Gaza Families Near Israeli Border Struggle to Build a Life in the Heart of a Conflict
New York Times JULY 14, 2014   By ANNE BARNARD

GAZA CITY — In 2008, Umm Samer Marouf fled the northern Gaza Strip under Israeli bombardments that destroyed her family's house and strawberry fields and left her deep in debt. Now, she and her seven children have fled again, from their half-built replacement home, and wonder if it, too, will be demolished.

"They should kill us all at once or resolve this for good, not shoot at us every two years," Ms. Marouf, 42, said Monday at a shelter in Gaza City, a United Nations elementary school where it seemed as if her whole neighborhood had moved, kite-flying children, drying laundry, family squabbles and all.

Some Recent Deaths:

6 people killed on Tuesday when two missiles struck the house of a man said to be an Islamic Jihad commander.

3 killed when war- planes targeted a car on Thursday. The three were said to be members of Al-Quds Brigades.

9 killed when a missile struck a cafe Wednesday night where about a dozen locals had gathered to watch the World Cup. Israeli military said the target was a single terrorist.

8 killed, including six children, when war-planes targeted their house on Thursday in Khan Younis refugee camp.