From Stones to Missiles: The Heavy Toll of the Gaza War on the Israeli Army

Over 280 days of fierce fighting within the Gaza Strip have left the Israeli army more worn out than at any time else. Israeli soldiers who have been faced with the Palestinian children who merely pelted stones for years are now desperate to cope with the resistance fighters in the full-scale war situation. Amid the media reports about the possibility of an imminent ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, the Israeli soldiers have welcomed this prospect more than any other. In an interview with Israeli Channel 14, a high-ranking Israeli officer admitted that a ceasefire must be reached at any cost and that it is imperative to put an end to the ongoing conflict in Gaza. The illegitimate state of Israel, established allegedly to offer sanctuary to the Jews worldwide, has, through the egregious missteps of its leaders, transformed not merely into a lethal apparatus for the massacre of Palestine's Arab populace but also a abattoir for the very Jews who had fled to it.