I'm deeply distressed by today's announcement that Israel will initiate a complete seizure

of the Gaza Strip, nothing allowed in, no electricity, food or fuel.

The United Nations is condemning Israel's siege of Gaza, saying it's a legal under-international

law. This comes as the death toll continues to rise from Israel's massive bombing campaign,

following Hamas' unprecedented surprise attack on southern Israel that killed over 900 people

in Israel. The death toll in Gaza has topped 770 overwhelming hospitals in the besieged

territory. We'll go to Tel Aviv and Gaza for the latest.

We were told to evacuate the eastern part of Kahn Unis and head to a safe place, but there

is no safe place in the Gaza Strip. As you can see, the airstrikes are targeting everywhere.

But and more coming up.

Welcome to Democracy Now, democracynow.org, the War and Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman. Israeli

airstrikes continue to rain down across the Gaza Strip, where the death toll has climbed

to more than 770 people and is expected to rapidly rise as there's your own masses troops

for a possible ground invasion. Among the dead are dozens of Palestinians killed Monday

as Israel bombed a packed marketplace in Jabalya Gaza's largest refugee camp, also struck

hospitals, university, two UN-run schools sheltering families displaced by the fighting. More

than 4,000 Palestinians have been injured. The UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees says

violence has displaced nearly 200,000 people across the Gaza Strip, with that number expected

to grow. Humanitarian aid workers report hospitals are overwhelmed with critical shortages

of medicine, food and fuel. This is Salah Anuna, a 73-year-old grandfather whose

Gaza neighborhood came under attack.

We were at home when we got information saying we have to leave immediately, to leave

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