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This horrifying footage shows the scale of the devastation caused by Israel's bombardment of Gaza.

The video - taken from the air - compares a section of the Gaza strip before and after buildings were left in piles of rubble by shelling and bombing by Israel's military.

The footage - filmed by a Palestinian production company Media Town - reveals the devastation of Al-Shejaiya, a town in the Gaza Strip.

A truce was agreed in Gaza between the Israeli Government and Hamas last week.

Palestinian health officials say 2,139 people have been killed in Gaza since July 8. That number is said to mainly be made up of civilians, and includes 490 children.

Thousands of homes in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed or damaged, and 540,000 people displaced.

Dozens of Israeli soldiers have also been killed, and at least six civilians.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing strong criticism from his own country's media over a campaign where no clear victor has emerged.

The ceasefire agreement called for an indefinite halt to the fighting, the immediate opening of Gaza's blockaded crossings with Israel and Egypt, and a widening of the territory's fishing zone in the Mediterranean.

After the truce was announced, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said: "Today we declare the victory of the resistance, today we declare the victory of Gaza."

Israel said it would help civilian goods, as well as humanitarian and construction aid into Gaza if the ceasefire was honoured.

Spokesman for Mr Netanyahu Malr Regev said: "We have no problem with civilian support for Gaza.

"We don't want to see Hamas rebuild its military machine."