IN PICTURES: Ramadan amongst the rubble of Gaza

A young girl sweeps dust and rubble at her family's destroyed home in preparation for eating the break of fast meal - Iftaar (MEE/Mohammed Asad)

Abu Aser's family eating their break of fast meal - Iftar - amongst the rubble of their destroyed home (MEE/Mohammed Asad)

A child carries the fanoos - traditional Ramadan lanterns - which will be suspended to the roof of the house (MEE/Mohammed Asad)

The Abu Aser family gather to eat their meal at the end of a long day of fasting for Ramadan (MEE/Mohammed Asad)

The Ramadan crescent moon can be sighted among the ruins of Gazan homes (MEE/Mohammed Asad)

The destroyed mosque of Ali Ben Abe Taleb (MEE/Mohammed Asad)

A group of Gazan men read the Quran in a mosque that was destroyed after Israeli F16s targeted it in the last war (MEE/Mohammed Asad)

With so many mosques having been destroyed in the last attack on Gaza, makeshift nylon tents are used in its place (MEE/Mohammed Asad)

Gazans performing Tarawih - Ramadan night time prayers (MEE/Mohammed Asad)

Water is in short supply in Gaza (MEE/Mohammed Asad)

The Fadel Mosabeh family break their fast amongst the ruins of their destroyed home in the Al Quppa area. The Ministry of Public Works and Housing removed the rubble following which he erected a tent for his family to live in (MEE/Mohammed Asad)