Gaza faces daunting reconstruction when elusive truce struck
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A medical staff attends to a malnourished child at a MSF hospital in an IDP camp inside the U.N. base in Malakal
A medical staff attends to a malnourished child at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital in an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp inside the U.N. base in Malakal, July 24, 2014. According to UNMISS, the U.N. base is hosting about 17,000 people who were displaced by the armed conflict in the region. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY POVERTY)
Girls play in an IDP camp inside the U.N. base in Malakal
Girls play in an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp inside the U.N. base in Malakal, July 24, 2014. According to UNMISS, the U.N. base is hosting about 17,000 people who were displaced by the armed conflict in the region. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY POVERTY)
A man, suffering from diarrhoea, rests on a bed in Malakal Teaching Hospital in Malaka
A man, suffering from diarrhoea, rests on a bed in Malakal Teaching Hospital in Malaka, July 24, 2014. The hospital, which only reopened around 10 days ago, was closed early this year after armed groups shot dead 11 patients in their beds in February. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY POVERTY HEALTH)
Children run in an IDP camp inside the U.N. base in Malakal
Children run in an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp inside the U.N. base in Malakal, July 24, 2014. According to UNMISS, the U.N. base is hosting about 17,000 people who were displaced by the armed conflict in the region. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY POVERTY)