He was shot in the eye by a Gaza operative during an Israeli army operation. At 26, he has spent his life running to bomb shelters during rocket launches on Israel. Today we meet Gon, an Israeli living on the Gaza-Israel border. He experiences the political situation in a personal way other Israelis may not. Gon wants peace, but he says it's up to the other side to want it and work for it too.

GON SOUSSANA GAZA-ISRAEL BORDER "Our unit's mission was to find two tunnels used for infiltrating and attacking Israel. In the morning we went into the neighborhood. As soon as we got there we found the tunnel. We started shooting in every direction."

GON SOUSSANA GAZA-ISRAEL BORDER "When you use a gun sight, one eye is closed and the other looks through the scope. While I was shooting, I didn't notice I'd been hit in the eye that was shut. When I was out of ammo and ran to the transporter for a new magazine, the signal commander said: 'You're covered in blood!'"

Gon spent three months in hospital and underwent multiple surgeries. He's blind in his left eye.

GON SOUSSANA GAZA-ISRAEL BORDER "I'll tell you a secret. I remember the first days at home. All of a sudden you're waking up in your own bed every morning. And every morning you remember all over again, it still makes me feel…that you don't have an eye…and like...you never will."

Israel's foreign ministry says the 2014 Gaza War was meant to stop Hamas from firing rockets on civilian populations and destroy infiltration tunnels. Six thousand Israel airstrikes and five thousand Palestinian rockets and mortars were launched during the 50-day operation. More than twenty-two hundred Palestinians and seventy-three Israelis were killed. 

Five years later there's still no resolution. Routine flare ups are characterized by Gaza rocket fire, Israel airstrikes and casualties on both sides. 

Last year, Palestinians launched weekly border protests against Israel's control of Gaza's land, sea and air spaces. A new tactic: launching flaming projectiles across the border. More than four thousand acres of land have been torched. 

For Gon, it's personal. Growing up on Gaza's border, he has run for cover countless times when air raid sirens signal incoming rockets. He has stood by helplessly during the past year as his Kibbutz community's wheat, almond, corn and potato crops have gone up in flames.

GON SOUSSANA GAZA-ISRAEL BORDER "There's a part of me that says to the other side: Enough. Aren't you sick of fighting? You're constantly inventing some ridiculous new situation. A new missile. A new kite. Enough! What circumstances push a person to launch explosive kites and balloons? How did we end up like this?"

Gon believes peace is the future path but says it's up to the other side to meet Israel halfway.

Stephanie Freid, CGTN, the Gaza Israel border.