Updated: October 22, 2013, 12:00 AM
In pictures: The Gaza Strip’s poorest
IOday Alwadiya, 11, with his sister Seba, 3, in the small yard of their makeshift house next to a sewerage plant in Gaza City. Adel Hana / AP
Salih Alwadiya, 61, stands at the door to his home as his wife, Handoma, 54, who suffers from high blood pressure, rests on a pile of mattresses. Adel Hana / AP
Heba Alwadiya, 11, stands at a cloth-covered door as her sister and brother leave their house. Adel Hana / AP
Heba Alwadiya, 6, holds a toy she received from her grandfather Salih, a tradition for the festival of Eid Al Adha. Adel Hana / AP
Rafah Alwadiya, 13, throws a goose in the air at his family house. The home consists of a kitchen, several small bedrooms and an empty space devoted to cages full of pigeons and other birds. Adel Hana / AP
Ibtisam Alwadiya, 27, in her bedroom made from scrap wood and corrugated iron. Adel Hana / AP