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 It was the hacks who got here first: even before Israel announced its ‘unilateral’ ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on 18 January, they were queuing up at the Egyptian border post in Rafah, waiting to cross over into Gaza and file their war stories.

People in the Gaza Strip are desperate for the ceasefire to continue - they have seen enough blood spilt.

Medical personnel like Mohammed are still doggedly trying to treat those with the worst injuries and digging out partly decomposed bodies from the rubble of Gaza.

'We have lost everything... But tell them, tell the world, we do not want food or money - we just want our life back, and we want our freedom.'

Gazans are fleeing for their lives, but there is no escape from the shelling

'This is not like the previous invasions - this time they mean to kill us. There is no escape.'

Although Gazan Christians remain tentative about their future, they say are not living in fear.

Israel may have 'partially reopened' the Erez border crossing, but 95 per cent of Palestinians are still imprisoned inside the Strip.