Desperate Gazans pull iron bars from rubble to construct tents and scratch out a living

As winter bites in Gaza, displaced Palestinians set out every day to homes destroyed by Israel. There they rip out iron rods from the walls and use them to prop up their flimsy tents or sell to scratch out a living in an enclave that will take years to recover from war.

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A Palestinian worker reshapes and straightens steel bars recovered from destroyed homes using basic tools inside a small workshop, amid a severe shortage of construction materials, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, December 10, 2025. REUTERS/Haseeb Alwazeer
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