Aftermath

With Israel and Hamas both declaring temporary ceasefires, the worst may seem over. However, Hamas has stated its intention to resume fighting if Israeli troops do not leave Gaza within a week.

Reports are already coming in of Israel violating the ceasefire. Given Israel's past disrespect for ceasefires this is likely to continue for some time.

But Gaza, already littered with ruins and bullet-riddled buildings before the Israeli assualt, now lays devasted. Some are already estimating the damage is nearly $1 Billion Dollars. Given how poverty-stricken Gaza is this means the ruins will be the new face of Gaza for some time.

Many bodies remain trapped underneath collapsed buildings and the Palestinian death toll could continue to rise significantly.



As Gaza Doctor and Peace Activist Dr. Ezzeldeen Abu al-Aish delivered a press conference on how three of his daughters and a neice were murdered by Israeli tank fire, hecklers condemned the Grief-stricken father for "Talking Against Israel". While the hecklers stated with absolute certainty that the girls deserved to die because "they had weapons inside the home". The Israeli military differed, simply saying that they had come under sniper fire.

Dr. Ezzeldeen Abu al-Aish is unique in that he was trained in Israel and speaks Hebrew and was one of the only Palestinian voices on Israeli TV during the invasion. During an interview with him Israeli viewers got a brief glimpse of the suffering in Gaza.



While polls show that 94% of the (Non-Arab) Israeli population supported the war there is growing dissent in Israel that the operation did not go far enough.