The rubble of Gaza

One year after Israel and Hamas clashed, people are still picking up the pieces

Gaza City
Sarah Eberspacher
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(Violeta Santos-Moura)

(Image credit: (Violeta Santos-Moura)Within this grey and broken city, photographer Violeta Santos-Moura, 31, still found plenty of life."Children playing, going to school and back with colorful bags, girls)

(Image credit: (Violeta Santos-Moura))

(Image credit: (Violeta Santos-Moura))

(Image credit: (Violeta Santos-Moura))

(Violeta Santos-Moura)

(Violeta Santos-Moura) Santos-Moura says she was especially moved by the plight of animals stranded at Gaza's zoo. The animals that survived remain in squalid conditions, fed occasionally by locals, but otherwise are left to fend for themselves in dirty, damp cages.

(Violeta Santos-Moura) The rebuilding goes slowly. Many areas of the city still don't have electricity to power street or traffic lights in the evenings. In the meantime, the photographer says she wants to remind people that while the cameras are gone, the people are not."The least you can do is get close to them for a while and tell their story,” Santos-Moura says. “At the end of the day, one leaves, but they stay.”

(Violeta Santos-Moura)

(Violeta Santos-Moura) **See more of Santos-Moura's work via her website, and follow her on Twitter and on Instagram**

Sarah Eberspacher
Sarah Eberspacher

Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.

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