05/17/21 05/17/21 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! >> the israeli aircraft infrastructure. their aim is to destroy the economy and the people. there is no clean water now, no sewage system, no services. amy: nearly 200 palestinians are now dead as israel's assault on the gaza strip enters its second week. over the weekend, israel bombed

a refugee camp, killing 10 memberof an exteed family and other isel airrike stroyed buildi in gaza city that housed the offices of al jazeera and the associated press and other media. with the backing of the united states, israel has refused international calls to stop its assault, which has already left 40,000 palestinians homeless. we will go to gaza for the latest. >> the destroyed whole blocks, killing over 40 people. wholfamilies were annihilated by the israeli were machines. amy: we will also talk to the head of the leading israeli human rights group b'tselem, which has accused israel of committing war crimes in gaza by targeting civilians and destroying infrastructure on a massive scale. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman.

a warning to our viewers, this story contains epic images of violence and death. israel's assault on gaza has entered its second week with air raids pounding the besieged territory overnight. sunday marked the deadliest day so far, with at least 42 people killed. the palestinian death toll has reached nearly 200, more than a quarter of those children. over 1300 have been wounded and 40,000 gazans have lost their homes. gatherings for eid al-fitr over the weekend turned into a tragedy for some families. >> they targeted the house they were in. there were no rockets, just women and children. just peaceful children celebrating eid. what have they done to deserve this? a rocket hit their house without warning or communication. three floors fell on them and we had to recover their body parts. amy: the executive editor of the

associated press is calling for an independent investigation after israeli strikes flattened a buildingn gaza city saturday, which housed the medi offes of al jazeera and the ap and other media, which also israel said housed hamas. rights groups are also asking the international criminal court to investigate the likely war ime. the israeli army also is targeting underground tunnels they say are used by hamas. rockets fired into israel have kill at leas10 civilians. one israeli soldier has also been killed. as the u.n. and others are calling for an immediate ceasefire, massive protests took place around the globe this weekend, including in israel and the occupied palestinian territories. in east jerusalem's sheikh jarrah neighborhood, where palestinian families are fighting israeli attempts to expel them from their homes, protesters marked al nakba -- what they call the 1948

expulsion of nearly 800,000 palestinians from their homes in . >> there is another wall were inside of it is the sheikh jarrah neighborhood is. we do not want to say netanyahu nakba -- is ongoing. we want to say it is time for the nakba to stop. after this popular outburst, this revolution, the palestine is going through from sea to river. amy: after headlines, we'll go to gaza for the latest and spend the rest of the hour on the crisis. india is approaching 25 million confirmed cases of covid-19, with another 4000 deaths recorded over the past day -- though experts say the true toll is far higher. in neighboring nepal, covid-19 cases continue to surge, overwhelming hospitals, which are having to turn away patients

due to a lack of oxygen. thousands of migrant workers returned home to nepal following lockdowns in india. the government has imposed a nationwide shutdown, banned international flights, and limited public gatherings. nepal's prime minister lost a parliamentary vote of confidence last week. he has been forced to step down amid growing public anger over his response to the second covid wave. in taiwan, officials have imposed its strictest measures yet, limiting gatherings and shutting down entertainment venues to combat a spike in cases. singapore is moving all schools to at-home learning. thailand reported its highest ever daily cases today at nearly 10,000 infections, with over two-thirds of those cases recorded among prisoners. here in the united states, the number of retail and entertainment businesses are doing away with mask requirements following new

guidance issued by the centers for disease control last week. walmart, costco, trader joe's, publix, and starbucks are some of the chains that will no longer require fully vaccinated customers wear masks. the largest nurses union, national nurses united, lasted the new recommendations saying it puts health workers and others at increased risk. in housing news, the federal judge who last week threw out the national eviction moratorium earlier this month, issued a stay of her own decision friday, allowing the moratorium to continue while the justice department appeals her ruling. lawmakers and the biden administration have moved to extend the eviction ban,hich is set to expire at the end of next month. -- at the end of june. in afghanistan, a bomb blast inside a mosque outside of kabul killed at least 12 people friday as people were gathered for the eid al-fitr holiday. the massacre, claimed by the islamic state, came despite a

