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Anas Baba

A first glimpse of Khan Younis, a Gaza city now lying in ruins

Palestinians returning to Khan Younis to survey the damage to their homes after Israeli forces withdrew from the city following a four-month battle with Hamas there. (Anas Baba)

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Umm Ahmad Il-Sibaee stands silently with her purse among gray hills of cement. Her damaged building, one of the few left standing, is blocked by a mound of rubble.

"I cannot express to you my feelings," she says, and begins to cry.

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