Politico: Gaza at War Like the Moon Unviable. Gaza City has become more like a moon in a state of war, with Israel's constant bombardment unleashing more munitions than the United States has used in any year of its campaign against the Islamic State. The Israeli military offensive has turned most of the northern Gaza Strip into an uninhabitable area, with entire neighborhoods wiped out and homes, schools and hospitals subjected to aerial bombardment and burned by tank fire. Despite the horrors of the war, Yasser al-Sheshtawi hopes the reconstruction will provide an opportunity to transform Gaza's crumbling refugee camps and long-deteriorating infrastructure.