New Delhi, Oct. 27 -- Israel Palestine conflict Day 690: A 'truce' that fences Gaza, yellow posts, quiet skies, and the daily violence of denial

Gaza City - On Day 690 of the Israel Palestine conflict, a manufactured quiet masks a multiplying peril. Across Gaza's pulverized neighborhoods, families picking through the wreckage for the dead and the salvageable are trailed by a deadlier remnant: unexploded Israeli ordnance seeded by two years of bombardment. Municipal crews say they are starved of fuel, spare parts and heavy machinery. Aid agencies warn that "reconstruction" is a euphemism so long as half-buried bombs turn every alley into a trap. And while foreign teams are permitted brief forays to search for Israeli captives' remains, Pa...