands gathered on Friday. in places like Jordan and Iraq to the U.S.
1:53.2	Thousands gathered on Friday to show their support for Palestinians
1:57.2	amid devastating Israeli airstrikes on Gaza.
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