Anderson Cooper & More Reporters Emotional On Live TV Over Israel-Hamas War

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00:00 (crying)

00:02 - Anderson Cooper is struggling to hold back his emotions

00:11 over the Israel-Hamas war.

00:13 The CNN anchor fought tears during a live broadcast

00:16 from Tel Aviv after the network's interview

00:19 with an Israeli woman pleading for her family's safety

00:22 as they remain held hostage.

00:24 - Help us, please.

00:29 I'm sorry, I'm so emotional.

00:32 - Anderson isn't the only news personality

00:39 getting choked up on air

00:40 while reporting on the harrowing story.

00:43 CBS Morning's Nora O'Donnell was visibly distraught

00:46 while telling Gayle King about the outpouring of support

00:49 for a 24-year-old who was killed at a music festival

00:52 in Israel during the Hamas attack.

00:54 - They went on social media and asked for 10 people

00:57 to come to the funeral.

00:58 That is the number required for any Jewish religious service.

01:02 It is called a minyan.

01:04 And this is what they got.

01:06 Instead of 10 people,

01:08 tens of thousands of Israelis responded

01:11 to share in the family's grief.

01:13 So that just gives you a sense, Gayle and Tony,

01:18 the outpouring of support here

01:21 and how much this has shaken the people of Israel.

01:24 - And Sky News Australia's Sherry Markson

01:27 delivered searing remarks when describing the horror

01:29 unfolding in the Middle East.

01:31 - There was no mercy shown.

01:38 As the elderly, the women, the children, the babies

01:46 were kidnapped, seized, and carted off by jeering men

01:51 away from the safety of their homes,

01:54 their loved ones, and their life as they knew it.

01:59 - Israel declared war on Hamas on October 7th

02:01 after the Palestinian militant group

02:03 launched terror attacks throughout the nation

02:05 with Hamas fighters abducting a reported 150 Israelis,

02:09 many of whom are civilians.

02:11 Israel has retaliated with airstrikes across the Gaza Strip.

02:15 As of October 12th, more than 1,000 people

02:17 have reportedly been killed on both sides.

02:20 I-24 correspondent Nicole Zidek's on-the-ground reporting

02:23 has gained global attention since the Hamas attack

02:26 with the young journalist breaking

02:27 some of the most horrific details

02:29 of the escalating conflict,

02:31 including unspeakable violence against children and babies.

02:35 And she has been taking social media followers

02:37 inside the destruction's aftermath.

02:40 - I'm here at Barzillai Medical Center in Ashkelon,

02:42 just the latest scene of one of the direct hits

02:45 of a rocket here targeting the Child Development Center.

02:49 Look at the glass.

02:50 Now, this is still a dangerous area for us to be in,

02:53 but over there, you can still see

02:55 some of the children's toys, children's play areas.

02:59 Line in the hospital is now, it's covered in glass,

03:02 the debris everywhere.

03:03 - Nicole defended her reporting amid skepticism,

03:06 sharing on Instagram why she and her colleagues

03:08 feel a duty to deliver their firsthand experience

03:11 despite the dangerous surroundings

03:13 with her latest post reading,

03:15 "When I say the community still smells like death,

03:17 "this is what I mean.

03:19 "Journalists don't want to stand

03:20 "mere feet away from devastation,

03:22 "but we do it to inform the public

03:23 "on what's really happening on the ground.

03:26 "This is the reality in Southern Israel.

03:28 "Don't look away because I had to see it with my own eyes."

03:31 (gentle music)

03:33 (gentle music)

03:37 (upbeat music)

03:39 (upbeat music)

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