PBS News Hour

October 8, 2023 - PBS News Weekend full episode

October 8, 2023 - PBS News Weekend full episode

Deaths mount as Israeli military retaliates against Hamas

3m 16s

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to destroy the ability of Hamas and Islamic Jihad to govern and carry out attacks, an effort he warns will be long and difficult as the death toll continues to climb on both sides. John Yang has more on the latest developments in the escalating conflict.

Previews + Extras

  • Israeli ambassador to U.S. shares reaction to Hamas attack: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Israeli ambassador to U.S. shares reaction to Hamas attack

    S2023 E292 - 5m 51s

    Saturday’s unprecedented attack by Hamas militants had a devastating effect on Israel, Israeli citizens and their leaders. John Yang speaks with Michael Herzog, Israeli ambassador to the United States, for his perspective on what happened and Israel’s response.

  • What the Palestine-Israel crisis means for the Middle East: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    What the Palestine-Israel crisis means for the Middle East

    S2023 E292 - 5m 47s

    For more analysis on the war in Israel and the regional ramifications of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the Middle East, John Yang speaks with Shibley Telhami, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Center for Middle East Policy and the Anwar Sadat professor for peace and development at the University of Maryland.

  • China’s role in the U.S. crackdown on global fentanyl trade: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    China’s role in the U.S. crackdown on global fentanyl trade

    S2023 E292 - 6m 38s

    The Biden administration has made recent moves against China-based firms and executives blamed for supplying chemicals used to make fentanyl, a synthetic opioid up to 50 times stronger than heroin. It’s part of the U.S. government’s effort to disrupt the global illegal drug trade and stem the opioid epidemic. Brookings Institution senior fellow Vanda Felbab-Brown joins Ali Rogin to discuss.

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