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.

Hundreds of people continue to return to their homes in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on the second day of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. However, the displaced are returning to a city almost completely devastated by Israeli attacks on the enclave over the past 15 months,