The guns may have quieted but Gaza today lies in ruins far beyond what many dared to imagine. What Israel’s military aggression and systematic destruction have inflicted on the Strip over more than two years is a catastrophe of an order that the world is only now beginning to grasp. As international media, aid organizations and observers will finally gain fuller access to Gaza, the grim truth will soon become visible: this is not a war zone in need of a ceasefire alone but a landscape of devastation demanding justice, reconstruction and a fundamental rethinking of what “peace” must mean.

Drone footage shows the devastating extent of destruction the Gaza Strip with pre and post-conflict images of the besieged city. The city has been under heavy bombardment by…

The guns may have quieted but Gaza today lies in ruins far beyond what many dared to imagine. What Israel’s military aggression and systematic destruction have inflicted on the…