amy: that is the brother of hayim who was killed by hamas in a closet in his kibbutz on saturday.bi david basior, thank you for being with us, of the kadima reconstructionist community. coming up for more on the gaza crisis, we speak with noura erakat, palestinian human rights attorney. back in 20 seconds. ♪♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. last night the israeli army ordered half the population gaza, 1.1 million residents, to evacuate their homes within 24 hours from northern gaza to the south in what many palestinians fear is the start of a second nakba. the u.n. said the transfer would have devastating humanitarian consequences. this comes as israel has bombed gaza for seven straight days, killing at least 1500 people. joining us now is noura erakat, palestinian human rights attorney and an associate professor at rutgers university. she is author of "justice for some: law and the question of palestine." if you can respond to this order and what is happening in gaza? >> good morning, amy. thank you. your rep

if you can talk about hayim, hayim's life, and now what is being done in his name and your thoughts onld happen right now? i think the death toll, 1400 israeli's from october 7 that time and now more than 5000 palestinians and the number increases even as this show airs. >> can you hear me? amy: we hear you perfectly. >> first of all, i brother -- my brother -- he did many things. he was a dj, he was a gardener. lately he became in charge of the gardens in holit. he was a dj. he played almost entirely music from the middle east. he was a gardener. he was a volunteer where palestinians were suffering from displacement and terror from settlers and soldiers. he would go and protect them and use his knowledge to fix -- as an academic, his research was about right wing in israel and the danger of the right wing in israel. he wrote about it in a doctorate, religious zionism. amy: noy, can you talk about what israel is doing now? the constant bombardment of the gaza strip, forcing the dislocation of half the population, and what looks like an imminent ground invasion as a response to the brut

hayim katsman was a dual american-israeli citizen, killed at the kibbutz he called home. >> it's veryetic to both sides. >> hayim's mom says he was a promising researcher, activist and teacher, adding he is sorely missed by all who had the privilege of knowing him. tonight so many families in unimaginable pain. >> they're my babies. they're my babies. they're my babies. >> reporter: kelly cobiella, nbc news, tel aviv. >> this is all so tough. that's "nightly news" for this tuesday. thank you for watching. i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night. >>> taking aim at gucci and stealing $50,000 worth of goods. how polic

four children and their parents now dead the youngest was just a year old hayim katsman was a dual americanaeli citizen, killed at the kibbutz he called home. >> it's very sad, because he was a person who wanted and was sympathetic to both sides >> reporter: his mom says he was a promising researcher, activist, and teacher, adding, "he is sorely missed by all who had the privilege of knowing him. tonight, so many families in unimaginable pain. >> they're my babies they're my babies. they're my babies. >> reporter: kelly cobiella, nbc news, tel aviv >> this is all so tough. that's "nightly news" for this tuesday thank you for watching i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night >>> on "nbc bay area news tonight," chilling stories of violence as the war between israel and hamas intensifies. an east bay congressman tells us he has spoken to families who have loved ones being held hostage. >> i'm horrified by what i have seen over the weekend, and i condemn the ter

the zionist hayim kats visit. riad on thursday september 19 in the first public visit to the kingdom by an official at this level, and these visits in both directions are considered a quick translation of what the saudi prince had announced about continued progres in the normalization talks with the zionist entity, which are taking place within a trapertite framework. after the news of the visit made by the zinist regime minister of tourism to the kingdom of saudi arabia, saudi social media users wildly criticized the strip with several hashtags, including we do not accept normalization, no to normalization, and normalization is treason. where does palestine fit in all of this? well, mahmoud abbas seemingly believes in the necessity of benefiting from the expected normalization. that was evident when the secretary of the executive committee of the plo hossain sheikh headed a delegation that visited riyad on the 5th of last month where he met with saudi officials to inform them that the palestinian authority, despi

his mother's first husband, hayim perry lived in the kibbutz. haim used to take sick children from gaza to israeli hospitals. he had just been officially added to the hostage list. chaim and his wife ofnad. hiding in this special safe room , the door survived the first onslaught of the group of militants, but the militants returned a second time and ofnats hid behind this sofa, then the chaim decided that the door would not withstand and he should give himself up instead of his wife. ofnat was still hiding when the second group of fighters burst in, this time they behaved more aggressively and unceremoniously, the door to the room opened, it was dark inside and they did not bother to look around the room. danny was not supposed to be at the kibbutz that day at all. he stayed one more night, and when the attack began, sent a message to his half-brother. that was the last time i heard anything from him, now i am trying to help the family. they don't know anything about him in manchester. his family is in limbo and does not feel the national sentim

