Photos: Palestinian children study in rubble of bombed mosque

Mon Jan 26, 11:22 AM ET

A Palestinian student studies during an open air class at the Sharia Mosque and Islamic school, that was destroyed in an Israeli missile strike in recent weeks, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Jan. 26, 2009. The students have been attending classes in the school yard while education officials find other institutions for the children to study at. The latest Israeli incursion into Gaza was aimed at the territory’s Hamas rulers, and ended Jan. 17 with nearly 1,300 Palestinians dead.(AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

Mon Jan 26, 11:23 AM ET

Palestinian students attend an open air class at the Sharia Mosque and Islamic school, that was destroyed in an Israeli missile strike in recent weeks, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Jan. 26, 2009. The students have been attending classes in the school yard while education officials find other institutions for the children to study at. The latest Israeli incursion into Gaza was aimed at the territory’s Hamas rulers, and ended Jan. 17 with nearly 1,300 Palestinians dead.(AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

Mon Jan 26, 10:09 AM ET

Palestinian students study at the yard of al-Fadilah Islamic school in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip January 26, 2009.(Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)

Mon Jan 26, 11:22 AM ET

Palestinian students study in a tent during an open air class at the Sharia Mosque and Islamic school, that was destroyed in an Israeli missile strike in recent weeks, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Jan. 26, 2009. The students have been attending classes in the school yard while education officials find other institutions for the children to study at. The latest Israeli incursion into Gaza was aimed at the territory’s Hamas rulers, and ended Jan. 17 with nearly 1,300 Palestinians dead.(AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

Mon Jan 26, 11:23 AM ET

Palestinian students attend an open air class at the Sharia Mosque and Islamic school, that was destroyed in an Israeli missile strike in recent weeks, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Jan. 26, 2009. The students have been attending classes in the school yard while education officials find other institutions for the children to study at. The latest Israeli incursion into Gaza was aimed at the territory’s Hamas rulers, and ended Jan. 17 with nearly 1,300 Palestinians dead.(AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

Mon Jan 26, 9:14 AM ET

Palestinian students study in the yard of al-Fadilah Islamic school in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip January 26, 2009. The school was destroyed in an Israeli air strike during Israel’s 22-day offensive in the Gaza Strip.REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA)

Mon Jan 26, 7:34 AM ET

Palestinian children attend a lesson under a tent outside their Islamic school which was destroyed in an Israeli missile strike in Rafah, on January 25. A senior EU official touring Gaza on Monday blasted the “abominable” destruction in the enclave.(AFP/File/Said Khatib)

Mon Jan 26, 9:01 AM ET

Palestinian students listen to their teacher during a lesson inside a tent at the yard al-Fadilah Islamic school in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip January 26, 2009. The school was destroyed in an Israeli air strike during Israel’s 22-day offensive in the Gaza Strip.REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA)