these residents returned to shijaiyah after an agreed 72-hour ceasefire.ple climbed through the rubble to try to recover whatever they could from their battery-damaged homes. since july 20th. this area has been a no-go zone. that's when israeli bombs and artillery shells killed dozens of palestinians and wounded around 280 others. >> translator: we came back because of the ceasefire, we found our home in ruins, everything is gone here. all the houses, the mask, everything. >> reporter: less than an hour after residents returned, this happened. an israel i air strike in the distance. those who came back hoping to reclaim what little about left of their lives had no choice but to turn back. queen a scene of chaos and anguish on the streets of shijaiyah as flee over fierce of more violence on the main road leading out she tells us her tears are not of sadness but of anger. >> translator: god punish the israelis they destroyed my home. they attack our people. god punish them. >> reporter: as we were talking, she nearly faints. the stress of leaving her home ag

. >> israel said its objectives in shijaiyah were simple, destroy hamas and its weapons for good. the stream of injured patients revealed a harsh reality, many of the victims of this conflict have been children children. >> the movie is shijaiyah, massacre at dawn. it will air saturday at 10:30 in the everything eastern here on al jazerra america. >>> and up next in our final segment of this hour, a ghost of a chance. she was bigger, faster, and grander than that other queen of the seas. her titanic challenge, though, >> what i admire so much about al jazeera america is that it is solely committed to journalism. >> you're not just giving the headlines, you're also not getting fluff. >> the gap between the rich and the poor is growing faster in san francisco. >> you're going to get something you're not going to get anywhere else, and you're going to get these in depth stories about real people. >> as an unsecured creditor could receive just cents on the dollar. >> chronic homelessness has always been a challenge here in new orleans. >> we recently did a story about a mother who was

. >> woodruff: just to the south, the shijaiyah area of gaza city was largely destroyed two weeks ago. israel contended it was a hamas base of operations in a civilian neighborhood, much of which is now gone. >> ( translated ): what are we going to do? should we sit in the streets? we don't have homes to sit in any more, or anything. >> woodruff: gazan officials say nearly 1,900 palestinians died during the fighting. the palestinian foreign minister pointed to the death and devastation today, as he visited the international criminal court at the hague. he said there is "clear evidence" of israeli war crimes. >> nothing is compared to the atrocities, the carnage, committed by the israel against the innocent palestinians in gaza. >> woodruff: the palestinians would first have to be admitted as a member state before the court, a step that israel has strongly opposed. back in gaza, the last israeli ground troops finished withdrawing today. they said the mission to destroy hamas-built tunnels is largely completed, but they're staying close to the border. >> we are safeguarding the communit