Gaza in ruins

The ruins of buildings destroyed in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia by Israeli shelling during a 50-day conflict last summer. (Mohammed Abed / AFP/Getty Images)

March 21, 2015 5:55 AM PT

Six months after a cease-fire brought the latest devastating war in the Gaza Strip to a halt, the ruinous effects of the fighting are visible everywhere in this ragged coastal enclave.

Palestinian children play outside the makeshift shelters erected near the rubble of their homes in the Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun. (Mohammed Abed / AFP/Getty Images)

Palestinian children play on the roof of a wrecked car, part of the devastation left after the summer fighting between Israel and Hamas militants. (Said Khatib / AFP/Getty Images)

A Palestinian man stands next to his house in Gaza City. More than 100,000 homes across Gaza were destroyed or badly damaged in the fighting. (Mohammed Abed / AFP/Getty Images)

A Palestinian woman walks in the Shejaiya neighborhood. The British aid group Oxfam has said it could take decades to rebuild homes, schools and hospitals in Gaza. (Mohammed Abed / AFP/Getty Images)

Palestinians walk amid rubble in Gaza City, which has seen three wars since 2006. (Adel Hana / Associated Press)