Humanitarian Ceasefire

humanitarian ceasefire: The scenes at the market place in Shujaiya were truly awful. People had been caught unawares, out shopping in the days of Eid al-Fitr. There was a degree of reassurance as the Israeli military had declared a four hour humanitarian ceasefire; it was a rare opportunity to stock up, according to The Independent. It had cost 19 lives and more than a hundred wounded. International condemnation had followed, with the UN charging that Israel may have committed a war crime and even strictures, albeit muted, from the US and It had been hours of frantic work after a missile strike on the main market which resulted in more than 150 injured and 15 dead. It could have been many more killed if both the fuel tanks they had in that garage had exploded, luckily only the smaller one did, said 34-year-old Mr Khadar. There were people lying in the streets. Two of us had to jump over them to get to the men in the garage; otherwise the people there would have burned alive. It was a terrible thing that happened, There was also the unspoken hope that lightning, albeit man made, would not strike twice on the same day. In the early hours of the morning an attack had taken place on a UN school, Jabaliya Elementary Girls, being used as a refugee shelter. Video: Explosions continue as emergency services struggle (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.