experiencing. the illegal israeli occupation has taken place for over 75 years, gaza has been under siege since 2007. and someone my age, someone in their mid-20s, has survived six israeli aggressions on gaza. so, you know, all have been similarly violent. this is nothing new in gazans. and it's an opportunity for us to speak now that the media has turned their attention to this. again, at the march i hope to reiterate this is nothing new for palestinians. at this point we have the opportunity to speak up and say something about it. >> let me ask you about these family members. you say there are u.s. citizens stuck in gaza. we for the early weeks of the war there, the american citizens who were at the rafah gate waiting to leave, your family was not able to get out there. what communications are there to get these american citizens to the u.s.? >> so i have tapped every channel possible to try to get my family out of gaza, and they