NaCcache100's video: IDF Army in Gaza Strip 2009 Exclusive Photos

The 20082009 IsraelGaza conflict, part of the ongoing IsraeliPalestinian conflict, started when Israel launched a military campaign in the Gaza Strip on December 27 2008, codenamed Operation Cast Lead (Hebrew: מבצע עופרת יצוקה‎. The operation's aim was to stop Hamas attacks on southern Israel, and it included the targeting of Hamas' members, police force, and infrastructure.[17] In the Arab World, the conflict has been described as the Gaza Massacre A fragile six-month truce between Hamas and Israel expired on December 19, 2008.Hamas and Israel could not agree on conditions to extend the truce.Hamas blamed Israel for not lifting the Gaza Strip blockade, and for an Israeli raid on a purported tunnel crossing the border into Israel from Gaza Strip on November 4, which it held constituted a serious breach of the truce.Israel accuses Hamas of violating the truce citing the frequent rocket and mortar attacks on Israel cities. The Israeli operation began with an intense bombardment of the Gaza Strip, targeting Hamas bases, police training camps, police headquarters and offices.Civilian infrastructure, including mosques, houses and schools, were also attacked. Israel said many of these buildings stocked weapons.Hamas intensified its rocket and mortar attacks against targets in Israel throughout the conflict, hitting previously untargeted cities as Beersheba and Ashdod.On January 3, 2009, the Israeli Defence Forces ground invasion began. International reactions during the conflict have included calls for an immediate ceasefire as in the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1860, and concern about the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and the hindrances in delivering aid. Human rights groups and aid organisations have accused Hamas and Israel of war crimes and called for independent investigations and lawsuits. It is estimated that 1,200 or more Palestinians and 13 Israelis died in the conflict. The number of combatant and non-combatant casualties is a subject of ongoing contention.[39] Casualty figures have been difficult to verify due to the limited amount of journalists allowed in Gaza during the conflict. In the days following the ceasefire, the BBC reported that more than 400,000 Gazans were left without running water.[40] The BBC further reported that 4000 homes had been ruined, leaving tens of thousands of people homeless. The conflict came to an end on January 18 after first Israel and then Hamas announced unilateral ceasefires.On January 21, Israel completed its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. On 2 March, it was reported that international donors had pledged $4.5 billion in aid for the Palestinians, mainly for rebuilding Gaza after Israel's offensive.