Sheltering on both sides
Some 260,000 of the Gaza Strip's 1.8 million people have taken refuge in schools and other institutions run by the United Nations in the face of nearly four weeks of Israeli bombardment. Many are staying put for now, waiting to see if a 72-hour ceasefire that began on August 5 holds.
Meanwhile in southern Israeli areas that have been hit by daily rocket and mortar bomb attacks from the Gaza Strip, many residents also remained in their shelters.
A girl looks out of a classroom window at a U.N.-run school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Jabaliya refugee camp.
Children who fled their houses during the Israeli offensive play at another U.N.-run school in Gaza City.
A Palestinian boy bathes his brother.
Palestinians who fled their homes sleep on the floor in a U.N.-run school.
A young child lies on the ground inside a classroom in Jabaliya.
A Palestinian woman sits inside a U.N. school.
A Palestinian woman prepares food on the ground.
Palestinian children, who fled their homes, eat breakfast at a U.N.-run school.
Palestinians stay inside a classroom.
A Palestinian woman walks down the stairs inside a U.N.-run school.
A woman looks on as she stands outside her tent at a school.
Israeli children play outside a public bomb shelter in the southern city of Ashkelon.
Chairs stand next to a painted wall inside a public bomb shelter.
Three Israeli youths play in a public shelter.
An Israeli girl sweeps the floor of a shelter as another holds a child.
An Israeli toddler sits on the floor of a public bomb shelter.
A mattress lies next to framed pictures.
An Israeli man spreads hummus on a slice of bread.
An Israeli woman smokes inside a shelter.
An organ and mattresses are seen in a public bomb shelter.
Israelis sleeps on the floor.
An Israeli boy runs up the stairs in a public bomb shelter.