three-day a ceasefire for the religious holiday. this is a witness to the explosion. >> the whole nation is witnessing the situation. it is the same all over afghanistan. these traitors, the government officials, they do not pursue the situation. they cannot govern, they must step down. amy: meanwhile, fighting between the taliban and government forces continues to escalate in southern helmand province as the u.s. troop withdrawal continues. in chile, voters this weekend elected 155 delegates charged with drafting a new constitution to replace the current document, which was created under the u.s.-backed dictator augusto pinochet. by law, half of the delegates must be women. independent candidates received the highest number of votes, dealing a blow to the center-right ruling coalition, and increasing the chances the new constitution will contain major reforms. this comes a year-and-a-half after mass protests rocked chile with demands for expanded access

to education, indigenous sovereignty, a reversal to growing social and economic inequalities, and an end to police brutality. in colombia, at least one person was killed and dozens more injured in the city of popayán friday as police battled protesters demanding an end to police brutality. the demonstration followed the suicide of a 17-year-old girl after she was sexually abused by police officers. on massive protest march flooded saturday, a the streets of colombia's capital bogota as nationwide anti-government demonstrations entered their third week. the protests were sparked by a since-withdrawn tax reform and are also calling for an end to militarize policing and other reforms. >> we have a clear agenda for the streets. police reform, for the health law to be done away with come

have the government respond raping our sisters and killing us. this is a greater example of social discontent. this is no longer about lyrical parties. people are being tired of being killed. that is why we are here today. amy: back in the united states, house republicans have elected new york congressmember elise stefanik as their new conference chair, two days after liz cheney was ousted from the leadership position for speaking out against tribe and his role in inciting the deadly january 6 insurrection at the u.s. capitol. stefanik is a trump loyalist, and has called the former president "a critical part of our republican team." bipartisan commission to meanwhile, lawmakers on friday set up a bipartisan commission to investigate the capitol insurrection. texas lawmakers have approved a bill that would ban all abortions about six weeks into a pregnancy, while making anyone in texas eligible to sue

patients, medical workers, or even a patient's family or friends who "aid and abet" in an abortion. texas governor greg abbot is expected to sign the so-called fetal heartbeat, bill which will face immediate court challenges by planned parenthood and the american civil liberties union. in ohio, the city of columbus has reached a $10 million settlement with the family of andre hill, a 47- year-old black man who was shot and killed by a white police officer in december. the officer, adam coy, has been charged with murder. this is andre hill's daughter karissa hill. >> he died on a 311 call, non-emergency. he was shot four times. after the four times, he was like on the floor. there were 22 officers on the scene. nobody helped my father stop -- helped my father. the money will not help with the pain of my deadline on that floor. amy: in the wake of andre hill's killing, the columbus city council also passed andre's law,

mandating the use of body cameras and requiring police officers to give and call for aid if they cause any injuries. the mayor of jackson, mississippi, and a state senator representing the city have apologized for the massacre of students at jackson state college 51ears ago. on may 15, 1970, local and state police opened fire on a group of students at the predominantly black college, shooting hundreds of rounds in a 28-second barrage. two were killed and a dozen were injured. on saturday, jackson mayor chokwe antar lumumba and state senator hillman frazier formally apologized at a special commencement ceremony for members of the class of 1970. and philadelphia's mayor has said the city has located the partial remains of victims of the 1985 police bombing of the home of the radical, black liberation, anti-police-brutality group move. philadelphia mayor jim kenney's

announcement came a day after he forced philadelphia health commissioner thomas farley to resign after farley revealed he had ordered the cremation of some of the bombing victims' remains in 2017 without the knowledge or consent of the families. but a subordinate of farley's apparently disobeyed the order to dispose of the remains. the 1985 move bombing killed six adults and five children and destroyed over 60 homes. for all of our interviews about the bombing and its aftermath, including the use of one or two of the dead children's remains by the university of pennsylvania and princeton university in courses teaching anthropology, visit democracynow.org. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman.

