Lull in Fighting - Fear Gives Way to Despair

For many, the lull in the fighting and the fear that goes with it gives way to a sense of despair. One man tells how he saw an Israeli tank and then an Israeli soldier came out at the top with a gun and shot his wife and children. He does not know why the Israeli soldier spared him. His home is destroyed and he has not even a picture to remember his children by.

News footage showed the walls inside some families' houses that have been marked with graffiti by Israeli soldiers that read, "Hammas - bad, IDF [Israeli Defense Force] = good". One family whom used to work in Israel have come back to their homes to such graffiti and symbols of Israel (the Israeli 'star' that can be seen on the country's flag) drawn on walls inside their house and even inside their cupboards.

Whilst Israel continues to blame Hammas for keeping their military installations in close proximity to civilian areas, the Arab Peace Summit in Kuwait held yesterday concluded that the Israeli military wants to 'smash' around and the Israeli politicians don't have a commitment to peace. Israel has destroyed the peace process and that what the politicians really want is the 'enemy' defeated.

Source: Aljazeera News Hour (broadcast by Triangle T.V.)