Return home: After Gaza cease-fire

During the humanitarian pause in the Gaza Strip, thousands of people left temporary shelters and camps to return to what's left of their homes. Displaced Gazans, carrying their children and belongings, embarked on their journey homeward, loading donkey carts with their possessions.

A Palestinian youth pushes a man in a wheelchair during the temporary truce between Israel and Hamas, near Gaza City, Nov. 27, 2023.

The United Nations estimates that approximately 1.7 million out of 2.4 million people in the region have been displaced, and more than half of the homes are presumed to be damaged or destroyed.

Palestinians in the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis, who took shelter in schools and hospitals, began to return to their homes after the humanitarian break began.