a warning to our viewers, today show contains graphic images of violence and death. israel's deadly assault on gaza has entered its second week. on sunday, israel killed at least 42 palestinians in gaza in the deadliest day so far as israel bombarded the besieged area with airstrikes, artillery fire, and gunboat shelli. over the past week, israel has killed nearly 200 palestinians, including 58 children and 34 women. israel has also destroyed over 500 homes in gaza, leaving 40,000 palestinians homeless in gaza. meanwhile, israeli security forces and jewish settlers killed at least 11 palestinians in the west bank on friday in the deadliest day there since 2002. this comes as hamas is continuing to fire rockets into israel where the death toll has

reached 11, including two children. one israeli air strike on a gaza refugee camp killed 10 members of the same extended family, including eight children. israel also leveled a 12-story buildingousing theffices of the associated press, al jazeera, and other media outlets on saturday. israel justified the attack by claiming hamas used the building but offered no proof. earlier today, a secretary of state tony blinken said he had not seen any israeli evidence of hamas operating in that building. the head of al jazeera called the attack "a blatant violation of human rights and is a war crime." israeli strikes also damaged at least three hospitals in gaza as well as a clinic run by doctors without borders. a number of doctors have also been killed in the israeli airstrikes, including dr. ayman abu al-ouf. he headed the coronavirus response at shifa hospital, gaza's largest hospital.

he and two of his teenage children died in an israel airstrike on their home. another prominent doctor from the hospital, the neurologist, was also killed in an airstrike on his home. the palestinian center for human rights said the israeli airstrikes have erased entire residential neighborhoods and left earthquake-like destruction. on the diplomatic front, president biden is facing growing criticism for refusing to call on israeli to halt its assault on gaza. at the united nations, the united states blocked the security council from issuing a statement calling for a ceasefire following a virtual u.n. security council meeting on sunday. meanwhile, massive protests against the israeli across the globe over the we can come including chicago, new york,

washington, london, paris, madrid, joe holcombe and baghdad. we begin today's show in gaza where we are joined by refaat alareer, editor "gaza writes back" and co-editor of "gaza unsilenced." also with us is matthias schmale, director of unrwa operations in gaza. we welcome you both to democracy now! can you describe the situation on the ground right now in gaza? >> thank you for having me. thank you, democracy now! this is earthquake-level destruction. he gives us [indiscernible] what israel is doing is total

destruction to palestinian homes, infrastructure, the roads , the excess to water, sewage. today started a new chapter by targeting palestinian economy. so many businesses, so many factories have bee destroyed and damaged. in addition to that, you mentioned clinics, especially those providing covid-19 services and vaccinations. when gaza is plagued i, 19, israel is also targeting services. amy: can you describe what the past hours, the days have been like for your family? we are speaking to you on the phone versus the video skype post you're having a lot of trouble with electricity. >> exactly.

israel is preventing getting to the power plant and targeting the cities which means we will have less electricity now. an important thing to summarize, everything is a nightmare. this is the worst night of our lives. every night, israel -- it comes with more atrocities, more bombardments, more victims on palestinian heads. last night was horrific. israel also chooses the timing when kids are asleep. and such the bombardment contains -- maximize the damage, maximize --

you mentioned two nights ago, israel leveled a whole neighborhood, destroying blocks were whole families were massacred. one family lost 20 from the members massacred by the israeli warplanes as they slept, as they huddled in the safety of their home. amy: he wrote an op-ed piece for "the new york times" "my child asks, get israel destroy our building if the power is out?'" you have six children? >> yes, i do. the thing is, what makes this far worse than anything is this is not new. this is a continuation of israeli aggression against palestinians that started in 1948.

they are trying to destroy our younger generation, especially for children. out of the 200 people israel massacred in six days, 60 our children. 40 are women. about 20 are -- this is an open war. the kids are suffering the most. a friend of mine told me the other day that the worst case for us is to survive this brutal war by israel because the trauma, especially by the kids come is not going to be easy to deal with. it will not be something that can be fixed by just israel ending this aggression. there has to be a radical solution to end the brutal israeli racist apartheid regime. amy: yourite that your daughter, who is eight years old, or in gaza time, two wars

old, asked sheepishly of "they could still destroy our building now that the power is out?" can you talk more about how your children, you are our children safe? what it means to go outside? >> we never go outside. i just went outside with my son to run some errands and it is very dangerous. we took our covid masks off because we didn't want to be targeted for people trying to hide. i asked my son, i told him, omar, you are to walk close or far away? he looked at me and said, what difference does it make? the kids cannot go out. we try to keep them in the safest place at home, but there is no safety when israel has

