
A truce halted the bloodshed, but the fury of young Palestinians is stronger than ever
CNN
After the declaration of a ceasefire brought an end to more than 10 days of conflict between Gaza and Israel, Kurd and other Palestinians can rest a little easier. But they say their day-to-day reality hasn't changed.
It was a hot August day in 2009. CNN witnessed those scenes, which the then 12-year-old Mohammed el-Kurd says he can barely remember today. Abutting his current family residence is the part of the house his grandmother -- who died last year at the age of 103 -- once lived. A Jewish man lives there now -- a settler, according to international law. Outside, a playground that was once an island of serenity for the Kurd children is strewn with litter and thick overgrowth. An olive tree which his family planted in 2000 stands in the middle of the garden.
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