Gaza Strip residents told of devastation as they began returning to their homes on Sunday. "My house was razed to the ground - the house that I built myself over many years," Yasser Abu Younis told dpa.
A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, ushering in an initial six-week period of calm and raising hopes for the release of dozens of militant-held hostages and an end to the devastating 15-month war.
Even before the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas was fully in place, Palestinians in the war-battered Gaza Strip began to return to the remains of the homes they had evacuated during the 15-month war.
The anticipated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza began at 11:15 local time (09:15 GMT), nearly three hours after initially scheduled. Ahram Online provides live coverage of the events, which could signal the start of the end of 470 days of a genocidal Israeli war that killed and wounded nearly 10 percent of the 2.
Hamas has now confirmed British-Israeli Emily Damari, 28 - along with Romi Gonen and Doron Steinbrecher - will be set free from captivity in Gaza at 2pm UK time today
Displaced Palestinians returning to what’s left of their homes in different parts of the Gaza Strip after the ceasefire takes effect.
A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, ushering in an initial six-week period of calm and raising hopes for the release of
Ambulances and trucks carrying humanitarian aid lined up at the Egyptian border on their way to the Gaza Strip as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect on Sunday.
The anticipated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza began at 11:15 local time (09:15 GMT), nearly three hours after initially scheduled. Ahram Online provides live coverage of the events, which could signal the start of the end of 470 days of a genocidal Israeli war that killed and wounded nearly 10 percent of the 2.
The deal kicked in at 8:15 am Gaza time on Sunday, nearly three hours after it was scheduled to come into effect.
A long-awaited ceasefire in Gaza began after a three-hour delay as Hamas named the three female hostages it plans to free later on Sunday.