bombs that are five or six or seven together on the same community. the kids are horrified. they wake up shrieking. they wake up crying. they are shaking -- even when the door slams, the kids with the this is some kind of israeli bombs nearby. the traumis unprecedented. it will never go away. i hope it will go away, but with the kids, we try to keep them close to us because -- something new i saw from my daughters, they started building houses. the past two months, they used their dolls and build high-rise buildings and homes. this is heartbreaking because it seems they are aware that israel is destroying homes and these very children are trying to build even with toys.

when it comes to this, i went to press a point, israel has destroyed to destroy the palestinian children for decades and decades. in the appetite every time, the next generation grows fiercer and more determined to see part of the global struggle for freedom -- israel is a racist, colonial regime that is bombing and destroying native people who have very little means to exist. amy: on saturday, president biden spoke with both the israeli prime minister netanyahu and palestinian national authority president mahmoud abbas. according to the white house, in his conversation with netanyahu, biden "reaffirmed his strong support for israel's right to defend itself against rocket

attacks from hamas and other terrorist groups in gaza." house intelligence committee chair adam schiff on sunday urged the biden administration to push harder for a ceasefire. in an interview with cbs's "face the nation," schiff was asked if he believed israeli attacks on palestine were disproportionate in comparison to attacks from hamas against israel. this was his response. >> every rocket that hamas syzygy israel is a definite effort to kill civilians. these rockets are indiscriminate. by definition, design to kill civilians. israel has a right to defend itself but has to use every effort to avoid civilian casualties. i think they are trying but nonetheless, the death toll increases in the violence has got to stop. i think we need to do everything possible to bring about a cease-fire. i think the administration needs to push harder on israel and the palestinian authority to stop

the violence, bring about the cease-fire and end these hostilities and get back to a process to try and resolve this long-standing conflict. amy: that is adam schiff. of course, we have heard what biden said, also his conversation with netanyahu on the phone. but then you have progressive democrats like alexandria ocasio-cortez who is saying apartheid states are not democracies. refaat alareer, what do you say to president biden? >> i think biden gave netanyahu the green light to start it. the week that america suppor israel's right to defend itself, two days after the aggression started, quickly said this is going to be a long war against civilians because israel is killing us using american weapons, using american

technology, using american planes. america -- the american administration has blood on their hands. the massacre going on is on biden. it is a shame to see people like adam schiff and those people who were fierce rivals to trump and is barbarity, saint israel has a right to defend itself. there is no more equivalent here. israel is -- palestinians are the oppressed native people defending themselves. it seems both the democrats and the republicans unite fiercely to enable israel to empower israel because both countries were born in genocide and continue to ethnically cleanse native and oppress them.

as for alexandria ocasio-cortez, the amazing black august and the wonderful solidarity in america with jewish voice for peace, indigenous people, black lives matter activists -- this shows how israel's lies are no longer dominant. peop stopped fearing israel and can now see israel is brutal, is apartheid. this amazing and beautiful -- with the palestinian struggle [indiscernible] we learn from these people and we are part of the global struggle we hope to create -- to stop america from harming israel, empowering israel. amy: refaat alareer, please stay

safe, palestinian and academic activists. we hear your children in the background. he's the editor of the book "gaza writes back" and the co-editor of "gaza unsilenced." we will link to your op-ed in "the new york times" headlined "my child asks, 'can israel destroy our building if the power is out?'" we will be speaking with the head of b'tselem. next up, we talked to the director of operations in gaza for the united nations relief and works agency. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break]

amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. you can sign up for our daily news digest email by texting democracynow -- one word, no space -- to 66866. we will send you our news headlines and stories every day as well as news alerts. at least 10 palestinians from the same extended family died saturday when israel bombed the gaza refugee camp. eight of the victims were children. 15-month-old baby named omar was pulled from the rubble alive. his mother and four of his siblings were killed. this is omar's father. >> they targeted the house they were in. there were no rockets, just women and children. no rockets, just peaceful celebration of eid. a rocket hit their house over their head without warning or communication. three whole floors fell over them and we had to rover the body parts.

