Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Israelis gone, but rebuilding just starting in Gaza - International Herald Tribune
In a place where most everyone has a hard-luck story, Ibrahim Abu Shatat could write an entire book.
Two of his homes have been destroyed by Israeli troops, he has been out of work for six years, and his family of nine has lived in the storage room under Rafah's soccer stadium for three years.
Yet Shatat may be one of the few Gazans who see a ray of hope.
Partly through his persistence, construction has begun on 300 homes in the sand dunes next to the former Jewish settlement of Rafiah Yam.
Along with a neighboring school, they are the first major construction projects in or near a settlement since Israeli soldiers and settlers pulled out of the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2005.
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Then, five years ago, with Palestinian militants in Rafah battling Israeli troops, Shatat's home was rendered uninhabitable when Israeli forces demolished his neighbor's home. The Shatats rented a home nearby; that was destroyed in January 2004 when Israel tore down more homes. The only shelter Shatat could find for his wife and eight children, now aged 3 to 20, was the storage room under the Rafah stadium. ...
In a place where most everyone has a hard-luck story, Ibrahim Abu Shatat could write an entire book.
Two of his homes have been destroyed by Israeli troops, he has been out of work for six years, and his family of nine has lived in the storage room under Rafah's soccer stadium for three years.
Yet Shatat may be one of the few Gazans who see a ray of hope.
Partly through his persistence, construction has begun on 300 homes in the sand dunes next to the former Jewish settlement of Rafiah Yam.
Along with a neighboring school, they are the first major construction projects in or near a settlement since Israeli soldiers and settlers pulled out of the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2005.
...
Then, five years ago, with Palestinian militants in Rafah battling Israeli troops, Shatat's home was rendered uninhabitable when Israeli forces demolished his neighbor's home. The Shatats rented a home nearby; that was destroyed in January 2004 when Israel tore down more homes. The only shelter Shatat could find for his wife and eight children, now aged 3 to 20, was the storage room under the Rafah stadium. ...
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