Israelis are still coming to terms with the worst daily death toll in the country’s history. More than 1,200 people, most of them civilians, were killed by Hamas militants. Israel has launched a devastating bombing campaign and cut off power to the Gaza Strip. More than 1,000 Gazans have been killed and hospitals are running dangerously short of supplies and electricity. In this episode, Michael Safi hears from the Guardian’s Jerusalem correspondent, Bethan McKernan, who has spent the days since Saturday’s attack travelling around southern Israel. She talks of a country psychologically shattered by the events – and a political establishment vowing retribution. Safi also hears from Sharone Lifschitz, who lives in London but grew up on a kibbutz in Israel near the border with Gaza. Her parents were there when Hamas fighters broke through and she fears they have been taken across the border as hostages. The place they knew as home has been burned to the ground. Hazem Balousha, a freelance journalist in Gaza City, speaks to Safi about the increasingly desperate situation that residents are experiencing as supplies run short and airstrikes pound the city