i call on the international community of those who support human rights and children's rights and democracy, those who penalize anyone who harms a child to look to our children here who are being bombed with the strikes that dropped entire floors under people who have to recover the body parts. amy: we're joined now ga by matthias schmale, director of operations for unrwa. can you talk about what happened, not only their about what is happening to children, to the palestinians in gaza? >> good afternoon. thank you for giving me this opportunity to talk to you. the way i described it is we had seven days of war. th is war. we are not most to work, we're not in a military confrontation, this is war. as you just heard from refaat, they are experiencing this terror from the skies.

you mentioned the house that was leveled and each cap, refugee camp, six of those children were children that went to unrwa schools. these it directly -- it hit directly. some of my staff to these children. these children are month 18 children that went to unrwa schools. what i'm trying to get to with all of this is the price the survey population is paying is unacceptable. it has to stop. this terror on civilian population. we also have to think about people who have fled their homes out of fear. a few nights ago, there is fighting in the north. there were rumors of a ground invasion on the -- by the israel is and thousands left their homes in fear.

not necessarily because they were destroyed -- i will come back to that -- but in pure of what would fall from the sky next. we now have today, three days later or so, 41,000 and more people in 50 of our schools. fortunately -- well, fortunately, the population remembering also 2014, the blue of the united nations and buildings that have the blue u.n. flag, still a relatively safe place. safer than their own home. so that is what is happening as unrwa, we are trying our best to stand up, are teams that will manage these centers properly and provide the nessary assistance. some immediate needs like protection, including protection from covid -- of course, covid is not over as well as safe water and cover. then you also talked about

people who have lost their homes. the last i heard is at least 600 families are not able to go back. many of the people who are at the moment in our shelters could go back if there is a cease-fire but there is a group of at least 600 families and households that could not because either their houses totally destroyed or it is too damaged to go back. allow me to make a point. israelis often worn, they don't always commit but they have warned on other high-rise buildings civilians to get out. in those terms, they protect their lives. but they have lost their homes. they are now without a home. it is completely senseless and mind-boggling. so that is the situation on the ground. cannot as eloquently as refaat

described the impact of the civilian population directly affected, i can only say to you i hear a lot about trauma step one of my colleagues texted me leaving is that as a family, they now sleep on the same mattress in the sigil part of their home just because they want to die together if that happens. amy: you talked about people responding to a rumor that israel is invading but this was not just a rumor. israel, the military, directly put that out. the headlines of "the new york times "-- "the washington post" -- "the ap" -- you're talking about the human toll of that trick. can you explain further the

signifance of them putting this out and tens of thousands of palestinians fleeing? >> i can only say if they indeed -- the military on the israeli side put this out deliberately without having the attention, that is ju atrocious. and unacceptable. as you have said, it led to tm -- thousands of people fleeing. by theay, we've only known about the 41,000 that are leaving -- seeking refuge in our schools. there are many thousands more that would to families and relatives. there is another disaster in the making because a lot of poor families are having to host people, they themselves are squeezed. we're are looking at how we can assist them. it is shameless and reckless how the military is operating in terms of the sibling population.

amy: can you give us specific stories of children killed? i asked that because when the israeli military was asked about this, they said, consider the source of information you're getting about the number of palestinian children who are dead. they said, it is the palestinian health ministry in gaza, which is run by hamas. so they said, consider the source. matthias schmale, you are with united nations. talk about the number of palestinians, palestinian children who have died. >> if, say two things on this. we have our independent source. we run 278 schools, which are populated by 285,000 children. we have very precise information about the school population, the 285,000 children stop this is independent information from the minister of health and the authoritie here when i tell you

my health teams have reported to me they know at least 18 of the more than 50 children killed were unrwa schoolchildren. there is no doubt in my mind this is correct independently verified information, and i would not be surprised if, sadly, that number were to rise quite significantly. the other is i was told movingly by one of our so-called area education officers about a 13-year-old child, one of the 18, whose mother is severely disabled and his father has died. he looks after the family and he was out shopping getting the basic needs for the family. on his way back, he happened to be in the wrong place when a missile hit. so a young child leaves home to bring food for his family and is

