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Photo: At home among ruins in the Gaza Strip

Arts Feb 15, 2017 11:05 AM EDT

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A Palestinian woman and her son are seen at the entrance of their impoverished house Feb. 15 in Beit Hanun, in the northern Gaza Strip. Their house is near the ruins of a building that was destroyed during the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas militants nearly three years ago, in the summer of 2014.

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