#operation cast lead
We have just passed the one-year anniversary of a catastrophic 51-day Israeli assault on the Gaza strip. The major offensive – “Operation Protective Edge” – was the third one of its kind since 2007 and claimed the lives of more than 2,200 Palestinians, the vast majority of whom were civilians. Roughly 11,000 Gazans were maimed, injured or permanently disfigured. This is not to mention the immeasurable destruction it wrought on Gaza’s infrastructure; more than 100,000 buildings in Gaza – a…
