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Beit Hanoun neighbours gather in a clearing strewn with debris from an air-strike before a ceasefire that halted the 11-day war in Gaza between Hamas and Israel. AP Photo
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A Palestinian man plays with a child among the ruins of a building destroyed during recent Israeli bombing in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
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Damage at an agricultural fertilisers factory hit in recent Israeli air strikes, in Beit Lahia. AFP
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A Palestinian girl in the rubble of her family house in Beit Hanoun town, in the northern Gaza Strip. EPA
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Palestinians gather round a fire between their destroyed homes in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. EPA
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Life goes on among the ruins of buildings destroyed during recent Israeli bombing in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
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An agricultural fertiliser factory targeted in recent Israeli air strikes, in Beit Lahia. AFP
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The view from a damaged shop in a building partially destroyed by recent Israeli air strikes on Gaza City. AFP
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A Palestinian woman makes coffee in the kitchen of her destroyed house in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip. EPA
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Debris litters an area of Beit Hanoun hit by an Israeli air strike during an 11-day war between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel. AP Photo
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A Palestinian boy recovers his toys from the rubble of his house in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
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Beit Hanoun neighbours gather in a clearing strewn with debris from an air-strike before a ceasefire that halted the 11-day war in Gaza between Hamas and Israel. AP Photo
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A Palestinian man plays with a child among the ruins of a building destroyed during recent Israeli bombing in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
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Damage at an agricultural fertilisers factory hit in recent Israeli air strikes, in Beit Lahia. AFP
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A Palestinian girl in the rubble of her family house in Beit Hanoun town, in the northern Gaza Strip. EPA
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Palestinians gather round a fire between their destroyed homes in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. EPA
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Life goes on among the ruins of buildings destroyed during recent Israeli bombing in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
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An agricultural fertiliser factory targeted in recent Israeli air strikes, in Beit Lahia. AFP
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The view from a damaged shop in a building partially destroyed by recent Israeli air strikes on Gaza City. AFP
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A Palestinian woman makes coffee in the kitchen of her destroyed house in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip. EPA
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Debris litters an area of Beit Hanoun hit by an Israeli air strike during an 11-day war between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel. AP Photo
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A Palestinian boy recovers his toys from the rubble of his house in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
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Beit Hanoun neighbours gather in a clearing strewn with debris from an air-strike before a ceasefire that halted the 11-day war in Gaza between Hamas and Israel. AP Photo
World Bank approves $30m grant to support Palestine
Poverty among Palestinians living in the densely populated Gaza Strip is expected to undergo 'a dramatic increase'
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