Palestinians Return to Gaza City

Palestinians return to Gaza City as mediators look ahead to next stage
Gaza's Hamas authorities said more than 300,000 people, or almost half of those displaced from the north during the war, had crossed into Gaza City and the north edge of the enclave.
‘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.
Exhausted Palestinians arrive in Gaza City to no homes, killed family
Thousands of Palestinians have returned to northern Gaza for the second day, walking kilometres to reach home.
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With a ceasefire agreement pausing the war between Israel and Hamas, Israeli troops have withdrawn from Gaza city centers.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 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 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.
This toddler has days to live, doctors warn. But Israel has paused her medical evacuation from Gaza
Doctors say 2-year-old Habiba al-Askari has days to live as gangrene creeps up her arms and legs, and only an urgent medical ...
Rats, dogs and torn clothes amid the ruins of Gaza homes
The rats and dogs scavenging amid the ruins of her neighborhood in northern Gaza make Manal Al-Harsh's return to her wrecked ...
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, ...
Middle East latest: Eight hostages are released from Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners
Hamas has released eight hostages five Thai farm workers and three dual German-Israeli nationals. That's in exchange for 110 ...
Opinion: As the cease-fire takes effect, Gaza is full of grief and defiance
During a pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas, with fragile hopes for an end to the war, relief is soon weighed down by ...
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 ...
This is what one family in Gaza returned home to after 15 months of war
More than 375,000 Palestinians have made their way back to homes in northern Gaza after 15 months on the run because of war.
Five possible solutions to the Gaza problem
Israelis widely agreed in the aftermath of the October 7, 2023 massacre that Hamas must no longer rule Gaza; indeed, it had ...