to the kingdom of saudi arabia, starting with. the arrival of the minister of tourism. the zionist hayim kats visited riad on thursday september 19 in the first public visit to the kingdom by an official at this level, and these visits in both directions are considered a quick translation of what the saudi prince had announced about continued progres in the normalization talks with the zionist entity, which are taking place within a trapertite framework. after the news of the visit made by the zinest regime minister of tourism to the kingdom of saudi arabia, saudi social media user. widely criticized the strip with several hashtags including we do not accept normalization, no to normalization, and normalization is treason. where does palestine fit in all of this? well, mahmoud abbas seemingly believes in the necessity of benefiting from the expected normalization. that was evident when the secretary of the executive committee of the plo hossain sheikh headed a delegation that visited riyad on the 5th of last month where he met with saudi officials to inform that the palestinian authority

four children and their parents now dead the youngest was just a year old hayim katsman was a dual american/israeli citizen, killed at the kibbutz he called home. >> it's very sad, because he was a person who wanted and was sympathetic to both sides >> reporter: his mom says he was a promising researcher, activist, and teacher, adding, "he is sorely missed by all who had the privilege of knowing him. tonight, so many families in unimaginable pain. >> they're my babies they're my babies. they're my babies. >> reporter: kelly cobiella, nbc news, tel aviv >> this is all so tough. that's "nightly news" for this tuesday thank you for watching i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night [cheers and applaus] ♪ ♪ >> kelly: ♪♪ havana, ooh na-na ♪ ♪ half of my heart is in ♪ ♪ havana, ooh na-na ♪ ♪ he took me back to east ♪ ♪ atlanta, na-na-na ♪ ♪ oh, but my heart is in havana ♪ ♪ my heart is in havana ♪ ♪ he didn't walk up with that ♪ ♪ "how you doin'?" ♪ ♪ (when he came in the room) ♪ ♪ he said there's a lot of girls ♪ ♪ i can do with ♪ ♪ (but i can't without you) ♪ ♪ i

number of the hostage families and families of those israelis who hamas killed on october 7, like hayimzman. he was a washington graduate student. he came back to the kibbutz. he was in a closet and was killed. we spoke both to his seattle rabbi where he was a hebrew school teacher in seattle and his brother noy in vienna. both called for an end to the occupation and said the invasion is not the answer to what has happened. your final thoughts on what needs to happen now? >> i hoped after the israeli people are experiencing the biggest trauma since the holocaust and the palestinians have been taken back to 1948 and the nakba, that we wake up from this traumatic situation and understand the israelis to delude ourselves we can occupy other people is simply not real or that we can lock to million people in an open-air prison for 17 years and expect to have quiet is living in an imaginary world of delusion. i hope the palestinian people wake up and understand they will never have peace if they don't recognize the jewish people's right to live in the land as well, the right to live in palest

one american, hayim kotzman hid in a closet while hamas reined gun fire on the neighborhood. a neighbor covered his body and saved his life by absorbing the bullets. american deborah matias and her husband sacrificed themselves for their 16-year-old son, actioning as human shields against hamas' fire. two american brothers, egal and ahmed wochs, died together both trying to save them around them. ahmed, ran out to help his neighbors at the beginning of the attack. in the process, he was killed. egal was killed as he searched forbe a weapon -- for a weapon to defend himself and his family. these are real people, real americans whose lives were extinguished far too early by the terror in israel. it's critical that we see the return of every american stranded in israel or held hostage in gaza, every american must be accounted for and safely brought home. following the coldblooded slaughter of thomas jefferson americans and israelis -- of both americans and israelis, the united states must stand firmly with israel. we must send a clear message to hamas, to hezbollah, and their st

hayim katzman, a graduate student who attended the university of washington, is among the dead. he was actually cold bloodedly murdered in his home. so that was very hard to digest at the white house said tuesday that president biden spoke directly with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu for the third time since the conflict began. we stand with israel and we will make sure israel has what it needs to take care of its citizens, defend itself and respond to this attack. hamas does not stand for the palestinian people's right to dignity and self-determination in palestine's official government. health ministry says in gaza, at least 900 people have been killed in the war, including hundreds of children, women and entire families. the uss gerald r ford arrived in the mediterranean tuesday, sending a message to iran and other hamas supporters. let me be clear. we

the zionist hayim kats visited r.