Palestinians Return to Gaza City

Palestinians return to Gaza City as mediators look ahead to next stage
Mughrabi GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) -Displaced Palestinians returning to their homes in Gaza City this week found a city in ruins after 15 months of fighting, with many seeking shelter amongst the rubble and searching for relatives lost in the chaotic return march.
‘We came back for nothing’: Returning home to northern Gaza, Palestinians find death and destruction
Khamis and Ahmad Imarah knew they wouldn’t find much more than rubble when returning to their home in northern Gaza. But they had to go. Their father and brother are still buried under the debris, more than a year after their home was struck by Israeli forces.
Drone footage shows thousands of Palestinians returning to the ruins and rubble in Gaza City
Tens of thousands of Palestinians streamed into the most heavily destroyed part of the Gaza Strip on Monday as Israel lifted its closure of the north for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month war with Hamas in accordance with a fragile ceasefire.
Palestinians return to their destroyed homes in north Gaza: ‘The war has taken everything precious to us’
Scrambling over sand banks and craters, hundreds of thousands of Palestinian families describe the long trek back home to Nedal Hamdouna inside Gaza and Bel Trew
Palestinians make long trek back to their demolished homes in Gaza
After a ceasefire deal paused 15 months of war in Gaza, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians returned to the rubble of their homes.
Palestinians in Gaza return to find their city in ruins after Israeli troops withdraw
With a ceasefire agreement pausing the war between Israel and Hamas, Israeli troops have withdrawn from Gaza city centers. For the first time in eight months, NPR got a glimpse of Rafah this week.
Thousands of displaced Palestinians return to shattered northern Gaza
Tens of thousands of Palestinians are streaming into Gaza's most heavily destroyed area after Israel lifted its closure of the north.
Drone shows thousands returning to ruins of Gaza after ceasefire deal
Drone footage has captured huge crowds of Palestinians returning to Gaza City on foot under a ceasefire deal, after Hamas agreed to hand over three Israeli hostages later this week and Israeli forces began to withdraw across the enclave.
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Orphaned child returns alone to Gaza City: 'There is no home to return to'
My mother, father, and brothers are all buried in one grave,” 12-year-old Alma Ja’arour said. "There is no home to return to, ...
I walked 11 hours to finally return to my home in Gaza – finding my town destroyed and my house without walls
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Joy Turns to Despair as Gaza Returnees Struggle to Settle in Enclave's North
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