by Deb Cupples | Saudi King Abdullah has pledged $1 billion toward rebuilding Gaza (Los Angeles Times). So far, the damage total is estimated at $2 billion, but the estimate will likely increase.
The LA Times continues with some heart-sinking details:
"In the village of Fukhari, outside Khan Yunis, it seemed as if a powerful earthquake had struck, flattening a collection of 15 homes belonging to a single extended family, a swath of destruction the size of a city block. Israeli tanks and bulldozers rolled through this agricultural patch last week, destroying every building in sight.
"Stunned residents picked through the wreckage among muddy, thigh-high tread marks, salvaging clothing, blankets and undamaged cinder blocks, hauling anything usable away on tractors and donkey carts.
"'They even killed the chickens and the turkeys!' shouted Faour Atteya, a 50-year-old high school teacher. 'They killed the cats!'"
"At Atteya's feet, his 2-year-old-son, Yasser, sat wailing atop a small pile of muddied clothes.
"Colorful bits of debris jutted out of a nearby pile of rubble: a small plastic chair, bits of construction paper and a coloring book.
"'This was the neighborhood nursery school run by a charitable organization,' Atteya said.
"A short drive away in the village of Khozaa, residents pointed cautiously at the lone Israeli tank still visible in the distance. A fierce thrust by the vehicles had destroyed at least a dozen homes, killing at least 13 people.
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