our plan is to take a left turn at this gas station and head towards sderot.e get to this intersection and we see an ambulance on the side of the road. we figure let's jump out and do some reporting on the constant flow of civilians being loaded into ambulances here along the gaza border. people are using their personal cars to drop off their loved ones. and so we start to piece together what's happening and we have a decision to make. do we stay at the intersection and report or do we go with the initial plan? if one person on the team feels not good about it, the whole team doesn't go. i made a decision for us to stay put. i don't know why i made that decision at that moment, but i'm glad that i did because had we driven just one intersection further, we would have driven directly into a hamas ambush at this road where hamas had ambushed civilians. and had we continued driving, we would have driven directly into the ambush. you know, i keep thinking what would happen to us if we didn't stop, because otherwise we would be down in sderot when the massacre was

i keep remembering, john, an interview i did here a year ago with the mayor of sderot, alon davidi.lways borne the brunt of rockets from gaza for many years because it lies so close to the gaza border. and when i said to him how will this war — that will be the fifth gaza war, and you and i have covered many of them — how will this one be any different in resolving these issues? and he said because this time, when americans and british leaders call us up and say, "stop the war. "you're killing too many people." we're going to say, "no, no, we're not stopping." prime minister netanyahu keeps saying that his mandate he has as prime minister of israel, hisjob is to keep israelis safe, and the only way to do that is to destroy hamas and to destroy what's known as iran's so—called axis of resistance and, most of all, its most important proxy, hezbollah in lebanon. for all of the tactical military successes of israel in recent weeks — and they have been spectacular — the strategic victory it wants — to make the region safer for israel — there are those who say that can only be achieved by

president isaac herzog will lead a memorial at daybreak in sderot, the closest israeli city to gaza, in rei'm in israel where a commemoration is taking place to remember the victims of the attack by hamas gunmen on the nova musicalfestival on the morning of october 7 exactly one year ago. earlier, they played the very last track that was played

president isaac herzog will lead a memorial at daybreak in sderot, the closest israeli city to gaza,o mark the moment it came under attack one year ago. this is the scene live in rei'm in israel where a commemoration is taking place to remember the victims of the attack by hamas gunmen on the nova musicalfestival on the morning of october 7 exactly one year ago. earlier, they played the very last track that was played that morning of october 7, before the music stopped. and at 6:29am local time the music stopped again — this time, to remember and mourn the victims. 364 people were killed at the festival and a0 others were taken hostage by hamas. that is the scene live in israel, marking the first of a number of commemorations and memorial ceremony that will take place throughout the day. friends and families of those who were killed or are indeed missing. speaking to other families there, sharing their memories of that day. we can speak to mitch aloe hannah, who was attending the nova festival when hamas government attacked. —— michal —— michathana. it —— michal ohana. it is good to

and in that one particular moment, we're outside of a police station in the southern city of sderot.s are pulling bodies from the rubble. and that moment illustrated a similar moment for so many israelis who went into the aftermath of this massacre, into these communities along the border, known as the i can be buts. and they witnessed horrific things that's part of what i chronicle in "black saturday." >> bret: you credit all of our teams that you have worked with all the crews and all of the different folks. one more. empathy for both sides. how can i report on such events in a way that makes people care and have empathy for both sides. israeli officials told me this wasn't about revenge but soldiers on the ground offensive had a different view. maybe it was age. maybe experience. either way this was war and war is ugly. it's important perspective and you give it well. >> bottom line here is black saturday is a book about humans. and it's a reminder to readers that two things can be true at once. the october 7th massacre was the worst slaughter of jews since the holocaust. israel's

it was an eerie feeling, being in the middle of sderot , watching the middle of sderot, watching the into sderot and other communities. and finally, we should add that with regard to hamas capabilities, it has been very significantly degraded. that is a big win for israel. but just this morning, another four rockets came from hamas. not many. most days there are no rockets from hamas. but clearly it was a symbolic gesture. but just four rockets came over the border into israel this morning. >> i just want to ask you about the british involvement and angles on all of this. we've got emily de—man picture on the front of a number of the papers. she's the british israeli hostage, and her mother has been speaking out saying, i need to see my daughter's face again. i need to see her smile. we also had a fourth plane departing from lebanon last night, 8:30, full of british citizens being organised by the british government, and the advice remains for citizens to leave the country as soon as possible and meanwhile there was a poll over the weekend, mark, about british support for the action

raising our voice for peace and reconciliation to save the children of gaza, to save the children of sderot the civilians. they are both civilians. they are both have nothing to do with the fighting. and they need to be in a safe place to live together. >> although there tragedies long preceded october 7, they both prove how long people have been working across that divide for peace that's all we have time for. don't forget. you can find all of our shows online as podcasts at cnn.com slash and on all other major platforms i'm christiane amanpour in london. thank you for watching and i'll see you again next week

raising our voice for peace and reconciliation to save the children of gaza, to save the children of sderot the civilians. they are both civilians. they are both have nothing to do with the fighting. and they need to be in a safe place to live together. >> although there tragedies long preceded october 7, they both prove how long people have been working across that divide for peace that's all we have time for. don't forget. you can find all of our shows online as podcasts at cnn.com slash and on all other major platforms i'm christiane amanpour in london. thank you for watching and i'll see you again next week >> thanks for joining me. i'm jim acosta in for fredricka whitfield. we are heading into the home stretch in the race to the white house the presidential election is now just about one month away, and both campaigns are pushing hard for those still undecided voters and critical that battleground states. and with voting states, polls of course, showed this race is still very much neck and neck, both vice president kamala harris, former president donald trump, are campaigning as some b