Following the third Hamas-Israel war in summer 2014, Gazan farmers and civilians were forced to rebuild. Again. Here, Azmi Qudiah's wife is seen making coffee in their damaged home in Khuza'a, Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on Nov. 2, 2014. Their family house was damaged for the seventh time. During the war, they evacuated to Khan Younis and upon return, found that their rabbits, chicken and sheep have been killed and their land was bulldozed—they're only left with 10 pigeons. Because most of the rooms are rubbled and completely damaged, they rented a house, so they can live together again.
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Dead cattle is seen in front of the rubble of Yasser Arafat International Airport in Rafah, southern Gaza, on Nov. 6, 2014.
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Workers are seen in Khalil Zaanin's farm in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza, on Oct. 30, 2014. During the war in 2014, Khalil Zaanin's farm was hit several times by F-16 missiles and bulldozed completely by the Israeli army. His water well was destroyed and it took him a month to repair it. Khalil estimates that the loss of income and damage at the farm is around $50,000. He also had to fire five workers, due to the consequences of war.
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Samir Al Daberi walks over his bulldozed land near the buffer zone in Rafah, southern Gaza, on Nov. 6, 2014. His leg was amputated during the second war in Gaza in 2012. His farm in Rafah was bulldozed, so he had to hire workers to remove ruined olive trees. Al Daberi used to live in the farm, but the house was destroyed during the war, so his family had to rent another home.
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A farmer works in a greenhouse in Khuza'a, Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, on Oct. 31, 2014.
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Abdel Karim Wahadin's sons unload new olive trees from a pickup truck in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza, on Oct. 29, 2014. Wahadin family's house was bombed and his land and farm bulldozed by the Israeli army, during Operation Protective Edge. Thirteen of his relatives were killed during the war.
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Khalil Zaanin drives to his farm, in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza, on Oct 28, 2014. Zaanin's farm was hit several times by F-16 missiles and bulldozed completely by the Israeli army, during the summer war. His water well was destroyed and it took him a month to repair it. Khalil says that it is a life of no guarantees whatsoever, and he cannot plan anything. In 2008 he decided not to invest in the house anymore, because during every conflict, the houses located at the buffer zone are damaged or destroyed.
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A TV set is seen in a resting room in a farm in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on Nov. 2, 2014.
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Mohammed Abu Daqqa and his children leave his destroyed home and farmland in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on Nov. 1, 2014. The family has been living in a shelter home in an UNRWA school in Khan Younis for three months. Every day Mohammed takes his five kids to school in the morning and waits for them in his destroyed house next to the buffer zone. Abu Daqqa family's house was destroyed by the Israeli army during the last war. They were forced to flee during heavy bombing during the night. He carried three kids, his wife Jihan carried two, Mohammed recalls. He says they didn't know where to run, but they were extremely lucky. They found an ambulance at the end of their street, which took them to safety.
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Kemal Abu Rauk and his wife burn the overgrowth on their farmland in Khan Younis on Nov. 3, 2014.
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A rubbled farm and demolished mosque are seen in Khuza'a, Khan Younis, southern Gaza on Nov. 3, 2014.
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