Left homeless amid the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip, the Abu Amshah family of Beit Hanoun is staying with relatives in Gaza City under crowded conditions. Mohammed Abu Amshah, left, and about 60 other people are at the compound. The newest member of the family was born just days before the family left home. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
For most of the last month of fighting between Palestinian militants and Israeli forces, up to 80 people from one extended Palestinian clan, the Abu Amshahs, have sheltered at a relative’s home in central Gaza City.
The women of the Abu Amshah family cook bread in a steel drum in the backyard. They have struggled to get enough food for the people staying at the compound. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
The extended family members often congregate in the compound’s back patio area, where the adults try to keep the children from fighting and leaving through the front gate. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Laundry and family members share the crowded space. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
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Manar Tubeel, 38, center, and her husband, not shown, are hosting her extended family, who fled their homes in Beit Hanoun when the bombardment began. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
A woman takes down laundry on the back patio of the compound. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Children gather around a few bowls of food. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Just days after Reem gave birth to her baby, Mohammed, they had to leave their home in Beit Hanoun. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
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Mohammed was born just days before his family fled to safety. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Family members sit together as they wait for the day they can return home. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
