Here in the damp, narrow alley ways of the Palestinian refugee camp, where generation after generation has dreamed of returning to their homeland, Mohamed Azzouka sits in a plastic lawn chair and dreams only of escape.
For this 22-year-old inhabitant of a refuge that has become one of the most potent symbols of both the the plight and the resilience of Palestinians displaced by war, the recent Gaza conflict has dimmed any prospects that he might return to historic Palestine.