We were shocked to see our homes, our streets, our lands, our yards and everything demolished," said Gihad Nabil, who was recently married and had been living in Abu Ta'imah with his wife.
We don't need this truce, we need a complete ceasefire," he said, likening what he was seeing to an earthquake zone.
Abdelrahman Abu Ta'imah, a member of the clan that gave the area its name, searched through his bombed-out apartment, pulling clothes and a pink mattress from the debris.
Israel says it targets Hamas infrastructure, and accuses Hamas of putting civilians in harm's way by using them as human shields.
But Abu Ta'imah said a short truce was not enough and he longed for a permanent solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Persons:
Mohammed Salem, KHAN YOUNIS, Abu Ta'imah, Gaza's Khan Younis, Gihad Nabil, Nabil, Israel, Antonio Guterres, Khan Younis, we've, Estelle Shirbon, Angus MacSwan
Organizations:
Hamas, REUTERS, Thomson
Locations:
Israel, Palestinian, Khan, Gaza, Abu, Gaza's, Egypt