Gazans took to the streets on Tuesday evening, cheering the thunderous sounds of rockets being fired towards Israel just days after the Israeli police in Jerusalem raided one of the holiest sites in Islam. Some whistled and chanted.
“Go! Go! Go!” they shouted. “God is with you.”
But on Wednesday morning the cheers had stopped, as Gazans emerged dazed from their homes after what some described as the most intense airstrikes since cross-border Israeli-Palestinian hostilities flared back up earlier this week. After a night of sporadic strikes, a final barrage lasted one seemingly endless hour, beginning around 6am (local time).