[indiscernible] amy: mohammed ghalayini speaking after landing in manchester on wednesday. he joins us now from manchester. you were in gaza with your family. you fled first to egypt on december 10 and now you're home in manchester. can you lay out what you saw? can you talk about israel's bombardment of gaza? >> thank you for having me on. it is quite difficult question to answer but i will try. i guess -- sorry. it was really hard to imagine things getting any worse on any particular day, but they did keep getting worse. i think that is one way to look at it. amy: can you start off by telling us where you are? we will just go through some of the facts. you had got to gaza to see your family. when did you go? >> i travel to gaza on september 18 for an extended visit, but this is my family but also to look at moving back there for work. i had been out of gaza for almost 20 years. the trip was going i guess as planned. on the morning of october 7, i had got up quite early to harvest olives with my cousins. as i woke up, i so rocket trails. as the rocket fire lasted more than