NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO GO LIVE TO GAZA, TO SPEAK TO THE OXFAM HUMANITARIAN WORKER OMAR GHRAIEB, HE'S JOINING US BY PHONE, AND WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE PROGRAM.

CAN YOU FIRST, OMAR, START BY TELLING US WHAT YOU ARE WITNESSING RIGHT NOW, WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING ALL DAY TODAY?

>> YES, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, CHRISTIANE.

A LOT IS HAPPENING.

YOU ARE WITNESSING A COMPOUNDED ROUND OF ESCALATION.

SO, HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED ACROSS THE GAZA STRIP AND OVER 3,000 ARE WOUNDED.

AND, OF COURSE, THE NUMBERS ARE ESCALATING BY THE MINUTE.

SO, ISRAEL ALSO DECLARED A FULL CLOSURE OF GAZA, WHICH MEANS NO ENTRY OF FOOD OR FUEL OR MEDICINE, REALLY COMPROMISING THE SITUATION EVEN MORE.

WHAT WE WITNESSED IS VERY HEAVY AIR STRIKES.

HUNDREDS OF MILITARY AIR STRIKES BY ISRAEL ACROSS THE GAZA STRIP.

BY LAND, AIR, AND SEA.

INCLUDING SOME OF THAT DESTROYED ESSENTIAL WATER AND SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE.

WHICH REALLY RAISES THE FEAR THAT GAZA WILL RUN OUT OF DRINKABLE WATER, AND KEEP IN MIND THAT DRINKABLE WATER IS ALREADY SCARCE.

SO, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF TARGETING TO RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, HOUSES, TOWERS, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S EFFECTING THE -- SO, YEAH, IT'S BEEN A TOUGH COUPLE OF DAYS, HONESTLY.

>> OMAR, ON SATURDAY, AFTER THIS ASSAULT, NETANYAHU TOLD, QUOTE, RESIDENTS OF GAZA TO GET OUT NOW, BECAUSE WE WILL OPERATE EVERYWHERE, AND WITH FULL FORCE.

AND YOU MAY HAVE HEARD SOME VERY, VERY, YOU KNOW, TOUGH COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT'S COMING FROM OUR ISRAELI IDF SPOKESMAN AND OTHERS ON OUR PROGRAM EARLIER.

SO, MY QUESTION SO YOU IS, WHERE ARE CIVILIANS MEANT TO GO?

WHERE ARE THEY GOING?

ARE THEY GETTING THE WARNINGS IN TIME?

>> ACTUALLY, WE'RE HAVING THE SAME QUESTION, HONESTLY.

IF THE GAZA STRIP HAS NO SHELTERS, HAS NO BUNKERS, AND HAS NO SAFE ZONES, SO WHEN PEOPLE HEAR THAT, I'M NOT SURE THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO GO, CONSIDERING THAT ISRAELI ATTACKS ARE CASCADING ACROSS THE WHOLE OF THE GAZA STRIP.

SO I -- I'M NOT SURE HOW PEOPLE WILL PERCEIVE THIS NEWS AND WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

I DON'T DEEM IT AS REALLY BENEFICIAL TO PEOPLE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE GAZA STRIP IS A SMALL COASTAL ENCLAVE, AND AS IT IS COMPROMISED WITH ISRAELI ATTACKS, PEOPLE HAVE NO PLACE TO GO BESIDES THE -- SO, IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.

>> DO YOU -- ARE YOU ALL BRACING FOR A GROUND ASSAULT?

AND AS YOU'VE MENTIONED, I MEAN, BASICALLY WHAT THE DEFENSE MINISTER SAID, THAT THERE IS A TOTAL SIEGE ON THOSE, YOU KNOW, LIFE-SAVING FOOD, WATER, FUEL, ELECTRICITY, ARE YOU BRACING FOR A GROUND ASSAULT?

AND, AGAIN, HAVE YOU GOT ANYTHING TO COMPARE THAT WITH IN YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THE PAST?

>> OF COURSE, I WITNESSED ALL THE PAST ESCALATIONS, OR MOST OF THEM, AND JUST TO TALK TO YOU FROM A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE, IT'S LIKE BRINGING ALL THE PAST BOMBARDMENTS AND COMPOUNDING THEM INTO ONE REALLY TEN TIMES OR 100 TIMES MORE INTENSE ESCALATION AGAINST THE GAZA STRIP.

WHICH IS REALLY LEAVING EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, TO REALLY FRANTICALLY THINK OF WHAT MIGHT COME NEXT, AND WHAT TO DO TO SEEK, YOU KNOW, SAFETY.

>> AGAIN, EVERYBODY'S GOING TO START FOCUSSING IN A FEW DAYS, NO DOUBT, ON THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION.

THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM CALLED FOR THE CREATION OF HUMANITARIAN CORRIDORS, BUT THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKELY POSSIBLE AT ALL NOW.

WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT?

>> WHAT'S REALLY ON THE GROUND IS FOR THE GROUND TO TELL WHAT YOU ARE THE NEEDS.

WE'RE CLOSELY MONITORING, OF COURSE, IT'S VERY DANGEROUS TO BE ON THE GROUND AND, YOU KNOW, CLOSELY ASSESS, SO, WE'RE MONITORING TO SEE WHAT'S EXACTLY HAPPENING TO WE CAN HOPEFULLY IMMEDIATELY PREPARE AND IMPLEMENT HUMANITARIAN RESPONSES.

>> YEAH.

>> BUT FOR NOW, NOTHING IS CLEAR AND YOU CAN'T REALLY DECIDE ANYTHING.

>> OMAR, WE'LL KEEP CHECKING IN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OXFAM INSIDE GAZA CITY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.