Life despite everything in Gaza's Khuza'a
Published date: 15 September 2014 16:20 BST
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Last update: 10 years 1 month ago
Parts of the village of Khuza'a have been levelled to the ground by Israeli bombardments and shelling
Many residents came back to settle amid the ruins of their homes
Residents filled the holes caused by Israeli shelling with cardboards, pieces of woods or covers
Palestinian youth collect concrete blocks to build a room
Member of Al-Najjar family built makeshift shelter on top of their destroyed home
Concrete slabs from the Israeli wall are seen at the edge of the village. The border is only a few hundred meters away
12 members of the family of Youssef Al-Najjar, including 5 children, sleep in a small makeshift tent next to their destroyed home
Amid the destruction that is so overwhelming, life despite all odds has started again
The Israeli bombardments and shelling also destroyed the main mosque of the village and a water reservoir
At the outskirts of the village, a woman started to make bread in their 'taboon', a traditionnal oven made of mud
It will probably take years to rehabilitate the village
A hairdresser works in his salon whose front wall had been blown up following Israeli attacks
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