Palestinians return to Gaza City

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With a ceasefire agreement pausing the war between Israel and Hamas, Israeli troops have withdrawn from Gaza city centers.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 hoping to return to Gaza’s Rafah find city in ruins
Sattari owned two houses in Gaza’s Rafah. For the nine months since Israeli forces invaded the southern city, he has been forced into displacement. The 53-year-old had lived with the hope that if one house got hit in one of the Israeli attacks,
Middle East latest: Palestinians return to their homes in northern Gaza for a second day
Crowds of displaced Palestinians made the arduous journey back to heavily destroyed northern Gaza for a second day Tuesday, under a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Prominent Palestinian prisoner freed in Gaza deal unable to return to embattled hometown
Zakaria Zubeidi's last, fleeting, taste of freedom involved five days on the run after escaping from an Israeli maximum security prison in 2021, but on Thursday the Palestinian militant was released as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal.
Video: LIVE: Palestinians return to northern Gaza
Palestinians return to northern Gaza Watch live from Salah al-Din road, Gaza’s main north-south highway, as more Palestinians return to northern Gaza, traveling in cars and trucks packed high with mattresses and other belongings.
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.
Palestinians rejoice as freed prisoners return to Gaza
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Gaza’s Rafah crossing set to reopen ‘within days,’ Egyptian governor says
The Rafah border crossing with Gaza will reopen within days in the presence of European and Palestinian observers, an ...
Israel-Hamas War: What it Will Take to Rebuild Gaza
Experts discuss how long rebuilding Gaza's $18.5 billion of damaged infrastructure could take after 15 months of conflict.
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In Gaza, We’re Caught Between Hope and Despair
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Palestinians in Gaza return to Rafah to find a city of rubble and ash
Many are finding utter destruction. NPR's producer in Gaza, Anas Baba, spent the first half of the war in the southern city of Rafah after being displaced from his home. Then he had to flee ...
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Gaza: Returning to a battlefield
After 15 months of Israel’s war on Gaza and the implementation of the ceasefire on 19 January 2025, displaced Palestinians are attempting to return home to what remains of the southern city of Rafah.
Trucks loaded with oil derivatives and supplies enter Rafah city
Dozens of trucks loaded with oil derivatives and supplies entered Gaza’s southern city of Rafah on Monday, after a ceasefire ...
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Timeline: How a year of war in Gaza has unfolded as hostages released in ceasefire deal
Israeli tanks rolled into Gaza City - an operation the Israeli military ... A few days later, evacuations began at the Rafah crossing, from Gaza to Egypt, for thousands of foreign ...