Palestinians in Gaza celebrate after Israel and Hamas declare a long-term ceasefire to end 51 days of fighting that left at least 2,104 Palestinians and 68 Israelis dead, as well as one Thai national working in Israel. While both Hamas and Israel have declared victory, those most affected by the war are left homeless and mourning.
Israeli activists protest in central Tel Aviv against the Israeli attack on Gaza, calling to end the violence, August 23, 2014. (Activestills.org)
Palestinians flash victory signs as hundreds of Gazans gather in the streets to celebrate the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on August 26, 2014 in Gaza City. (Activestills.org)
Palestinians flash victory signs as hundreds of Gazans gather in the streets to celebrate the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on August 26, 2014 in Gaza City. (Activestills.org)
Palestinians inspect thewreckage of a car after it was hit by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, on August 24, 2014. (Activestills.org)
Family members and relatives of Daniel Tregerman, a 4-year-old Israeli, mourn during his funeral on August 24, 2014 in Hevel Shalom, Israel. (Activestills.org)
A Palestinian youth holds a sign calling to boycott Israeli goods, during the weekly protest against the Israeli occupation in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, August 22, 2014.(Activestills.org)
Israeli activists from the group Rhythms of Resistance’ play music in central Tel Aviv at a protest against the Israeli government’s policy to cut off of welfare services, during the attack on Gaza, August 26, 2014. (Activestills.org)
Israeli activists protest in central Tel Aviv against the Israeli attack on Gaza, calling to end the violence, August 23, 2014.(Activestills.org)
Residents of Kfar Shalom neighborhood in South Tel Aviv protest against a plan to evict residents in the neighborhood, calling for improved of welfare services in Israel, next to the Iron Dome battery, a missile defense system designed to intercept and destroy incoming rockets, in South Tel Aviv, August 24, 2014. (Activestills.org)
Khalida Jarrar, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, leader in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and longtime advocate for Palestinian political prisoners, showing an internal expulsion order issued to her by Israeli soldiers who invaded her home in Ramallah at 1:30 a.m. on August 20, 2014, ordering her to leave Ramallah and move to Jericho within 24 hours. (Activestills.org)
Palestinian and international activists build a kitchen and bathroom for a Palestinian house in Area C of the West bank, in Jiftlik village, Jordan Valley, August 22, 2014. Hamda Bdairat, a Palestinian woman, owns the one-bedroom house. Her husband lives in Jordan as Israel has prevented him from entering the West Bank for many years. She suffers from water and electricity shortages. According to the Oslo Accords, construction in Area C is not allowed without Israeli permission. (Activestills.org)
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We are in an extraordinarily dangerous era in Israel-Palestine. The bloodshed unleashed by these events has reached extreme levels of brutality and threatens to engulf the entire region. Hamas’ murderous assault in southern Israel has devastated and shocked the country to its core. Israel’s retaliatory bombing of Gaza is wreaking destruction on the already besieged strip and killing a ballooning number of civilians. Emboldened settlers in the West Bank, backed by the army, are seizing the opportunity to escalate their attacks on Palestinians.
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