Gaza Residents Cope with the Destruction as Life Goes On (18 images)

Palestinian students wave their hands as they line up in the courtyard at a United Nations school in at Gaza City on the first day of the new school year on September 14, 2014. A half million children in Gaza started the new school year three weeks late as a result of the devastating 50-day war between Israel and Hamas that ended on August 26th. UPI/Ismael Mohamad

Wounded by Israeli shelling, Palestinian student Nidal Ahmed Musa, age 9, sits in a classroom at the United Nations school in at Gaza City on the first day of the new school year on September 14, 2014. A half million children in Gaza started the new school year three weeks late as a result of the devastating 50-day war between Israel and Hamas that ended on August 26th. UPI/Ismael Mohamad

Palestinian students waits for classes to start at the United Nations school in at Gaza City on the first day of the new school year on September 14, 2014. A half million children in Gaza started the new school year three weeks late as a result of the devastating 50-day war between Israel and Hamas that ended on August 26th. UPI/Ismael Mohamad

Wounded by Israeli shelling, Palestinian student Ahmed Balbissi, age 11, sits in a wheelchair at the United Nations school in at Gaza City on the first day of the new school year on September 14, 2014. A half million children in Gaza started the new school year three weeks late as a result of the devastating 50-day war between Israel and Hamas that ended on August 26th. UPI/Ismael Mohamad