Because this order for people from gaza to evacuate south is a major statement, a major ask. It is a major Astatement Anda major ask and especially for the palestinians who are in gaza and they have nowhere the go at this point, and so the u. N. Sheltersing and i posed the question to the u. N. Who were already sheltering some 300,000, and 330,000 people. That is tough, but what is going on here, because i think that the protests that we are seeing are really significant at that point. Eight palestinians shot dead by Israeli Forces by the occupied west bank and jerusalem in support of gaza according to the health minister, and they shot up palestinian in ramallah, bethlehem, and in the town of khartoum in the past weeks in the occupied west bank in Eastern Jerusalem since the clashes began with the Israeli Forces, and it has been a tense week as the settlers are roaming the west Bank Shooting at passing vehicles. On thursday, a palestinian man and his son were shot dead as there were four palestinians were killed. And now, at a mosque in jerusalem, it was very quiet i must say and i was out and ob serving this, and Israeli Forces were very selective about who they let into the compound today. I was in Eastern Jerusalem today speaking to those who did get in and i was told by the people returning from the Midday Prayers that only women over 50 and men over 60 were allowed in. And that is the third holiest site on the shrine known by arabs by al sharef and by the jews as the mount temple that is the most holy site which lies in the heart of the conflict. If we step out a moment, we can see, john, mass protests across this region in support of gaza and what is going on there and, you know, likely to happen Going Forward and we have seen the protests in places like bahrain and iraq and sanaa and other crimes being committed against palestinians. And they would be sponsored by the regime and come typically right after friday prayers and to show that there is public backing for the Regime Support for groups like hamas and hezbollah. And so the fact that we are seeing some very violent clashes in the west bank, and relatively quiet, but very, very agitated day in east jerusalem, and then the protests around the region only speaks to where this region is at in putting the call squarely back on the map. I have spoken to people today, and Palestinians Living in Eastern Jerusalem who are not supportive of the hamas or the militant groups, but these are the palestinians trying to go about their daily lives and caught up in this, but they are clearly going to have huge sympathy for the residents of gaza who have, as you started this discussion who have now been told by the idf to evacuate. They have nowhere to go, and that Border Crossing in rafa would be the only way out, and even though there is enormous amounts of discussion, and i am speaking to my sources around the region where those palestinians would go from gaza if indeed they opened the crossing, it is not clear at this point. So you have a very, very difficult situation at present, and in the hours to come, it will be revealed what happens next. John . All right. Becky anderson, who is in jerusalem for us, and to give you a sense of the geography of what you seeing, jerusalem is right there, and ramallah where we are seeing the protests of the west bank is not far from where becky is, and of course, gaza where all of the fighting could very soon be taking place in the south. Kate . John, pull up your map of gaza so we can show where Erin Burnetts location is, because she is down near the gaza Egypt Border There where erin burnett is. We want to go back to erin right now, because there is even more developments there since we last saw you, erin. What is going on . Yes, so, we have been hearing the Israeli Attack helicopters above and quite a bit of o outgoing artillery, and the Israeli Military says they have dropped the same amount as gaza as in the 2014 conflict with gaza and that is the scale we are see on the ground, and listen to becky talk about The Rafah Border here, and we are a few miles from the gaza border and not far from egyptian border and not far from that border is the crossing, and this is what it is like. You are in a very desertlike environment as we experienced when the tanks go by. That is the terrain here, and that border is closed. Thinking about gaza and how closed it is and you have 2 Million People there and that border is completely closed not far from where we are, but if you open it, there is the real question of where they go, because you are coming into the terrain similar to what is behind me, and where we are standing right now, and so that ism is of the Big Questions that they have to stand, but right here, we did some Israeli Attack helicopters and again, that existing ongoing fire there into gaza. Erin, thank you so much for being there, and we will continue to stay close to you, and i think that you heard more happening behind erin as we speak. We will get right back to you. John . Again, she was talking about the border between israel and egypt and gaza and i jipt and the Rafah Crossing here which is closed between gaza and egypt and erin is right here not far from both borders. And now i want to go to israeli town from Nic Robertson is from the gaza border and overlooking gaza, and nic, what are you seeing in the last several hours . Yeah, more and more Artillery Impacts going into gaza, and big plumes of smoke, and apparently, it is looking like fires in gauz gaza, and right in the area where israel has told them to move south, and it is about 1. 