Gaza in Ruins: A news special - Part 1 - 23 Jan 09

The Gaza Strip is a land in ruins, devastated by 22 days of war.

In this news special from Gaza, Al Jazeera focuses on the damage from the war - the human, physical and political damage suffered by people here, people already weakened by an 18-month siege at the hands of Israel.

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[TheDawnOfTheTruth]

This is not a War!

Battleships and Bombers and the SAS.

Thats war.

Israel would get owned if they fought a country that could actually defend its self,

[robertcuznar]

• For over six decades, over four millions Palestinians are under occupation, Israel has pursued a ruthless, violent, racist policy of slow-motion genocide against millions of Palestinians, especially children, to cripple new generations physically and emotionally, to crush their spirit to resist, to harden a ruthless colonial agenda in violation of fundamental international humanitarian law with respect to basic human freedoms, self-determination

[techcafe]

look back through history, Jews & Arabs used to get along just fine... in PALESTINE. but then the racist zionists came along and created a fictional 'Jewish homeland'... and endless conflict & suffering came soon after.

[shadowofears]

Pakistan can take out the shit of Israel

[RJ4Y09]

we will not forget this crime..soon justice will prevail..!!! we support all who is oppressed..we are all against the oprressor...God bless the palestinians..we are with you..be patient my brother and sister God is with you ...from philippines...

[wind4watts]

AIPAC - USA Support for these Israeli Lunatic Terrorists reminds me of theose sick Hostel Films, where Rich Businessmen bid to be able to Torture innocent captives, because with the terrible Toll of Killings Crippling s Blinding's & 1460 Dead without repercussions that is basically what USA-Israel are have done, DE-NUKE ISRAEL & PUT THOSE RESPONSIBLE UP AGAINST A WALL AND SHOOT THEM, maybe then we can have a real Just Peace at LAST.

[RuudVanDrijver]

Why does Israel torture its victims like this? We all know the Palestinians are doomed. The USA won't do anything for them. The israelis would be being kinder if they just put the Palestinians, men, women and children into gas chambers and then cremated them. Sure, there'd be an international 'outrage' for a few days, but it'd soon be forgotten and Israel would have all the land, just as they're going to have sooner or later anyway.

[ZionIDF]

hamas is a bad idea

[nesdave1]

Palestine should have expected retaliation after they launched rockets into Israel. The fact that islam has threatened the erradication of Jews is reason enough to let Palestine know they need a good spanking. As to weapons; the proof is in the ships that try to get through like Victory. The only reason Israel persists is that they have played the game for so long. What's next? i'll bet Israel knows!

[robertcuznar]

Since 1967, the Israeli government has demolished over 24,000 Palestinian homes -- which families have built on their own land inside the Occupied Territories.  Israel denies 94% of all Palestinian applications for building permits from Palestinian families in the Occupied Territories, and then demolishes Palestinian homes for the failure to have a permit that they cannot obtain.