we begin today's show with muhammad shehada, writer and analyst from gaza. chief communications at euro-mediterranean human rights monitor and a columnist at the forward newspaper, a jewish weekly in new work. he is joining us from copenhagen. welcome to democracy now! can you describe what is happening on the ground? first, respond to this order from the israeli government that half the population of gaza, 1.1 million people, mostly the north and head south and they gave them 24 hours last night to do it. >> yes, thank you, amy. i have been through six military operations or more. this is like nothing i've ever seen in my entire life and nothing like gaza has ever seen in terms of magnitude, scale, level of destruction, and deaths . entire neighborhoods are unrecognizable. with the evacuation orders, it is basically very obvious forcible transfers. most important thing, it is not implement a bowl. if you know gaza geographically and physically, the devastation of the structure, you would know most roads are broken. there are vast electricity and internet ou