Wire

Sign in to baba News

One account across the web, iPhone and Android — your subscription follows it.

or use an email code

News Plus

Welcome, one more step

The cross-newsroom layer: who covered a story, who didn’t, and how each one worded it. Plus your own news, on every device.

Follow your news

  • Unlimited follows
  • Alerts for what you follow (in the app)
  • Story alerts (in the app)
  • Hide read stories
  • The daily brief by email

See the coverage

  • Headlines side by side
  • Who reported first
  • Every newsroom clip, from every platform
  • Every newsroom photo on a story

Go deeper

  • The whole archive
  • Your reading diet
  • Duki without the daily limit
  • The Desk: the news, spoken every hour
  • Catch Me Up, and what changed since you read it
  • The Wire

Free stays free: the live wire, Not Everywhere, the brief, five follows and five Duki questions a day.

Search stories

Type at least two characters. Results come from every newsroom baba reads.

↑↓ to move · ↵ to open · esc to close

Sign in to baba News

Sign in to keep asking. News Plus removes the daily limit.

or use an email code

News Plus · Ask Duki

Keep asking Duki

A free account gets five questions a day. News Plus lifts the daily limit.

Also in News Plus

  • The whole archive
  • Headlines side by side
  • Who reported first
  • The Desk, every hour
HaaretzWorld

Waking to Israel's Devastation on October 8th

Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba

Center-leftCharged tone

Hebrew · Sole source

The author describes waking on October 8th to a scene of devastation, comparing it to the shocking ending of the film "Planet of the Apes." The movie's protagonist, Charlton Heston, discovers civilization's ruin and cries out in despair. The article implies ongoing destruction and sorrow following recent events.

The story in 5 lines · by baba

  • The author awoke on October 8th to a scene of devastation.
  • The experience is compared to the ending of the 1968 film "Planet of the Apes."
  • In the film, Charlton Heston's character discovers the ruins of civilization.
  • He reacts with despair, exclaiming "You maniacs! You blew it up!"
  • The article suggests ongoing destruction and sorrow.

The author awoke on October 8th to a scene of devastation, drawing a parallel to the end of the 1968 film "Planet of the Apes." In the movie, actor Charlton Heston, playing astronaut George Taylor, discovers he is not on a distant planet but amidst the ruins of Manhattan and a destroyed civilization. Upon this realization, Heston famously falls to his knees, pounding the sand and exclaiming, "You maniacs! You blew it up! God damn you all! Hell damn you all!"

The article's opening suggests a continuation of destruction and sorrow following recent events, with a hint of Swedish provocation and other unrelated items like a snooker king in prison, fruit desserts, and viewing recommendations.

HaaretzLeft · Tel Aviv

Sign in to baba News

Sign in to follow newsrooms, topics and people.

or use an email code

News Plus · Follows

You’ve used your five follows

News Plus follows as many newsrooms, topics and people as you like, with alerts for each in the app.

Your follows5 of 5 on the free plan
Or swap one out in Following

Also in News Plus

  • Alerts for what you follow
  • Hide read stories
  • The daily brief by email
  • Your reading diet
WorldTopic

Sign in to baba News

Sign in to follow newsrooms, topics and people.

or use an email code

News Plus · Follows

You’ve used your five follows

News Plus follows as many newsrooms, topics and people as you like, with alerts for each in the app.

Your follows5 of 5 on the free plan
Or swap one out in Following

Also in News Plus

  • Alerts for what you follow
  • Hide read stories
  • The daily brief by email
  • Your reading diet

Mentioned

Open the Wire