Tal como se esperava, a última intervenção militar do estado
de Israel em Gaza, acabou por levar junto com mais de um milhar de vítimas
mortais, parte das suas marcas identitárias. Veja-se, a propósito (via lista do
WAC): First evidence of damage to Gaza’s cultural sites
emerges In The Art Newspaper,
28-1-2009 http://www.theartnewspaper.com/article.asp?id=16827 (...) Major sites where damage is expected
because of heavy fighting in adjacent areas include: Tell es-Sakan, an early
Bronze Age settlement that is the largest and oldest walled Canaanite city in
the local region, and the oldest Egyptian fortified site outside of Egypt; Tel
el-Ajull, an important middle and late Bronze period city that was an important
trade hub between ancient Egypt and the Levant; and the remains of Anthedon, a
Hellenist port. The Byzantine church of Jabalya was also near heavy fighting,
and was the site of partial damage by Israeli tanks during an incursion in
2005. Al-Zeitoun residential quarter in Gaza’s Old City, a medieval
historic district, has also been largely destroyed, Professor Sadeq added. (...) |
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