Two boys carry together a jerrycan through a yard at a school run by the UNRWA in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov 14, 2023, where internally displaced Palestinians have taken refuge. — AFP
Two boys carry together a jerrycan through a yard at a school run by the UNRWA in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov 14, 2023, where internally displaced Palestinians have taken refuge. — AFP

 Men use their hands to drink rainwater dripping from the roof of a tent amid water shortages while at a school run by the UNRWA in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov 14, 2023. — AFP
Men use their hands to drink rainwater dripping from the roof of a tent amid water shortages while at a school run by the UNRWA in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov 14, 2023. — AFP

 A woman reacts while another prepares traditional unleavened bread on an open fire at a school run by the UNRWA in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov 14, 2023. — AFP
A woman reacts while another prepares traditional unleavened bread on an open fire at a school run by the UNRWA in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov 14, 2023. — AFP

 A boy stands in the rain at a school run by the UNRWA in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov 14, 2023. — AFP
A boy stands in the rain at a school run by the UNRWA in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov 14, 2023. — AFP

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