 Some casualties of war can be captured in an image like this one which shows some of the destruction wrought during the recent war between Israeli and Hamas forces in the Gaza Strip. But as much as they illustrate the severity of the crisis, such pictures don't reveal the most vexing elements of suffering or the conditions and perspectives underlying the conflict that impact everyday life here in ways that must be addressed. Somewhere beyond this photograph, a young boy asks his father if ever the lights will be on when he dresses for school. Young men and women wish to celebrate finishing their exams or getting a permit to leave Gaza to pursue graduate studies. Adults imagine sitting on a balcony observing their children and grandchildren safely playing in a clean and debris-free space. You can't see them, the fishermen who want fish or the farmers who are desperate to work their land. But these block dreams punctuate Gaza more fully than the visible marks of ordinance do.