The makeshift shelter sits atop the ruins of the Kahlout family’s shattered Gaza home, which took them 30 years to build but was destroyed in moments by war.
They were shocked to return to rubble after fleeing fighting around their house in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, yet they had to decide what to do next.
“We pitched a tent over the rubble and we are staying here. Where to go? There’s no where to go, there’s no shelter,” said 60-year-old Oum Nael al-Kahlout.
