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The UN has warned of the urgent need for mine clearance, calling the danger to civilians ongoing and extreme.
But for now, residents, especially children, live surrounded by silent killers hidden in the debris of war.
Anas Baba, NPR News, Gaza City.
On the surface, Gaza looks like it's being restocked after months of deprivation.
There is more food entering Gaza and trucks are bringing sodas, sweets, cosmetics and even the latest smartphones from Israeli merchants.
But the Israeli government restricts the essentials from entering as antibiotics and fuel remain out of reach for most.
And Gaza's civil defense say their cars have run out of fuel for rescue operations.
Meanwhile, people in Gaza are waking up cold and wet, without tents to sleep under as streets flood with rain.
The aid groups are facing bureaucratic obstacles to getting supplies in, and only 32 trucks entered Gaza last week.
Israel says it's facilitating aid in line with the ceasefire.
Unlike the remains of Israeli hostages identified using DNA and medical records, the Palestinian corpses arrived with no names and no identifying data.
Gaza's whole system, including labs, has been decimated by war.
Dr. Munir Al-Borsh, head of Gaza's hospital, says many bodies showed signs of being crushed by tanks, skulls shattered, chests flattened.
Israeli authorities have not responded to requests for comment.
Now families are being shown graphic images of the bodies, hoping to recognize a missing loved one.
After that, the remains are buried with no names, only serial numbers, like the 54 laid to rest in Gaza on Wednesday.
Gaza's health ministry says that since the ceasefire began a little more than a week ago, more than 80 Palestinians have been killed and more than 300 injured by Israeli fire, including those from Sunday's airstrikes.