Life despite everything in Gaza's Khuza'a

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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