Gaza: Picking up the pieces of lives

Palestinians remove their belongings from their destroyed house in the Shejaia neighborhood, which witnesses said was heavily hit by Israeli shelling and air strikes during an Israeli offensive, in the east of Gaza City. (Reuters photo)

Updated on: Aug 01, 2014 9:39 PM IST

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Palestinians remove their belongings from their destroyed house in the Shejaia neighborhood, which witnesses said was heavily hit by Israeli shelling and air strikes during an Israeli offensive, in the east of Gaza City. (Reuters photo)

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Palestinians who were displaced from their houses due to fighting between Israel's army and Hamas fighters return to check their homes in Gaza City's Shejaiya neighbourhood. (AFP photo)

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Palestinians remove belongings from their damaged house in Beit Hanoun town, which witnesses said was heavily hit by Israeli shelling and air strikes during an Israeli offensive, in the northern Gaza Strip. (Reuters photo)

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A graduation photo of a Palestinian boy is hung on the wall in a destroyed house in the heavily bombed Gaza City neighborhood of Shijaiyah, close to the Israeli border. (AP photo)

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A Palestinian woman carries a pot as she walks past the wreckage of an ambulance in Beit Hanoun town, which witnesses said was heavily hit by Israeli shelling and air strikes during an Israeli offensive, in the northern Gaza Strip. (Reuters photo)

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A Palestinian girl salvages blankets from a destroyed house in the heavily bombed Gaza City neighborhood of Shijaiyah, close to the Israeli border. (AP photo)

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Palestinians carry belongings from their damaged house in Beit Hanoun town, which witnesses said was heavily hit by Israeli shelling and air strikes during Israeli offensive, in the northern Gaza Strip. (Reuters photo)

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A Palestinian woman holds her daughter as she looks at the wreckage of her house in Beit Hanoun town, which witnesses said was heavily hit by Israeli shelling and air strikes during an Israeli offensive, in the northern Gaza Strip. (Reuters photo)

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A Palestinian woman looks out from her damaged house in Beit Hanoun town, which witnesses said was heavily hit by Israeli shelling and air strikes during an Israeli offensive, in the northern Gaza Strip. (Reuters photo)

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Palestinians who were displaced from their houses due fighting between Israel's army and Hamas fighters return to check their homes in Gaza City's Shejaiya neighbourhood. (AFP photo)

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A Palestinian woman reacts upon seeing the wreckage of her house in Beit Hanoun town, which witnesses said was heavily hit by Israeli shelling and air strikes during Israeli offensive, in the northern Gaza Strip. (Reuters photo)

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A Palestinian woman holds her daughter as she looks at the wreckage of her house in Beit Hanoun town, which witnesses said was heavily hit by Israeli shelling and air strikes during Israeli offensive, in the northern Gaza Strip. (Reuters photo)

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A Palestinian girl who fled an Israeli ground offensive and air strikes, stands near makeshift tents in the garden of the Shifa hospital in Gaza City. (Reuters photo)

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Palestinian men hold up pieces of cardboard to protect themselves from the sun as they queue up for bread in the central avenue of Gaza City. (AFP photo)

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Palestinian boys, who fled houses following Israeli offensive, play soccer as they take refuge at a UN-run school in Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. The UN in Gaza is struggling to withstand a flood of almost a quarter of a million refugees into shelters that have repeatedly come under Israeli fire. (Reuters photo)