when we come back, we will speak with rabbi david basior. one of his congregants was killed saturday in the hamas on one of the kibbutz is where he was living in israel. and we will speak with noura erakat. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we go now to seattle, washington, where we are joined by rabbi david basior of kadima reconstructionist community. one of his congregants, hayim katsman, died on saturday in the hamas in the kibbutz where he was living in israel. hayim's mother said, "my father grew up in poland, he survived the holocaust with false papers, my mother was a refugee from germany who left after hitler kimye power, it is chilling to me that my son died while hiding in a closet." the death toll has topped 1300. the seven day israeli bombardment of gaza has killed at least 1500 palestinians. rabbi david basior, welcome to democracy now! condolences to you and your whole community. i say that for hayim, the phd student who returned to israel,