He said the reason was that after Hamas consolidated its control of Israeli territory in 2007, Israel and Egypt imposed a blockade. He said a ceasefire would not save them.

Asser told CBC News: “Israel controls the supply and production of electricity, food, water, and medicine.” “So if people have to take medicine, if people have to walk around, it will only be better. .”

The Gaza Ministry of Health said that during the 11 days of fighting, at least 243 Palestinians were killed, including 66 children, and 1,910 were injured. Twelve Israelis were killed, including a five-year-old boy and a sixteen-year-old girl.

Early Friday morning, The ceasefire took effect, End the fighting, which caused widespread destruction in Gaza and paralyzed life in most of Israel. When the subtle news of the armistice broke out, images of the celebration poured in from Gaza.

Watch | The news of the ceasefire celebration is as follows:

However, a few days later, his relatives heard the excerpts there and saw the pictures of the destruction. Athel worried that the agreement reached between the two parties would not necessarily mean that his family felt safe.

“[I get] My body was trembling all the time. This is simply frustrating,” he told CBC News.

Ashour, a four-year-old father, moved to Canada in 1986 as an international student from Gaza, where his siblings and their families stayed here.

He said that the latest violent incident was the worst that his family has experienced in Gaza.

Like many others, his family’s house was destroyed. He said that in one attack, his relatives were only given a five-minute warning to evacuate their house. When they returned, they found that four apartments and their family workshop were completely destroyed.

He said: “The only thing they have is the clothes they have used up.”

With the suspension of fighting, it will depend on them starting to rebuild—the Palestinians have been accustomed to this model for many years.

“We really don’t have a welfare system built at home. Once the house is demolished, it depends on the people who lived there in the past to come up with money to build it.”

He said that the ceasefire is still welcome news.

“People are just happy that they don’t get bombed anymore.”

Hamas “uses the people”

Kfir Lavie is a Jewish Israeli. He grew up in Tel Aviv, moved to Toronto two years ago and spoke to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Subway morning Producer Salma Ibrahim (Salma Ibrahim) Friday morning, shortly after news of the ceasefire broke out.

Ravi said that although he believes Israel should stop its siege of Gaza, the militant group Hamas is preventing peace.

“[Hamas] The interests of the people have been fully utilized, the poor in Gaza have been harmed, and the situation has been exploited to make them under siege. ”

Ravi said that he regrets the loss of innocent people in the conflict and the suffering of the wounded.

But he said that Hamas’s agenda is to “destroy Israel” and that “no one has told Hamas-within the Palestinians-enough.”

You can listen to the complete conversation between Lavie and Shireen Salti, a Palestinian Christian now living in Toronto. Here:

Ceasefire faces early testing

Friday’s ceasefire faces an early test after clashes broke out between Palestinian protesters praying in the compound of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which was built on a Muslim and Jewish holy site, and Israeli police. The conflict that took place there earlier this month was one of the main triggers for hostilities.

Rachel Small of Toronto said that the ceasefire made her feel “prudent hope”, but she wanted to see more done.

Small said: “People continue to be displaced, people continue to be unable to travel and work.” Small said, describing himself as a network of grassroots anti-war activists dedicated to world peace.

“I am very supportive of the Jews. As Jews, as parents and as human Palestinians, they will not stand by and allow this to happen.”

On Friday morning, small organizers and other organizers staged a protest at the Israeli consulate in Toronto, covering the steps of the consulate with red paint to show that it was “due to the violence of Israel in Gaza and throughout the history of Palestine”.

Small said: “Even if the bomb stops falling, the problem still exists.”

Rabbi David Mivasair, member of the Independent Jewish Voice group, was also present.

He said that he saw protest as a way to change the narrative, to show that many people in the Jewish community also “feel sad, sad, and angry, and are doing things that we can bring about positive change.”

Mivasir said: “I am very happy to reach a ceasefire agreement, but no one thinks it can solve the problem.” He called on the federal government to do more, including ensuring that the free trade agreement with Israel does not exclude Palestinians and stop giving The Israelis sell weapons.

Foreign Minister Marc Garneau said on Twitter on Thursday night that Canada welcomes the ceasefire while calling for “a new commitment to peace.”

He wrote in a tweet: “The tragic loss of life shocked us and urged all parties to further ease tensions.”

The CEO of a tech startup says that reconstruction will take several years

Khaled Sabawi, founder of Open Screenplay, a technology startup based in Toronto, said that after being destroyed, reconstruction work will take several years.

This week, the company’s satellite office in Gaza was hit by Israeli air strikes. None of Sabahwi’s employees were injured or killed.

He said on Friday: “We will continue to hire developers in Gaza, and we will definitely rebuild our office.”

“The bomb may have stopped falling, but the blockade still exists.”

Yara Shoufani from the Palestinian Youth Movement said that the tension is still high and she is worried that the situation is still far away.

She said: “There are still many injustices.” “Peace is not just the absence of war, but justice.”