Gaza in ruins

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)