mohammed omer joins us by phone. thanks for joining us, mohammed. >> thank you very much. >> you say some of the nights have been the worst. tell us what it's like. >> indeed it's some of the most terrifying nights. they have bombed continuously. people have to be ready to evacuate their homes. some who have evacuated their homes they've been shot at by f-16s and drones. there's nowhere to hide. absolutely total dark for the third day in most of the gaza strip and there's nowhere to run to basically. when you go to the borderline of the south or east, you're being shot at. even if you're in the center. now, the israeli military has asked the people to evacuate their homes from the east of gaza city and the northern part of the gaza strip. where? to the middle of the gaza strip and people gather and they were shoot at and killed inside in schools. the west of the city is supposed to be a safe place but unfortunately it's not a safe place. i'm in part of gaza city where the bombing is constantly hitting residential are

gaza or we are joined by mohammed omer.cribed as ae humane record on an injustice imposed on a community forgotten by most of the world. this was the most intensive bombing period, the last 24 hours. you are not only a journalist, but a resident of gaza. you are palestinian. ?alk about what happened >> thank you. ist has happened in gaza absolutely terrifying. in my last 29 years living in the gaza strip, this is the worst kind of comparison. by no comparison. i used to tell people to avoid areas where hamas people are living, and i said -- i changed to say try to avoid places where children are leaving. most of the bombs that targets people is mostly children. also, on the humanitarian side, since sharif focused more on the ground, the only power plant in gaza is bound. tot means according officials we will have about one year of no electricity and light if they are not able to slow the crisis soon. there is nowhere to hide, nowhere to run to, unlike many war zones. crisis istarian growing in the gaza strip. the people are

i have to say, hearing, and omer and his description from gaza, he is asked about 45 minutes away from. lightre with plenty of whit and water, and his reality that he is describing that is about to become worse, is a direct result of the criminal siege israel has been imposing on gaza for years now. putting 1.6 mean people in a -- 1.6nd inexcusable million people in a cruel and inexcusable siege. israel has been bombing and killing people in gaza since it created the gaza strip and the early 1950's. going on for six decades. it is getting worse. the casualty count is getting worse. this is part of a larger problem will stop the problem is that people equate the palestinian response to the israeli violence and to israeli aggression as terrorism instead of realizing this is an act of resistance. the palestinians have been the subject of oppression and violence by israel from the very beginning that the state of israel has established. this is why we have the gaza strip and hundreds of thousands of refugees in the gaza strip and other places. these people were forced out of their homes as

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. >>> ahead in our next hour, i'll talk to mohammed omer.a palestinian journalist born and bred in gaza. we'll ask why he says life behind the walls is worse at night. i'll be right back. >>> we just got word from australian officials that at least 80 bodies were discovered at the crash site in ukraine. a small group of investigators have feernl managed to get to this crash site. they really want to remove those bodies, but, again, the latest breaking news, 80 bodies still at that crash site waiting to come home. >>> other top stories for you at 56 minutes past the hour. a pro-korean upn paper prisoner kenneth bae fieldeeels abandone the united states. he's serving a 15-year sentence for allegedly trying to bring down the government. >>> parts of ucla's campus knee-deep in water. this is the scene after nearly 20 millions of water gushed from a broken main wednesday. hundreds of vehicles damaged. some still stranded in flooded garages. the high water put six facilities out of passion. the famous basketball court possibly ruined for good. ucl

49ers preseason game where they will face the denver broncos will be on august 17th and the 49ers home omeris on september 14th. they play the chicago bears. now, back out here live, we're shooting through the gates here. you can see this is the promenade which is called the fan walk. and this is what fans will see when they walk into levi stadium, the huge san francisco 49ers emblem. on each individual brick, fans have paid to have their names on there and a personalized message there. of course, they had to pay quite a bit to have that done. but for the faithful, it was important. now, the official ribbon- cutting ceremony is at 11:30 this morning. we'll bring you all of that coming up on our noon newscast. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you. >>> it's 8:12. rather bizarre incident at the bay area's busiest airport. investigators say it involves a phone nip security screener and a -- phony security screener and a female passenger. >>> hundred of immigrant children still being held at detention centers after illegally coming into the u.s. how one bay area county