again yousef , hammash, advocacy officer in gaza for the norwegian refugee council. grew up, was born in the jabalia refugee camp, the largest refugee camp in gaza. when we come back, we will be joined by craig mokhiber, top u.n. official in new york who has resigned saying the u.n. has failed to stop what he called a genocide unfolding in gaza. back in a moment. ♪ [music break] amy: natalie merchant recently signed an open letter titled "artist call for cease fire now" alongside actors, playwrights, and is supported by ausa. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. a top united nations official in new york has resigned and has accused the united nations of failing to address what he calls a textbook case of genocide unfolding in gaza. craig mokhiber is a longtime international human rights lawyer who served as director of the new york office of the united nations high commissioner for human rights. he had worked at the united nations since 1992 and had lived in gaza in the 1990's. in a letter addressed to the u.n. high com

yousef hammash, thank you so much for joining as they.ou grew up and you were born in the jabalia refugee camp. can you talk about the significance of what took place yesterday? >> yes, i am born and raised in jabalia cap as a refugee. jabalia camp is not a place for us to consider -- it is more than a place. the attack was at the heart of the camp. gaza is one of -- jabalia camp is the most densely populated place in gaza. it is a block of concrete. the whitest space is half a meter -- widest space is half a meter. it is one of the most crowded places on earth. the attack yesterday, the massive amount of casualties, first of all an apartment and because it is very populated. [indiscernible] they want to target someone. if you look to the images, what is going on -- amy: can you respond to the israeli military saying they aimed for the alleyways, not the buildings and that they were going for one of the commanders of hamas and that people should have left, that they warned palestinians to leave northern gaza and go south? >> first of all,

i want you to respond, i played this already for yousef hammash in gaza right now, in khan younis, toespond, but i'd like you to respond to it, as well. after israel's attack on jabaliya yesterday, the idf spokesperson, israeli defense forces spokesperson, lieutenant colonel richard hecht, appeared on cnn and was interviewed by wolf blitzer. >> but you know that there are a lot of refugees, a lot of innocent civilians, men, women and children, in that refugee camp, as well, right? >> this is the tragedy of war, wolf. i mean, we, as you know, we've been saying for days, move south. civilians that are not involved with hamas, please move south. we - >> yeah, i'm just trying to get a little bit more information. you knew there were civilians there. you knew there were refugees, all sorts of refugees. but you decided to still drop a bomb on that refugee camp attempting to kill this hamas commander. by the way, was he killed? >> i can't confirm, yeah. there will be more updated. he, yes, we know that he was killed. about the civilians there, we're doing everything we can to minimize. amy: