. >>> for more on all of this, the arrival, we're joined by former retired general kenneth mckinsey. general, appreciate you being with us. first of all, an audio like that was played at the u.n. today, what is your reaction web you hear that? >> so, two things, first of all, it's accurately captures the horrific nature of the attack. it's stark, ugly and frightening. but it also speaks to the difficulty of the operation that the idf is contemplating to go into gaza, these are people who are going to be fighting in gaza, people who will do everything they can to fight and fight very hard against the israelis within they elect to come in and i know that's why the idf is carefully calibrating that to accommodate this. >> i talked to some former military officers who were in iraq, when asked about the comparisons to fallujah or mosul, they say they think what israel is or has a ahead of it in gaza city is even more complicated what the u.s. faced in fallujah and mosul because of the civilian population. >> i think that's an accurate s assessment. hamas is better equipment. long time to