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.
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 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With a ceasefire agreement pausing the war between Israel and Hamas, Israeli troops have withdrawn from Gaza city centers.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.
Palestinians celebrate their return to northern Gaza after 15 months of war
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians streamed into Gaza’s most heavily destroyed area on Monday after Israel opened the north for the first time since the early weeks of the war with Hamas, a dramatic reversal of their exodus 15 months ago.
Palestinians return to Gaza City to find their homes reduced to rubble
Nader Shamalakh had seen and heard Israel’s bombardment and invasion of Gaza City — that’s what sent him and his family fleeing south.
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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Middle East latest: Eight hostages are released from Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners
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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 ...
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 ...
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
Nedal Hamdouna, a Palestinian journalist, has been displaced seven times by the 15-month war in Gaza. Here, he describes the ...
Gaza residents stream home to the north after hostage breakthrough
Tens of thousands of Palestinians streamed along the main roads leading north in Gaza on Monday after Hamas agreed to hand ...
Ceasefire Brings Hope To Children In Gaza
Despite the extreme hardships they have experienced and the long road ahead, children in Gaza are holding fast to their ...
Gaza checkpoint to be staffed by scores of armed American contractors
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