Palestinians trek across rubble to return to their homes as Gaza ceasefire takes hold
- Palestinians in the Gaza Strip began returning to their homes as a ceasefire deal took hold, despite ongoing shelling and destruction.
- Over 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the conflict, with more than half being women and children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
- The United Nations estimates that 69% of structures in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed, including over 245,000 homes.
- Many families celebrated their return, despite finding devastation and uncertainty about the future of Gaza's reconstruction.
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‘My neighborhood was one of Gaza's most beautiful. All that’s left is rubble’
Rushing north after the ceasefire to see what remains of their former lives, Gazans find flattened homes, bulldozed graves, and missing bodies. The post ‘My neighborhood was one of the most beautiful in Gaza. All that’s left is rubble’ appeared first on +972 Magazine.
In fifteen months of war, nearly two million Gazans were displaced. With the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel taking effect on Sunday, many of them returned to their homes. Often, there was little left: it is estimated that more than 60 percent of Gaza's buildings have been damaged or destroyed.
'Every house reduced to rubble': Gazan family's painful return to Rafah
Leila and Ibrahim el Arja fled their home in Rafah, southern Gaza, in May last year. This week they returned, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, but what they found only added to their devastation.
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