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Continued Fighting in Gaza
From CNN --
This video, taken during the three-week conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, helps to capture the massive violence that fell on the region. During the conflict, over 1,000 Palestinians were killed, 45% of whom were women and children. The devastation has left an already destitute area desperate for help.
What were the damages felt in Gaza Strip following the confrontation? Besides the rising death toll, nearly 400,000 were left without running water, and 80% of the crops were destroyed, crippling the aready fragile population dependent on aid.
While devastation has been felt mainly by the Palestinians, Israelis too have been affected, especially those living on the border of the Gaza Strip.
For more, explore a moving photo gallery of the conflict.