With no other refuge from the war, dozens of Palestinian families in Gaza, including Maisa Brikah and her children, have spent five months living amid gravestones in a sun-baked cemetery in Khan Younis.
A blonde-haired toddler sits outside one tent, running fingers through the sand. Another peeks playfully from behind a drape of fabric.
Nighttime is another matter.
"When the sun goes down, the children get scared and don't want to go, and I have a few children, four small ones," Brikah said. "They are afraid to go out because of the dogs at night, and the dead."
The vast majority of Gaza's population of over 2 million people has been displaced by Israel's two-year genocidal war. With the cease-fire that began on Oct. 10, some have returned to what remains of their homes. Others are still crowded into the strip of remaining territory that Israeli forces don't control.
