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Gazans face tough choices as their future is debated on global stage

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Gaza 's once bustling refugee camp is slowly coming back to life after six weeks of ceasefire.

The future of Gaza 's civilian population is now the subject of international debate.

Israel told Palestinians in northern part of the Gaza Strip including Jabalia to move south for their own safety.

Many stayed, determined to ride out the war, but many stayed.

Sanaa and Laila seem equally determined to stay put if they can.

But both women speak differently when they talk of the young.

"She doesn't even know how to write her own name," Laila says of her granddaughter.

The little girl's mother was killed during the war.