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Gaza's orphans carry the scars of war but the community is finding ways to care for them

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Half of Gaza's population is made up of children. The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics says almost 40,000 them have now lost at least one parent in the last 19 months of war. With no functioning system to care for them, it's up to their families and communities to take them in.
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