Wafa Amr, a Jordanian, has been working for Reuters in Jerusalem since 1994 with a focus on the Palestinian Territories. She lived in Gaza intermittently between 1994 and 2000 and the last time she was there was in mid-2005. The following story, slugged GAZA-RETURN and headlined 'WITNESS-Return to Gaza', recounts her first visit since before Hamas took over the enclave.

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