(natsot)<br/> <br />Hundreds of Palestinian families taking shelter at UN-run schools say they just want to go home.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) WOMAN SHELTERING IN UN-RUN SCHOOL RABAB EL BASOUS, SAYING:<br/> <br />"We only have one demand, that they reach a ceasefire so that we can go home in peace...We don't want aid or supplies or anything. We want to go home and that's it."<br/> <br />But with no peace deal in sight, these families have no choice.<br/> <br />They are among thousands of people warned by the Israeli army to evacuate their homes ahead of military bombardments of their neighborhoods.<br/> <br />This man says he tries to remain positive.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) MAN SHELTERING IN UN-RUN SCHOOL, FADI KAFARNE, SAYING:<br/> <br />"We are optimistic, but we were optimistic before. Israel, or the Zionist enemy, wastes this optimism through its operations and air strikes on the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip."<br/> <br />Israel launched the offensive on July 8th with the aim of halting cross-border rocket at