dead. these are not made up stories. these are not hamas stories or anyone spinning a story, these are real-life stories. the human cost of this is unbearable and unacceptable. amy: we are only talking about the israeli on gaza, but we are talking about the pandemic. israel has been hailed as been the gold standard of injuring his population is vaccinated, has not been the case for what has happened in the occupied territories, which they are responsible for. during the pandemic, unrwa has been working to ensure access to ppe and water. can you talk about clean water? can you talk about this report we shared at the beginning, the number of doctors who have been killed in the israeli strikes, including a doctor who had of the coronavirus response at shifa hospital, the main

hospital in gaza. the neurologist at the same hospital also killed in an airstrike, and what this means for gaza? >> i did not know those two individuals you named personally. i know of them. all the information i've had about them in three half years, so i've a pretty good since who is linked and who is just simply doing their job. to the best of my knowledge, these two doctors who were killed were professionals trying to provide health care and address immediate and urgent health needs of the popution. indeed, one of the issues when there is aar is to protect health institutions and health-care workers, including doctors. the tolls in those terms is also

rising. you mentioned also the beginning we have a clinic that was destroyed. i also know from my colleagues, palestinian red crescent, the central ambulance unit was severely affected. one of our 22 primary health centers was not targeted -- we should also remember before corona started, we were coming out of two years of great marches of return which had a human impact. there were more than 35,000 people injured at the fence, psychology or. more than 200 killed, including 13 schoolchildren. i am mentioning this because the health system was already struggling and basically on its

knees. we were very worried that covid would be the cause of the health system full and apart. and now this on top of it. if this work continues any longer, has the risk of having a very decimating, devastating impact on health care for people in terms of the doctors and nurses and the infrastructure. amy: finally, matthias schmale, you grew up in south africa. i'm wondering your thoughts on the comparison of it to apartheid. our next group b'tselem uses that term, many palestinians talk about that. do you think that is a fair comparison? >> speaking here as an individual who grew up in apartheid south africa, i have to tell you what i am expressing here reminds me a lot of what i saw in my childhood.

the issue is people being treated -- an entire people being treated differently from the rest of us. and whether that is an academic definition of apartheid or not, it is wrong. these are any occupied people and it should stop. not just the work has to stop. it has to be the beginning of a meaningful process that we did see in south africa that ended it there. a just solution for what happened seven years ago called the nakba and provides the opportunity for everyone and the israelis to the undignified existence -- a dignified existence next to each other. amy: matthias schmale, director of unrwa operations in gaza. that is the u.n. agency that works with posting is.

when we come back, we will speak to a reporter who works with al jazeera and ap, the media building that housed ap and al jazeera has just been bombed by the israeli military this weekend. we will talk about what this means for getting access to information out of gaza. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break]

amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. on saturday, israel leveled a 12 story building. is will justify the bombing claiming hamas uses the building but offer no proof. earlier today, a secretary of state tony blinken said he has

not seen any israeli evidence of hamas operating the building while israel give advance notice of the attack, the head of al jazeera called the attack a blatant violation of human rights and were crime. associated press is demanding any independent investigation. they said they know of no evidence ohamas operating in the building. if a reporter for the associated press and the gaza strip who's been covering israel's attack on gaza over the past week. you work with al jazeera as well. talk about what happened to the building. talk about where you work. >> i am reporter at the associated press and al jazeera. while we were at the building, a normal day of work, reported

what is happening on the gaza strip, we suddenly got a call by the owner of the building saying he was called by the israeli army and asked to tell the residents of the building to immediately evacuate in an hour. the building would be targeted. an emergency situation for us. everyone was frightened of what was going to happen. usually when we get calls, there is a targeting by warning missile that is close to the building or in an empty apartment building. that is what we were afraid of. a warning missile was targeted next to the building. we were running around on the stairs. the building is 12 stories.

