In pictures: Palestinians in Gaza return to shattered homes

Abu Subhi al-Hazandar is sifting through what remains of the building he and his family once owned. It used to contain homes, businesses, shops and a library, but now it has been completely destroyed. "Today we have nothing. We lost our big house, our memories and our dreams. It is Ramadan and we have nowhere to stay tonight, and I don’t know what we can eat," he tells Middle East Eye. "I try to collect a little of what remains, but not because it’s useful, but because it keeps me from thinking about our tragedy." (MEE/Mohammed al-Hajjar)

The Sheikh Zayed Towers in north Gaza City. Israel dropped two missiles on the building without warning, its residents say. Six Palestinians were killed in the blasts, including three from one family (MEE/Mohammed al-Hajjar)

A woman and two children peer out of a shattered window in the Sheikh Zayed Towers. The building was built 18 years ago as part of a Palestinian Authority development project, funded by the UAE. There are no military targets close by, and the neighbourhood is highly residential (MEE/Mohammed al-Hajjar)

Employees of the Hala Centre, an organisation that develops professional skills in Gaza City, sit in their devastated place of work. "I worked very hard for five years to build this centre. The Israelis destroyed it heartlessly, with no humanity," Sabir Matar, the centre's founder, tells MEE. "I’m sitting here with my colleagues, not to mourn, but because it is our habit to be here every day." (MEE/Mohammed al-Hajjar)

Two women stand near their devastated homes in Tal al-Hawa, central Gaza City. "Ramadan kareem," says one of them. "God will help us handle this disaster." (MEE/Mohammed al-Hajjar)

A Palestinian man tries to rearrange his living room, which has been hit by the blast of an Israeli attack on a nearby building (MEE/Mohammed al-Hajjar)

A family attempt to retrieve all they can from the rubble of their home in the Abu Qamar Building, in central Gaza City. Abu Qamar, a residential building, was levelled by six Israeli missiles on Sunday (MEE/Mohammed al-Hajjar)

Kazim Abu Esha is sat outside what used to be his home in the Abu Qamar Building. "This Ramadan is not so different from last year's, the situation is the same," he tells MEE. "Today myself, my children and my grandchildren will sleep in street, we have nowhere to go. I don't know what we will eat. All we have is what we could take with us in the seconds we had to flee." (MEE/Mohammed al-Hajjar)