• Omanius Shabaki tries to collect some of her family's belongings near her apartment building in the Sheikh Zayed City neighbourhood of Gaza. Their clothes were spread all over the street from the explosion. Heidi Levine for The National
    Omanius Shabaki tries to collect some of her family's belongings near her apartment building in the Sheikh Zayed City neighbourhood of Gaza. Their clothes were spread all over the street from the explosion. Heidi Levine for The National
  • Farida Aziz with her children as they visit their damaged apartment building in the UAE-funded $66m Sheikh Zayed City residential compound in Gaza. The family was at home on the night of July 14 when the apartment building received an Israeli air strike warning. They fled and when they returned, they saw that their home had been destroyed. Heidi Levine for The National
    Farida Aziz with her children as they visit their damaged apartment building in the UAE-funded $66m Sheikh Zayed City residential compound in Gaza. The family was at home on the night of July 14 when the apartment building received an Israeli air strike warning. They fled and when they returned, they saw that their home had been destroyed. Heidi Levine for The National
  • Hawaz Aziz in his family's destroyed apartment. The building was targeted by an Israeli airstrike. Heidi Levine for The National
    Hawaz Aziz in his family's destroyed apartment. The building was targeted by an Israeli airstrike. Heidi Levine for The National
  • Damage to the apartment building in the UAE-funded $66m Sheikh Zayed City residential compound in Gaza. Heidi Levine for The National
    Damage to the apartment building in the UAE-funded $66m Sheikh Zayed City residential compound in Gaza. Heidi Levine for The National
  • The damaged building where the Aziz family's apartment was hit by an Israeli airstrike in July in the Sheikh Zayed City neighbourhood of Gaza. Heidi Levine for The National
    The damaged building where the Aziz family's apartment was hit by an Israeli airstrike in July in the Sheikh Zayed City neighbourhood of Gaza. Heidi Levine for The National
  • The Aziz family examines their destroyed home in the Sheikh Zayed City neighbourhood of Gaza. Heidi Levine for The National
    The Aziz family examines their destroyed home in the Sheikh Zayed City neighbourhood of Gaza. Heidi Levine for The National

In pictures: UAE-funded compound in Gaza destroyed by Israeli airstrikes


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The UAE-funded $66m Sheikh Zayed City residential compound in the northern village of Beit Lahia has been damaged during the Israeli offensive that began on July 8. Residents said the fourth-floor of a building in the complex was wiped out by three Israeli strikes last month.