1 Million People to move, and that would be impossible, but what is emerging here because israel is asking the civilians to move so they are not caught up in the Collateral Damage if you will if they are commanding the bunkers and the Ammunition Stores and the launch sites and all of that, and israel is saying to the civilians move south and get out of the way. Hamas is telling them to stay put, dont leave. This is in a way is being set up for a blame game. That is oversimplification for what may play out in the coming days of the Ground Incursion that could lead to high civilian casualties and 1,500 palestinians have died already on the strikes in gaza, and hamas can say well, we blame ly use it to cut back the military goals of trying to take out hamas entirely, and israel says, look, we asked for the civilians to move, and hamas told them not to move. It is hard to move that many people in gaza, and impossible without hamas support without buses or that sort of thing, because people there dont have that sort of transportation, and they dont know where to go, because the u. N. Says already 400,000 people in gaza are displaced already. So, it is if you will, a tragic scenario here, but it is not a new one where israel will try to target the entirely en masse because they are trying to make them Collateral Damage, and israel is telling them to move, and hamas is saying no, and the International Community looks on, and they will mount pressure on israel as the death toll climbs, and we are stepping towards that phase of it, but this Ground Offensive is telling us that it is feeling like it is getting closer and we dont know when, but it feels like it is getting closer. And the u. N. Is saying within 24 hours, but the idf says now. Leave now. And we have spoken to the spokesperson from the idf saying to leave civilian lives so that the people in gaza say they cannot move as quickly as they need to right now, and Nic Robertson, keep us posted and we will talk to you soon. Kate . Joining us now for this is George Birnbaum who is the current adviser to jerusalem, and thank you for taking the time, and after we jump off of what nic and john were talking about, and what are you preparing yourselves to look at for the coming days now that we have a call for the evacuation of the folks there in gaza and the leaflets being droppedped i gaza, what are you prepared to see . We are being prepared to see what hamas asked for total war. While the people in the jewish state have been seeking peace since 1948 and had peace with egypt and jordan and other neighbors, the hamas and the palestinians want one thing, blood, jewish blood. We asked for peace and they want war and they are going to get it. That is what we will see. And the u. N. Has decried the Evacuation Order saying it is is impossible for the evacuation without devastating humanitarian consequence, and new reporting into cnn from the Senior State Department official tony blinken in the need to establish safe zones inside gaza and some safe area for the people inside of gaza can go to be safe from israeli operation, and how do you do that . Well, it is very difficult. Israel has always from day one of the establishment state of israel waged any war in the most humanitarian way possible if you can say that, and always trying to mitigate the Collateral Damage, but remember, we are not dealing with the army, and we are dealing with thugs and barbarians and dressed as civilians and hiding behind civilian, and so as much as israel will do everything that they can to mitigate the Collateral Damage, it will not stop israel, and it will not stop our resolve and stop the necessity of completely Em Limb Nating and hamas from the face of the earth. And the State Department in this briefing looks like, my colleague Danny Hansler was saying that they are using, hamas is using Human Shields from the beginning, and impossible to influence what hamas is going to be doing inside of gaza, and with that in mind, and are you would you say that it is impossible to insure the safety of civilians once the Security Operation gets under way . No, i mean, the iz lay army fights within the rul the isri army fights within the laws of war, and we dont lose sight of the objective which is the elimination of hamas, and by the way, i would add that it does not stop in gaza. We know and the world knows that the leadership of hamas is not in gaza, but they are in qatar, but they are in hotels. So round them up, and put them on the plane, and lets trade them for the hostages, and this is going to end things very quickly. One of blinkens stops is in qatar to start those conversation, and they have put themselves in there as an intermediary to speak to hamas to try to get the hostages released, but as a note, we should let everyone know how strong the ties are between qatar and hamas. Exactly right. And it is laughable that they want to act as the honest intermediary as they are the responsible. They want to sit in the hotels in doha and get the money and execute the Slaugt Serhter Of J and we cant give them a pass, and certainly, while they want to give the help of in terms of freezing the money, and release of terrorists if they were to round up, and arrest the leadership of terrorists in doha right now. And so in terms of protecting innocent civilian life in gaza, at the same time, people in israel are asking how this happen . What failed . I want to play for you what one retired general with the idf told cnn on this. Listen to this. It is a total collapse. I am not going to say any excuses. It is a total collapse. It is a systemic collapse. It is the intelligence, and it is