He said more than half the population were living below the poverty line and a huge jump in the number of stillborn babies was a sign of a deeply traumatised community. There is little prospect of any respite. The missiles struck at the police headquarters and the offices of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction of the Palestine Liberation Organisation. Jose Vericat, of the Palestinian human rights group, al Mezan, saw the attack. He said the residents of the city have been subject to such bombardments before, and are now taking special precautions to prevent being injured or killed.
People do go indoors and they expect more missiles to come.
And immediately, they go indoors, and the bottom parts of their buildings usually have metal shutters, and they hide there. The rocket attack on the Gaza offices came after Israeli bulldozers had earlier swept into an area of Gaza and demolished buildings and flattened vegetation that the army said served as hiding places for attackers. The rocket attacks wounded 20 Palestinians, including pedestrians on the streets of Gaza City and officers of the Palestinian General Security services. The Age Company Ltd 2001. Any unauthorised use, copying or mirroring is prohibited.