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What will be left of Gaza when the war ends?

By Andrew England, Heba Saleh, Mai Khaled
Financial Times·
14 mins to read

With infrastructure and economy shattered, displaced Gazans fear there will be nothing to return to.

Faysal Shawa thought he had seen the best and worst of what life in Gaza had to offer. As a young man three decades ago he was swept up in the giddy optimism as huge crowds packed into Gaza City to welcome the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat back from exile.

It was the summer of 1994, 10 months after Israel and the Palestine Liberation

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