people live in Gaza.

It's one of the most# densely populated corners And in the six days since Hamas' terror attacks,# Israel says it has dropped 6,000 bombs on Gaza.## The U.N. says 650,000 people there face water# shortages; 340,000 have had to flee their homes.

Nick Schifrin and producer Zeba# Warsi spoke to Gaza residents,## who face bombardment with no escape.

NICK SCHIFRIN: This used to be a# safe space.

But what was once a## sanctuary is now shattered.

These are the# voices of the Odeh family, mother Diana,## baby Rose, who at 1-year-old shields her ears from# bombings, big brother Kareem, 4, and father Ahmed.

They sent us video of the room where their# children used to sleep and the view from## the window.

That pile of debris was once an# apartment complex destroyed by an Israeli## airstrike.

Israel has cut off the power,# limiting conductivity.

We spoke by phone.

DIANA ODEH, Gaza City Resident: As you# can hear now, this is the bombing.

They## are going to bomb a tower beside us.

We# are very scared.

This is the sound of## my daughter.

I'm feeling very bad.# My emotions, I can't describe it.

I think we get used to these sounds.# We get used to hear it all the time.## I'm about to cry.

I can't handle this# anymore.

The night has still began now.## As you can hear, as you can hear, there is# no distance between them, only 10 seconds.

NICK SCHIFRIN: They move to different# homes every day.

But when ambulances,## when U.N.-schools-turned-shelters# aren't safe, there's nowhere to hide.

DIANA ODEH: No place in Gaza is now safe.# People are running in the streets looking## for a cover from the bomb.

They# bomb UNRWA schools.

They bomb the## ambulances.

They say they don't attack# children., they don't murder children.

The most people who are dying are# children and women.

We are hoping## and praying for Allah.

That's our# only solution.

When a bomb starts,## we all cover our head.

We all go to the# same room.

We all get to the ground,## hugging my kids, singing for them, telling# them this is a huge storm, that's not a bomb.

My daughter gets awake every# night, screaming and shouting,## putting her hands on her ears.# This is our terrible situations.

NICK SCHIFRIN: We tried to speak on# video.

She had to use a flashlight.

DIANA ODEH: Things here are very# terrifying.

They are bombing all# the time.

There is no electricity,# no water, no food supplement NICK SCHIFRIN: Our connection kept freezing.

DIANA ODEH: The sound -- even# the sound of the (IN in the sky is terrifying, the sound of airstrike.

We need help.

We don't need# money.

We don't need anything,## but we need a cease-fire.

People# are getting worse and worse.

NICK SCHIFRIN: Sometimes, the only light is# from airstrikes, as Gazan Mosab Abu Toha writes: MOSAB ABU TOHA, Poet: Shrapnel# looking for laughter.

The house## has been bombed.

Everyone's dead,# the kids, the parents, the toys.

I care about human lives everywhere, here and# outside of Gaza and the West Bank.

I mean,## I love all people.

But some# people do not want us to exist.

NICK SCHIFRIN: Toha was born in a Gaza# refugee camp.

He has three children,## two boys who love the beach and a daughter# wearing clothes from a happier time.

Today,## his extended family of 22 take# shelter in a three-bedroom apartment.

They and every family here have# survived half-a-dozen wars.

MOSAB ABU TOHA: The kids, this is -- in fact,## this is not their first time hitting the bombs# and seeing and also the light, the scary light of# each explosion, especially at night.

This is not the first time.

But they are# always keep -- keeping asking me when this## will stop.

I mean, it's very, very worrying# that these kids do not ask me who is doing## this.

They don't ask who.

They just know that# this is very dangerous, this could kill them.

NICK SCHIFRIN: Toha's poetry tells of the# human cost of war.

Today, he's losing hope.

MOSAB ABU TOHA: Just yesterday, we got the very# heartbreaking news that a pregnant cousin of## mine was killed during an Israeli airstrike# on a mosque that's adjacent to her house.

It's about humanity.

They are depriving us of# our humanity.

They are dealing with us, they are## killing us as if we were just a heap of rubble.# They don't distinguish between a tree or a house## or a bookshop or a donkey or a cat.

We are just# -- we just don't exist to them as human beings.

NICK SCHIFRIN: It is those human beings# suffering the scars of war whom Gazan## photojournalist Majdi Fathi has been documenting.

MAJDI FATHI, Gazan Photojournalist (through# translator): This area that I'm in,## this square is completel NICK SCHIFRIN: For years, the 43-year-old# has captured the reality of life under siege.

MAJDI FATHI (through translator): Twenty# minutes before this voice message, Israel## bombed a residential building and media offices# in the NICK SCHIFRIN: His photographs tell the# grim story of war, and war spares no one,## families, the elderly, the youngest,# and Diana's hope for the future.

DIANA ODEH: We all sleep in the same area.# Even when we want to go to the bathroom,## we go together, because if# we die, we die all together.

NICK SCHIFRIN: Dust to dust, and they# fear the worst is still yet to come.

For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Nick Schifrin.