five floors are offices that host doctors offices and lawyers offices,abs. the other six floors are apartments and a floor is housing the associated press and the al jazeera office. basically, this buding is one of the most famous buildings in the strip. the doctors offices and lawyers offices are known. no stranger comes in or out of at building. that is why -- the side of the story that says there was hamas intelligence in that building, d that iwhen they targeted the building, is nothing with the reality of targeting -- this building that hosts media

offices in the gaza strip. after a couple of days [indiscernible] quickly goes to the ground. it has international media offices. it was one of the safest places ever. amy: so you will have moved with france press? >> we are operating from different places now. shifa complex -- we were not able to take a lot of what we had in the office. very few cameras, one or two. very few of our equipment we were able to save. people were on the stairs trying help civilians with their

children to evacuate the building. it was really frightening. we were really in a hurry, especially after the targeting of the reconnaissance warning missile that just targeted next to us. another was targeted like 15 minutes later. so and a half an hour, we had two missiles, warning muscles. that itself is a ready in 30 minutes, almost all of the buildings evacuated because we were very much frightened it can be targeted -- or destructed in less than an hour. we asked the israeli army spokesman for 30 minutes when he called again. he said, 30 minutes to get a little bit of our equipment from the offices. the residents needed to get some essentials from their apartment. he told them --

right after that, the targeting began. now we are in different location very little equipment. amy: can you describe what happened this morning just as you are driving in gaza? the targeted attack on a car in front of you? >> yes. i was going to the ship a complex --er shifa complex. like 10 meters away, a car got targeted honestly, like early seconds [inaudible] we would have died in that targeting as well.

i say goodbye to my family and i go to work and i know i might actually get killed at any instance. that is something something that is really, really traumatizing that you have to carry around. i have to go on air after that, but i wasn't even able to express what i have been through. [inaudible] the trauma it has caused to each one of us -- dylan amy: you have four children? >> yes. amy: what you tell them? >> the youngest is two years. amy: what do you tell them?

>> i tell them to forgive me if anything happens to me and i have to leave them because this is my duty and i have to deliver the message to the world. i know there is nothing that forces me to go out and report in such times, but i have to do this. because if i don't deliver the message, when am i going to do that? the destruction around us is massive. amy: what do you think the message is that was delivered to the media by this attack on the main media offices come al jazeera and ap, where you work, other weed organizations? now tony blinken, a secretary of state, saying he was not told of any direct evidence of hamas

working in this building? >> yes, and i'm sure there isn't going to be any. the israeli army, wouldn't has the proof -- when it has the proof, it provides it. it is not a coincidence the tower hosting the offices would be completely destructive. this is no coincidence. this is a deliberate targeting of the media voice and the gaza strip. amy: i want to turn to video of you last week when you work live on the air when israel leveled another high-rise building in gaza. >> sending a message to the world, please, beforyou say we e terrorists, and what you to see the pictures of the reality

and the truth from all sides, not just take western media and go with that. the israeli -- as you can see now, the building has been run down. amy: that is your reporting last week for al jazeera in the gaza strip. at the building she worked out of come associated press and al jazeera, has also been bombed by

the israeli military. for our radio listeners, what you can see, she is wearing a helmet when that explosion happened, she ducks down. describe where you were then. was that theuilding that has now been destroyed or is that another building? >> yes, that is the building where we had our offices for ap and al jazeera. that is where i usually broadcast, the rooftop of the building. the building was targeted behind me is a 14 story building that houses three quarters of the media offices on the strip. it is the second largest and hosts all of the media -- most of the media in the gaza strip.

amy: finally, this false report that was put out by the israeli military that there was a ground assault taking place in gaza, using the media to convey that message -- actually come associated press did a breakdown of this and would not report it directly but all of the other press and the headlines in "the new york times" and "washington post" about the media being tricked, what happened? >> i'm sorry, you're talking about the media? where i work? amy: the israeli military putting out there were doing a ground assault of gaza and the western media reporting that. >> yes, i think that was -- if you're good as me as a woman or reporter, this was a kind of way

for the israeli [indiscernible] felix and emotions of the citizens of the gaza strip, more pressure on them. everyone was extremely traumatized. because a great crisis in the gaza strip. suddenly, there is nothing and they start saying it is not true. i think it was an attempt to actually try to bring down or traumatize the people in a distritive and more. amy: thank you for being with us, journalist in the gaza strip

with the associated press and al jazeera, worked in the building that housed ap and al jazeera that was bombed by the israeli military. she has four children. we will bring you our interview with b'tselem

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