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the level of violence and threat in this recent conflict was ‘five times worse’ thanOperation Cast Lead, and even the Second Lebanon War (2006-Ed.). One of them saidhe would have to go back to the First Lebanon War in the 1980s to find this levelof intensity, casualties and weapons use. The war had been very intense for themand for the border units in general; it was extremely noisy all the time with fear ofrockets and shells; and, they experienced severe fatigue from the strain and had greatdifficulty sleeping. They reported feeling that there was no really safe place to be andimagined that there would be a lot of mental health issues subsequently among thesoldiers. They were still feeling the stress many days after their assignment in thefield of operations was over.In their view, the situation is getting worse: the Palestinian level of discontent higherand the Israeli military personnel they interacted with more frustrated. The generalsentiment they described is that this conflict cannot be won militarily.6. Longer term impact of the war6.1 Destruction of homes and long-term displacementAccording to UN sources, an estimated 18,000 homes were completely or partiallydestroyed, and more than 500,000 people were displaced during the armed conflict. 134According to the Health Cluster Report, as of the end of September 2014, 60,000134UN OCHA Gaza Initial Rapid Assessment 27 Aug 2014, available at http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/F5F968C3F38D8D2785257D4F004A26B6#sthash.yRtK9Qvd.dpuf accessed 24 Nov 201464