STEPHANOPOULOS: But, Steve, what makes that even more complicated, it appears that that Israeli hostages are being held inside Gaza right now. The phase two, when Israel has to go into Gaza, will be much bloodier for Israel. And so this phase one will be much less bloody. Think about Fallujah or Bakhmut or even when Israel went into Beirut. But Hamas knew this and so Hamas has likely beefed up its internal defenses because urban warfare is particularly horrible. STEVE GANYARD (RET.), ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR: Yes, Netanyahu is going to have to go into Gaza. All but certain to go into Gaza with ground forces?ĬOL. STEPHANOPOULOS: We’ve only seen the beginning so far of the Israeli response. Netanyahu's going to have to go into Gaza. All but certain to go into Gaza with ground forces? STEPHANOPOULOS: We've only seen the beginning so far of the Israeli response. So, very different kind of failure, but a failure that is inexcusable nonetheless. This is Hamas and Hamas working in small groups using personal, encrypted communications, infiltrating into Israel. It was nation states, Israel, Egypt, and it was force on force. The '73 war was the only other war that - where they had this sort of failure. And certainly complacency was part of this huge intelligence failure.īut there's also a deeper systemic failures that the Israelis will have to figure out. STEVE GANYARD (RET.), FORMER MARINE CORPS FIGHTER PILOT: Yes, and, George, there's a saying, complacency kills. Steve, the big question, how could this happen? What a massive intelligence failure.ĬOL. Let's bring in our military analyst, Steve Ganyard. STEPHANOPOULOS: OK, James Longman, thanks very much. They want a resolution quickly, but that doesn't happen overnight anywhere in this region and certainly won't in this situation. Shock, sadness, complete desperation, really, seeing the image of these women and elderly people being transported on motorbikes and in cars over into Gaza. There's a level of – of kind of resolution that Israelis have come sadly to expect, terror incidents in their country. I mean I've been to this country already this year, just four times, for various different terrorist attacks and incidents.

LONGMAN: Yes, George, it's extraordinary. Some even calling this worse than the attack in 1973, the start of the Yom Kippur War. STEPHANOPOULOS: And, James, you talk about the shock right there. And so there is deep concern about regional security.īut make no mistake, this is the beginning of Israel's wider response. Yes, we've seen air strikes overnight, as many as 250 Palestinians dead, but will Israel send in ground troops? We've seen them amassing on the border with Gaza.Īnd what will that do to the region? We've already heard this morning of an altercation between Hezbollah and Israel from Lebanon. And that is going to further complicate Israel's response. Hamas says they've taken dozens of hostages, men, women, children, and the elderly.

Hostage situations are also ongoing both here in Israel and in the Gaza Strip. We now understand at least 500 Israelis have been killed and as many as 2,000 injured. The images are truly shocking, taking people by surprise, killing them on the spot where they found them. Instead, this is a country at war because the fighting is continuing in six locations along the border with Gaza where Hamas militants infiltrated into Israeli territory. This just does not happen in an area like this. Cars all along the street completely destroyed as well. You can see this building, entirely destroyed. I'm at a strike site in central Tel Aviv. JAMES LONGMAN, ABC NEWS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, good morning, George. Foreign correspondent James Longman starts us off from Tel Aviv. The shockwaves are spreading across the region and the world. Overnight, Israel launched air attacks on Gaza. And Prime Minister Netanyahu’s promises that Israel will retaliate with a might and scale the enemy has not yet known. It's being called a 9/11 moment for Israel.

It came by land, sea, and air, with paragliders, speedboats, motorcycles and rockets. Nearly 50 years to the day that Israeli was shocked by a surprise attack from Egypt and Syria that launched the Yom Kippur War. It began with a surprise attack from Hamas. STEPHANOPOULOS: Good morning and welcome to THIS WEEK.Īll-out war has broken out in the Middle East and all signs now point to a long and bloody war. STEPHANOPOULOS: Two months after the west Maui fires, Mola Lenghi reports on the return of tourists, and the Lahaina residents pushing back.ĪNNOUNCER: From ABC News, it’s THIS WEEK. PAELE KIAKONA, LAHAINA FIRE SURVIVOR: While the ashes may have settled, our hearts still ache.

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