A Palestinian child writes on a blackboard at a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. Her family are living there temporarily after their home in Gaza city was damaged during the hostilities between Israel and Hamas. AFP
A Palestinian child writes on a blackboard at a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. Her family are living there temporarily after their home in Gaza city was damaged during the hostilities between Israel and Hamas. AFP
Laundry hangs on the balconies of an UNRWA school in Gaza, which has become a temporary place to live for Palestinian families whose homes were damaged by Israeli air strikes. AFP
Laundry hangs on the balconies of an UNRWA school in Gaza, which has become a temporary place to live for Palestinian families whose homes were damaged by Israeli air strikes. AFP
Palestinian Mansour Abu Ghadyan's family are among those living in an UNRWA school. AFP
Palestinian Mansour Abu Ghadyan's family are among those living in an UNRWA school. AFP
A member of the Abu Ghadyan family on a balcony at the school they are living in after their home was destroyed by an Israeli air strike during the 11-day conflict between Israel and Hamas. The UN said that the bombings left more than 58,000 Palestinians homeless. AFP
A member of the Abu Ghadyan family on a balcony at the school they are living in after their home was destroyed by an Israeli air strike during the 11-day conflict between Israel and Hamas. The UN said that the bombings left more than 58,000 Palestinians homeless. AFP
Palestinian Mansour Abu Ghadyan and his family share a meal in the classroom that they call home after theirs was destroyed by an Israeli air strike. AFP
Palestinian Mansour Abu Ghadyan and his family share a meal in the classroom that they call home after theirs was destroyed by an Israeli air strike. AFP
Families moved what belongings they could salvage from the rubble of their homes to the UNRWA school where they are sheltering. AFP
Families moved what belongings they could salvage from the rubble of their homes to the UNRWA school where they are sheltering. AFP
A Palestinian family collect bedding from their damaged home as they prepare to move into a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in Gaza city. AFP
A Palestinian family collect bedding from their damaged home as they prepare to move into a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in Gaza city. AFP
The classrooms of this United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees school in Gaza are being used to house families whose homes were damaged during the 11 days of hostilities between Israel and Hamas. UNRWA runs 278 such schools, at least one of which was damaged by Israeli air strikes. AFP
The classrooms of this United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees school in Gaza are being used to house families whose homes were damaged during the 11 days of hostilities between Israel and Hamas. UNRWA runs 278 such schools, at least one of which was damaged by Israeli air strikes. AFP

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UNRWA school shelters displaced Palestinians – in pictures

The school in Gaza houses families left homeless after the hostilities between Israel and Hamas

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May 31, 2021

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