Mass murder in Israel and anger in Washington.

Six days after the deadliest pogrom since the Holocaust, Israel is going on the attack,

and Gaza's civilians are in danger.

We will do to our enemies in the coming days when we will reverberate with them for generations.

Israel's leaders promised to eliminate the terror group Hamas entirely, but the question is how?

Hamas operates from neighborhoods to schools and mosques.

I was the guy that initially put the ISIS campaign together.

This is worse than what I saw with ISIS.

For now, the U.S. supports an overwhelming response.

Washington is united behind Israel, even as it fractures along many other lines.

Next.

This is Washington Week with the Atlantic.

Good evening and welcome to Washington Week.

It's been a tragic and terrible week.

Israel and Jewish communities around the world are reeling from an attack that saw babies murdered and grandmother's kidnapped.

Hamas is the target of a fearsome Israeli counteroffensive, but the group's weapons and command centers are located

in densely populated civilian neighborhoods, and as much as half of Gaza's population is under the age of 15.

So far, 1300 Israelis and more than 1800 Palestinians have been killed in addition to the 1500 Hamas terrorists killed inside Israel.

The U.S. Europe and much of the world, in fact, is aligned with Israel, but how long will that unity last?

What happens next will test President Biden among others in ways he's never been tested before.

Here to discuss with me are David Ignatius, the global opinions columnist at the Washington Post.

Susan Glasser, staff writer for The New Yorker.

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