Family members die in Israeli house demolition - 18 Jan 09
Destroyed homes greet returning Gazans - 18 Jan 09
January 17 - Day 22
Hamas and Israel declared independent, conditional ceasefires.
Palestinian death toll: 1,300+ (more then 1/3 being children), wounded: 5,400+
Israeli death toll: 13 (10 soldiers, 3 civilian)
Gaza doctor's tragedy caught on Israeli TV - 17 Jan 09 Palestinian doctor Ezzeldeen Abu al-Aish (who works at an Israeli hospital) was giving Israel's Channel 10 his daily account from inside the war zone in Gaza when three of his daughters were killed in an Israeli attack.
January 16 - Day 21
Palestinian death toll: 1,133 (346+ children), wounded: 5,200+
Israeli death toll: 13 (10 soldiers, 3 civilian)
26,000 Gazans living in temporary shelter
20,000 residential buildings damaged, 4,000 more destroyed
