ameshia cross — political commentator and democratic strategist.or of the i newspaper. your reaction and what is been happening. it’s your reaction and what is been happening-— your reaction and what is been haueninu. �*, , ., happening. it's been devastating. israel absolutely _ happening. it's been devastating. israel absolutely has _ happening. it's been devastating. israel absolutely has the - happening. it's been devastating. israel absolutely has the right - happening. it's been devastating. israel absolutely has the right to | israel absolutely has the right to defend itself and i think most americans will stand behind that most people across the globe will stand by that but what we're seeing is a full throttle forcefulness against innocent civilians and the palestinian people did not attack israel, hamas did there were several innocent people who not only do not have electricity or water or food in there getting bombed left right and sideways and it's hard to watch that happen and not acknowledge it for what it appears to be. war crimes and

from washington, political commentator, democratic strategist ameshia cross and from london, paulwaughcal editor of the i newspaper. i want to show you some pictures from earlier today in gaza. these are the explosions, this was the intensification that our teams were reporting on the ground in southern israel, they noticed the step change, and then after these pictures came the official announcement from the idf, the spokesperson from the israel defence forces, confirming then what we had been witnessing, what we have been seeing. let's hear now a little bit of that statement from the idf. translation: over the last few hours, we have intensified - our airstrikes in gaza. the iaf has extensively carried out raids to underground targets and terror infrastructure in a substantial manner. as a continuation of our offensive strikes over the last few days the ground forces are expanding their operations this evening, acting forcefully in all dimensions to achieve the goals of the war. earlier on today we exposed to the world the shifa hospital with the underground expanse and how they have