Gaza will be unliveable by 2020 according to the UN, with daily life already a struggle to find food and shelter, but Dateline finds the people bringing innovation and inspiration to the fight for survival.
1.95 million people are crammed into this 360 square kilometre sliver of land.
It is one of the most densely populated places on the planet, also home to the worlds highest unemployment rate.
Despite the hundreds of millions of dollars that have been spent here, the United Nations warns Gaza is in freefall - an unsustainable, spiralling state of de-development.
Its feared the citys aquifers will ultimately be irreparably damaged by pollution and a staggering 900,000 people here rely entirely on food aid to survive.
