WHILE the world’s Middle East focus has shifted to Lebanon and Syria, the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza only gets worse.
In the 14 months since Hamas carried out a surprise attack in Israel, killing 1,200 and taking 250 hostages, Israel has decimated the group’s leadership and cadres, blasted its underground tunnel network, and killed more than 45,000 Palestinians – as many as two-thirds of them civilians. It has also destroyed most of the Gaza Strip’s housing and civilian infrastructure.
