Rafah 'erased' from the map

The report warned that it could constitute a crime against humanity or reach the level of genocide, which under international law includes "deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction".

Israel rejects accusations of genocide, saying it targets Hamas militants and their infrastructure that are interwoven with civilian areas.

An increased flow of aid and commercial products brought Gaza back from famine that arose in some areas last year under a monthslong Israeli ban on food and other goods. But most of the population remains dependent on international relief. Jobs are few, mostly connected to selling in the market.

Shadi Barawi lost his father early in the war. Soon after that, Barawi was hit by shrapnel from a strike near his home in Gaza City, and his leg was amputated — one of some 6,000 amputees left by the war.

After losing his leg, "I lost all hope in life," the 35-year-old said. But he was the sole support, he said, for his own family of six and his five sisters, he said.

A barber before the war, he returned to giving haircuts to earn some money. With no prosthetic limb, he balances on his crutches as he works in the same tent where he lives.

"I'm working in tough circumstances," he said. "I'm on one leg. I might do cuts for three customers, then I get tired and stop and rest, but then I keep going," he said.