ameera ah natalie edel >>> well, celebrations in the streets of gaza, we know what officials on both are saying about the truce. but what effect is it having on the civilians? joining me, the journalist, from tel aviv, what has life been like for you in gaza over the last eight or nine days? >> reporter: it was actually a very hard time for us, as a civilian. walking here in gaza, under this attack -- every day. we left the house early in the morning every day. and we think that we are not going to go back again. our children, our kids inside the house. especially in the last three days when they started targeting different places of the media center here in gaza. even if these places belong to someone from hamas or from islamic jihad, it is more than other places, from other journalists, different agencies and channels. and seeing all of these kinds of people killed in the street, inside their homes. a lot of kids, you know, it makes me feel angry to hear that there is a cease-fire after all that. and i don't know if it is worth it, that we lost all of these kids and people to find

. >> what would you say, natalie, to somebody like ameera, who is just like you, an innocent person,iving with her family but on the other side? you're there on the split screen now. what would you say to her as a young israeli woman to a young palestinian woman? >> i am sure that she is facing a difficult reality. but i don't want to get into politics, because you know we are just civilians. but i can feel her story as a new mother. i can relate to her story, as well. but i just -- i can just tell you that we are dealing with a terrorist organization. hamas is controlling gaza at the moment. and that is a problem. i would wish -- i wish civilians there would do something to change that reality. but at the moment, israel is facing a very difficult situation of dealing with terrorism. and unfortunately, it strikes not only israel, the terrorism, it strikes all over the world of the -- it happened to be in america, and in london. and i would like to see more people involved, in the international community, it is awful for both sides. >> what would you say, ameera, in response to what n