Published 29 January 2009 · Main Posts ‘we are not going to show restraint anymore’ Jeff Sparrow Last time: The indiscriminate attacks of the Israeli occupying forces resulted in a high fatality rate of 1325 Palestinians and 5320 injured. According to the PRCS most updated statistics the fatalities included 446 children, 110 women and 108 elderly while the injured consisted of 1855 children and 795 women. According to the main three Palestinian military factions’ brigades (Al Qasam Brigades, Saraya Al Quds brigades and Al Aqsa Martyrs brigades) the total number of deaths among their fighter reached 118, (49, 34, and 35 respectively). This means that the percentage of innocent civilians’ deaths is 85% – 90% of the total number. Moreover, the Israeli military operation with all its phases resulted in a mass destruction of private properties. At least 4,000 houses were completely destroyed while 16,000 houses were partially damaged. According to the preliminary report done by the Ministry of health on the effect of the Israeli aggression on the health institutions in Gaza Strip, since 27 December, 21 health facilities (4 hospitals and 17 PHC clinics) have been totally or partially damaged in a direct or indirect shelling. In addition approximately 1500 factories, shops and markets were damaged by the Israeli army air, land, and sea bombardment. The UN estimates that 35,500 civilians are now being housed in shelters for internally displaced civilians across the Gaza Strip. According to Palestinian sources the losses in the Palestinian economy reached approximately 2 billion USD. Next time: “Israel is going to act according to a new equation. We are not going to show restraint anymore,” said Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. “We need to change the rules of the game until they learn that the rules have changed and the equation has changed.” Jeff Sparrow Jeff Sparrow is a Walkley Award-winning writer, broadcaster and former editor of Overland. More by Jeff Sparrow › Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays 16 August 202416 August 2024 · Poetry pork lullaby Panda Wong but an alive pig / roots in the soil /turning it over / with its snout / softening the ground / is this a hymn 28 March 20249 April 2024 · Main Posts Why we should value not only lived experience, but also lived expertise Sukhmani Khorana In the wake of this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, I want to extend the central idea of El Gibbs’s 2022 essay on 'lived expertise' and argue that in media accounts of racism, analytical expertise and lived experience ought to be valued together and even in the same body.