♪ this is "nightline." >> tonight -- tensions rising. the alarming surge of hate on college campuses. >> he bashes a megaphone onto my nose and it instantly breaks. >> it's incredibly scary right now on college campuses. >> >> byron: as the war intensifies between israel and hamas, a massive air strike hitting a gaza refugee camp today. the new warning for americans.

>> we've responded to an increase in threats against jewish, muslim, and arab american communities. >> byron: the worst-case scenario as a chicago mother grieves the vicious murder of her 6-year-old boy. >> i will pray for peace. >> byron: plus -- ♪ let it flow ♪ >> byron: king callaway, the band famous for harmony-heavy songs like "let it flow" once pegged as a country one direction. >> i don't think we were ever trying to be a boy band. >> byron: mentored by legends like garth brooks and zac brown, the surprising origin of one of the band mads. "the exorcist," celebrating the 50th anniversary of the horror classic on this scary night. the first officially sanctioned sequel now on the big screen. one of the original stars, ellen burstyn, and newcomer leslie odom junior. is it still possessing audiences?

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>> reporter: fear and panic as a massive deadly blast pummels the gaza strip. an israeli aircraft dropped six bombs on this densely populated refugee camp, killing more than 50 people. according to the hamas-run gaza interior and health ministries. at a nearby hospital, scenes of chaos. doctors treating victims on the floor, saying they received hundreds of patients, many injured, many dead. israel defense forces confirming they carried out the strikes, saying it killed a hamas leader. but declined to acknowledge the extent of civilian casualties. >> it is difficult to understand how many noncombatants were in the area, but the military objective, the strike here was to strike a significant military commander, that was achieved. >> reporter: it's the latest bloody assault in this new phase of the war. for five days now, israeli

forces have deepened the military incursion into gaza to root out hamas. israel striking hundreds of targets daily, forcing more than half of all gazans further south. >> right now the skies above are full of f-16s. it's -- it's truly -- oh! oh! it's -- it's truly frightening. this is 24/7. >> israel did not start this war. >> reporter: prime minister benjamin netanyahu yesterday said that israel will press on and rejected the growing calls for a cease-fire. >> calls for a cease-fire are calls for israel to surrender to hamas. to surrender to terrorism. to surrender to barbarism. that will not happen. >> reporter: but the tension in the region is already having ripple effects. videos circulating online show anti-semitic attacks on the rise

throughout europe. >> the levels of hatred, glorification of the murder of jews, just the broader spread of panic and fear is pretty disturbing. >> reporter: and here in the united states, stepped-up security at schools as concern grows over acts of hate. >> we have responded to an increase in threats against jewish, muslim, and arab american communities and institutions across the country. >> the message i want to get out right now is that it's truly incredibly scary right now on college campuses. >> reporter: the expanded ground operations by israeli forces began late last friday. flames lighting up the night sky. >> i think everybody is united that hamas can't be there. we can't even leave a remnant of hamas to go back. >> reporter: israel imposing a widespread communications blackout in gaza for more than 24 hours. >> i felt like we were disconnected from the world. honestly, it's a terrible thing.

we have gone back 15 years. >> reporter: israeli officials say one of the main goals in this ground operation is to find and free the more than 230 hostages being held by hamas. in fact, at least one israeli soldier -- private ori megidish -- has been rescued as a result of the incursion. video shared by the israeli government captured the 19-year-old's tearful reunion with her grandmother. but the humanitarian crisis in gaza growing more dire, and basic needs are quickly becoming scarce resources. >> no internet, no water, no food, we are dying. slow. slowly. that's it. >> reporter: roughly 1,000 americans and their families are still stuck in gaza,

the city of rafah at the egyptian border with his wife and 1-year-old son. >> we're staying hopeful that tonight will be another safe night for us. at this point, we don't care much about how intense the bombing is, as long as we come out alive in the morning. >> reporter: all this driving tension. the fbi director today warning that the conflict between israel and gaza makes the united states more vulnerable. >> the ongoing war in the middle east has raised the threat of an attack against americans in the united states to a whole other level. >> each one of these dots has a series of incidents underneath them that speaks to the broader activity that we're tracking. >> reporter: oren segal of the anti-defamation league tracking the domestic fallout from the war overseas. >> so what this map shows is incidents of anti-semitism that we have documented since october

