From this story it sounds quite gruesome - body parts and pieces lying on rooftops, lying in the streets, rotting flesh exhumed by explosion.
I've said this before - each day the conflict increases Israel runs the risk of a large scale escalation by the likes of Iran and others. Gaza could theoretically become a drawn out conflict like Iraq - once insurgents arrive.
Iran's top leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued a religious opinion, or fatwa, declaring the purchase of any Israeli goods or trade with Israeli companies to be forbidden.
Israel launched the onslaught in Gaza on Dec. 27, seeking to punish the ruling Hamas militant group for years of rocket attacks on southern Israel. The offensive has killed more than 940 Palestinians, half of them civilians, according to Palestinian hospital officials. The toll included 11 Palestinians killed Wednesday, medical officials said.
Palestinian rocket fire has dropped off dramatically since the offensive began. Twelve rockets were fired at Israel on Wednesday, down from as many as 80 a day early in the operation.
Witnesses described a gruesome scene of strewn body parts and the stench of charred and rotting flesh.
"There was flesh on the roofs, there was small bits of intestines. My neighbor found a hand of a woman who died a long time ago, we put it all into a plastic bag," said resident Ahmad Abu Jarbou.
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clipped from news.yahoo.com
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