Gaza conflict one year on: Struggling to rebuild

It is one year since Israel launched a 50-day military offensive in the Gaza Strip, saying its aim was to halt rocket fire by Palestinian militants and destroy their tunnels used to launch attacks.

The border areas of Gaza saw some of the worst destruction during the Israeli ground offensive. They were also subject to heavy air bombardment.

The Zaaneen family owns farmland close to the Erez crossing. During the war, they sought refuge in Gaza City but returned home to find their house had been totally destroyed along with their chicken farm, a water well and hundreds of citrus trees.

Khalil Zaaneen has helped his brother rebuild a large chicken coop using salvaged pipes and equipment. However, UN agencies and the local authorities have not yet given him any money or support to clear away the ruins of his house and start reconstruction.