7th. vandalism, harassment, assault. there's been a nearly 400% increase in anti-semitic incidents reported to us. >> reporter: one of the places segal is focusing on, college campuses. videos capturing the tension going viral. tulane student dylan mann says he was protesting peacefully when he got caught in a scuffle between pro-palestinian and pro-israel supporters. >> hey, hey! >> it all happened so fast. he completely blind sides me. he bashes a megaphone onto my nose, and it instantly breaks. i was in complete shock. i remember i went deaf for a couple of seconds, no idea what was going on. >> reporter: on the day of the incident, tulane saying in a statement that the campus is secure and they condemn and are outraged by today's violence and the hateful language and rhetoric we heard. despite breaking his nose, mann

says the dem traition just motivates him to stand up for his community. >> i will keep advocating for israel in a peaceful way. college is the place where young people come and they learn and they grow their ideas. i think they should feel the most safe expressing those ideas. >> reporter: colleges in new york on heightened alert as well. from jewish students barricading themselves in the library at cooper union college to hide from pro-palestinian protesters, to cornell university where online threats over the weekend prompted an fbi investigation. >> there are police everywhere surrounding this building. >> reporter: cornell senior low yoen that maisa was terrified about she saw a post threatening to shoot up the school's kosher dining hall. >> it was an incredibly scary scene. especially that there are possibly people on my campus, poem people that i sit right

next to in class that truly believe this. >> reporter: cornell university releasing a statement saying in part, threats of violence are absolutely intolerable, and we will work to ensure that the person or people who posted them are punished to the full extent of the law. we will not tolerate anti-semitism at cornell. late tonight, the justice department releasing a statement saying cornell junior patrick dye has been charged with making threats to jewish students on campus. dye is expected to make an initial court appearance tomorrow. >> there is really ways to oppose the israeli government, to comment on things that they've done wrong and to go forward from there. i think what's been happening at cornell and across the world, though, is that it's actually targeting jews. and that's where the problem arises. >> when anti-semitism increases, all forms of hate increase. we know that in order to fight anti-semitism, you have to fight

anti-muslim bigotry. >> reporter: anan shahim knows full well the effects of bigotry. she and her 6-year-old son were stabbed by their landlord at their home in the suburbs of chicago. the 71-year-old suspect accused of attacking them because they were muslim and palestinian pleading not guilty to all charges, including two counts of committing a hate crime. her son stabbed 26 times, did not survive. >> yes, i will say a prayer for peace. >> reporter: shahin, alongside her attorney, speaking in exclusive interview with my colleague, alex perez. >> he loved kisses and hugs. he cannot say bye-bye without sending kiss. he loved to share his love. he love all people. >> reporter: wadiya laid to rest earlier this month, his loved ones trying to make sense of the senseless.

>> we live in a country called usa. we're not in war. and we're not bringing war here too. >> byron: our thanks to stephanie. up next, king callaway. the country band known for hits like "let it flow." how faith shaped their journey and muzzic. ♪ let it flow ♪ ♪ let it flow ♪ i told myself i was ok with my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis symptoms. with my psoriatic arthritis symptoms. but just ok isn't ok. and i was done settling. if you still have symptoms after a tnf blocker like humira or enbrel, rinvoq is different and may help. rinvoq is a once-daily pill that can dramatically relieve ra and psa symptoms, including fatigue for some. it can stop joint damage. and in psa,

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>> byron: we're back with king callaway, a country act who may have just released their sophomore album, but no stranger to performing with legends having already opened for the likes of garth brooks and currently on tour with zac brown band. we have two of the king callaway members, caleb miller and simon dumas. welcome to the show you were compared to the eagles meet one direction, country's boy band, right? >> yeah. >> byron: did that work for you? >> i don't think it was completely true to who we are. we love harmony-based groups but i don't think we were trying to be a boy band. >> byron: "tennessee's waiting" is your new album. you're not from tennessee. you're from ohio, you're from abroad, gibraltar. is country music big in that part of the world? >> country music is growing in that part of the world. i was drawn to nashville for the storytelling, songwriting.

