By late August, the war on Gaza had claimed over 2,000 lives and more would follow. Most of them were civilians, and many were children. Another 10,000 Palestinians were wounded. By contrast, sixty-five Israeli soldiers were killed and three civilians and several hundred Israeli soldiers were wounded. One-quarter of Gazans were made homeless; most of the country was in literal ruins. Israel destroyed their power plant, thereby knocking out electricity, contaminating water, and halting sewage processing. The destruction included a university, many mosques, most hospitals, 146 schools, and
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