Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up. Israel begins its offensive on Gaza City, but will it face a manpower issue? I speak with reporter Orrin Lieberman from Jerusalem and Israeli political analyst Dalia Shindland. Then, here comes the sun. Environmentalist Bill McKibben tells me about the

remarkable growth of solar power and the Afghans left behind. Four years since the Taliban takeover,

Isabelle Young, brings us this report from Afghanistan. Plus, the art of resistance. I look back at Christian's conversation

with painter Amy Sherald,

who canceled her Smithsonian show

to protest censorship.

The United States Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Biona Goldriga in New York, sitting in for Christian Amonpour.

Israel is getting ready for its ground offensive into Gaza City. The Israeli military says that it is already on the

outskirts of the area, and that's just the first step of a larger operation. Prime Minister

Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the IDF to give him a shortened timeline for the threatened

takeover and occupation of Gaza's largest city. Aid agencies say this push risks worsening the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe.

Meanwhile, in the West Bank, the Israeli government gave final approval to a settlement

plan that effectively cuts the territory into two.

Orrin Lieberman joins me now from Jerusalem with more on this.

And, Oren, first let's start with this larger scale offensive into

Gaza City. Has the official green light been given by the prime minister's government?

We are waiting for a green light on the operational plans themselves. The overall plan

has been approved. Now it's in the details. Prime Minister

Benjamin Netanyahu met with his defense minister, army officials and other high-level

security officials earlier this afternoon and we're still waiting for a statement or a decision

to come out of that, but certainly all of the signs are that this is moving forward. A phased

operation, one in Israeli source told us could take five months

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