>> byron: speaking of storytelling is called "let it flow." we're going to play it for the audience? a minute, and we'll talk on the other side. ♪ yeah we sang along to the radio and we danced when the train went slow ♪ ♪ nothing better to do but fall in love and watch the old river flow ♪ ♪ nothing better to do but fall in love and watch the old river flow ♪ ♪ let it flow ♪ >> byron: i listen to the song, and i love it. talk about working on songs like that. >> we originally just had a version of it with my vocal on it. and it felt like it was really -- it just kind of needed something else to really bring out the emotions. we got in contact with haley withers, huge fans, "we'd love it if you could lay down your vocal on this song." it's about this couple who have shared memories from their past. maybe they're not in touch anymore. they kind of cross paths in this hometown. it all kind of comes back in a

flashback. >> byron: you guys are rising stars in your business. but you've already been mentored by huge names. how did that come about? >> yeah, i think we've been super lucky to have worked with some of our heroes already. we've played with steve miller last new year's eve, which was amazing. ♪ go on take the money and run ♪ >> we've been working with zac brown. getting to have our heroes as mentors, we've learned a lot. >> byron: musicianship matters to you. as opposed to just being good-looking guys who have nice voices, that you are musicians, right? >> yeah, i think so. i think we take that approach to everything. in songwriting, in a live show. we really like to be musicians first. i moved to nashville out of high school. i hadn't even graduated yet. >> i'm sure i'd you with your high school diploma. >> doing homework on the bus, it was crazy. >> byron: what gave you the confidence or whatever the word is to do that? >> a supportive family and the

people around me really believing in it. >> byron: speaking of belief, i understand you almost became a missio missionary? >> yeah, i came out of college, and i just really felt like i wanted to do this catholic missionary work. i would basically be working on a campus in the states. >> byron: brother, you're in a country band. that means you travel the country. you're in all kinds of odd places where missionaries don't usually hang out. >> that was part of the journey for me was being able to say, i'm not going to do it in this formal setting but in whatever small ways i cannery it does help. one of our first conversations was about our shared love of god. i feel like it's helped us in the journey. >> byron: what's the dream for you guys down the road? >> we love music. we just get the chance to play music for a living, you can't really ask for more. it's pretty amazing. >> byron: simon dumas, caleb taylor, thank you so much. catch "from the fire" fall this

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♪ >> byron: finally tonight, in honor of halloween, a look back at the ultimate scary movie, "the exorcist." now back for more chills and screams. >> well, then, let's introduce ourselves. i'm damian carers. >> and i'm the devil. >> byron: 50 years ago, one of the most terrifying horror films in history landed on screens,

shocking audiences around the world. >> make it stop! >> it was a cultural phenomenon, a box office smash. you had people lining up around the block to see this film. >> byron: "the exorcist" corrected by william friedkin changed the genre, becoming the first horror movie ever won for best picture. it won for best adapted screenplay in 1974. >> the winner is "the exorcist." >> byron: finally, a new chapter. first officially sanctioned sequel, "the exorcist: believer" was released earlier this month. >> the body and the blood! >> byron: i sat down with director david gordon green. those of us who saw the original in 1973, will we still like this movie? >> we're trying to find a way with this film to navigate the sensibility of a horror genre that's evolved over the last 50 years and make sure this is a

movie you don't necessarily have to have seen the original film to enjoy our narrative. >> reporter: the sequel produced by blumhouse, synonymous with horror from "the paranormal" movies to the "halloween" trilogy. >> the celebration of things that are gross and weird and unusual and people who are kind of outside the system, and horror stands for all that stuff. >> byron: for the first time since the 1973 film, oscar-winning actress ellen burstyn reprises her role as chris mcneil, the mother forever scarred by the demonic possession of her daughter, reagan. elin burstyn, who turned down opportunities to appear in other "exorcist" remakes, she's all-in for this project? >> ellen became my guru. she was who i turned to in moments of creative crisis, what should i do next? creating this evolution for her character took a degree of trust. >> where's the other girl? >> taken care of at home.

>> that's not a good idea. >> byron: acting alongside the original star is newcomer leslie odom jr. of "hamilton" fame stepping into the horror genre for the first time. my colleague, ashan singh, sat down with him last year. >> i've been such a fan of the genre and of blumhouse. very specifically. being drewintroduced to this fi that at one point had people fainting and hauled out of the theater by paramedics -- you know, it's got such a mythology around the film. >> byron: "exorcist" believer" is now in theeters and is said to be the first film in a planned trilogy of sequels. that's "nightline" for this eing. catch full episodes on hulu. see you back here sim time tomorrow. thanks for the company, america. good night.