Residents of devastated Gaza sector wary as truce nears end Sat on a dusty rug outside the ruins of their home in Gaza's devastated Shejaiya, the Habib family was pessimistic a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian factions would be extended. Their neighbourhood was the scene of some of the fiercest fighting and bombardment during Israel's Operation Protective Edge before it was halted by a fragile, 72-hour ceasefire between the two sides. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES