Little peace in truce for the people of Gaza

Now in its fifth day, the pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas has allowed an increased number of aid trucks to enter Gaza from Egypt, but the humanitarian needs are so immense that many Gazans have felt little or no impact.

It had rained, and a steady stream of children and adults trudged through mud and puddles in sandals and flip flops on their way to the water station. The quest for water was the main activity that could be seen on the streets.

The struggle for water happens daily, since the people of Gaza were first displaced until now. Even during the ceasefire, they didn't find a solution to the water problem.

Carting heavy cans of water through muddy streets, searching mounds of rubble for clothes, mourning lost relatives and homes, Gazans reprieved from Israeli bombardment during the truce with Hamas were still facing the daily hardships of war.

At a water station in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, people filled plastic containers and lugged them to homes or shelters using carts pulled by donkeys or by hand, bicycles, a shopping trolley, a wheelbarrow, even a wheelchair.

The truce is the time to lift the rubble and search for all the missing people and bury them. What use is the truce if the bodies remain under the rubble?

Five days are not enough, and fifty days are not enough, and five years will not be enough for Gazans to get over the pain .