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The untold casualty of the conflict in Gaza: Sleep.

July 22, 2014 1:15PM ET

The humanity of both sides rendered in photos of exhaustion and portraits of slumber

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Gaza, Israel, sleeping
Israeli soldiers sleep on the ground next to an armored personnel carrier (APC) outside the Gaza Strip July 15, 2014. Nir Elias / Reuters
Gaza, Israel, sleeping
Displaced Palestinians from the Shejaiya neighborhood in the Gaza Strip rest on makeshift beds at the UN school where they and others have taken refuge after fleeing heavy fighting in their area on July 21, 2014. Marco Longari / AFP / Getty Images
Gaza, Israel, sleeping
Palestinians sleep in the yard of the UN school after evacuating their houses near the border with Israel, July 16, 2014. Ezz Zanoun / APA Images / Polaris
Gaza, Israel, sleeping
Isaraeli soldiers sleep in Sderot, Israel, July 15, 2014. Andrew Burton / Getty Images
Gaza, Israel, sleeping
Palestinians rest near a colorful mural at a UN-run school in Gaza City, July 13, 2014. Mohammed Salem / Reuters
Gaza, Israel, sleeping
Sleeping Israeli soldiers near Sderot, Israel, July 15, 2014. Andrew Burton / Getty Images
Gaza, Israel, sleeping
A Palestinian child sleeps after evacuating his home in Gaza City, July 19, 2014. Ashraf Amra / APA Images / Polaris
Gaza, Israel, sleeping
A man who fled Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip sleeps in the UN school-turned-shelter in Gaza City, July 13, 2014. Oliver Weiken / EPA
Gaza, Israel, sleeping
An Israeli soldier sleeps on a 155mm mobile artillery cannon along the south Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, July 11, 2014. Jack Guez / AFP / Getty Images
Gaza, Israel, sleeping
A Palestinian man sleeps on the pavement after civilians left their houses to a safer location following the start of Israel's army ground offensive, on July 18, 2014 in Rafah. Said Khatib / AFP / Getty Images
Gaza, Israel, sleeping
Palestinian who have fled their homes of Gaza's eastern Shejaiya district rest inside the Al Shifa hospital's garden on July 21, 2014, after heavy Israeli shelling. Majdi Fathi / NurPhoto / Sipa USA
Gaza, Israel, sleeping
Palestinians sleep in the schoolyard of the UN school, July 16, 2014. Ezz Zanoun / APA Images / Polaris
Gaza, Israel, sleeping
Isaraeli soldiers sleep next to their armored personnel carriers near the border, July 15, 2014. Andrew Burton / Getty Images
Gaza, Israel, sleeping
Palestinian children sleep after fleeing heaby shelling in the Shejaia neighborhood, July 21, 2014. Finbarr O'Reilly / Reuters
Gaza, Israel, sleeping
An Israeli soldier sleeps beside a mobile artillery unit near the southern Gaza Strip, July 12, 2014. Finbarr O'Reilly / Reuters
Gaza, Israel, sleeping
As the Israeli ground offensive continues, Palestinian children sleep on the floor of the UN school after evacuating their homes, July 13, 2014 in Gaza City. Mahmud Hams / AFP / Getty Images