GAZA STRIP: An Overview - Six Months After Cast Lead

GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP - JUNE 9: A Palestinian boy flies his kite next to an incomplete beach-front hotel on Tuesday, June 9, 2009, in Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Construction ground to a halt in the Gaza Strip when the Israelis imposed a blockade in June 2007 after Hamas seized power. Six months after Israel launched Operation Cast Lead, Gaza continues to struggle after more than 1000 people were killed, mostly civilians, during the 22-day assault that began December 27, 2008. Israel launched the...
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GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP - JUNE 9: A Palestinian boy flies his kite next to an incomplete beach-front hotel on Tuesday, June 9, 2009, in Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Construction ground to a halt in the Gaza Strip when the Israelis imposed a blockade in June 2007 after Hamas seized power. Six months after Israel launched Operation Cast Lead, Gaza continues to struggle after more than 1000 people were killed, mostly civilians, during the 22-day assault that began December 27, 2008. Israel launched the assault in response to the more than 8,600 rockets fired by Hamas and other militants into southern Israel since 2001, killing 28 people and wounding hundreds. US President Barak Obama described the Palestinian's plight as intolerable, but that the US bond with Israel was unbreakable, while Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu recently backed the establishment of a Palestinian state, but only if it was demilitarized and accepted Israel as a Jewish state.
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