the whole defense system. The defense has a number of elements, the technology, the deployment of the army, and the backup, and so many things and it all collapsed. What kind of investigation is needed to answer these questions to make sure that israel is protecting its people . Everyone knows that after this is over, there will be a total investigation, but now is not the time to point fingers or have plame, but now is the time to be unite and eliminate the barbaric threat, and when that is over, we will look at what happened an ensure this never happens again. George birnbaum, thank you for your time. John. Yes, and as kate and george were talking about, Antony Blinken is there meeting with the leaders in qatar to discuss how to get the hostages held in gaza out, and he has other key meetings in saudi arabia and bahrain, and we will hear from the Secretary Of State later. And also, we are following the developments in the United States as well, and there is concern over security in certain locations. Stay with us. Amid the terror and tragedy, so many stories of heroism. There were two People Killed by the Hamas Terrorists and they died, but in their death they also saved their 16yearold son. The family tells us that how it played out is that the father tried to save the family, and the mother shielded the son with her body, and what they wish for him and his siblings. They wanted us to be happy, to be whimsical, and they wanted us to be joyful. They wanted us to be in peace. They didnt want us to be in a situation like this. And they wanted us to live more than anything. They will not die. They will live on in memories and in stories. He was shot in the stomach and injured and after his parents were killed, he got in touch with his family, and including his aunt, and for nine agonizing hours we were told that they were on the phone with him, and he was rescued. And you can see that he is recovering from his physical wounds. And we are joined by his aunt, and you have a remarkable family, and you can see with the sisters around rotem, and it is beautiful, and you were on the phone with him for hours while he waited to be rescue and for a period of time laying under his mother, your sister. What is that conversation like for you . And what were those hours like . I will put it to you and take a step back, because i am finding a little bit of difficult time to transition into this conversation, and it is difficult, but i heard before the break, the questions of the responsibility in the gaza strip, and i dont hear anybody asking for who is responsible for ensuring the jewish safety for those who want to live. I want that asked as my brotherinlaw and sister were peace activists and Human Rights Activists and musicians and they were founding members of the Bilingual School for jews and arabs. I just want to be able to say that before we talked about what happened that morning. You asked about what happened bar, we can take a moment. I hear you. I understand. Thank you. I mean, i understand your, and i hear you on all of it. Outrage. The compounding tragedy of having to hear even us retelling what has happened to your sister even before we come to speak with you, and it is unspeakable and it cant continue and it cant go on. I am looking at the picture of you and your sister together, and it is gutting. And im sorry. Ye yeah. Thank you for that. I wish i could see you. I can only see a screen. And we received a message from whatsapp because we were asked if everything is okay, because there were missiles and alerts and also, it felt different to her. It sounded different to her. And she described while we were online with her what is happening. We hear the shattered and i am going to read some of this for you a bit of it. We got a text from someone there that souns like they shattered the glass at the back door. Lots of shooting, and she talks about their house being surrounded. Lots of gun fire, and knock on the door which had to be terror. And all of the attention on you, and she said, we did before we entered the safe room. And somebody kicked down the back door. That was at 7 47 that we got the final message from her. There was no response to our messages until a few minutes later, rotem wrote to us. Mom and dad are dead. Im sorry. And then became nine hours of Supporting Rotem to making sure that we did Everything Possible to get him through this. So that is the background. You are actually a therapist specializing in trauma. I am a psychotherapist. So i thought that you would be the perfect person to have on the phone, but i am sure that this is a scenario that you could have never prepared for in all of your training. How did that, how did you find that kick in, i guess . They were the most moments of my life until then, and i have had my fair share of trauma and certainly working as a therapist under fire. I used to work in the gaza strip, and if there was a district hit i would come and deal with the families that had been hit, but this is different. What was not said is that when rotem said that his mom and dad was dead, and was this real or his sense of humor, and he wrote that he is bleeding, and very quickly we understood that this is true. I remember saying to myself, all right. You cannot, and i knew what was happening in my body, and i knew what was happening with my emotions, and i soon learned that he was lying underneath her, and this he could not breathe. That there was smoke. I didnt know if he could not breathe because my sister body had become heavy body of a dead person, my beautiful, beautiful vital sister or if he was wounded badly in a wa