Palestinians trek across rubble to remains of homes as ceasefire takes hold

Displaced Palestinians leave parts of Khan Younis as they go back to their homes in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip (Jehad Alshrafi/AP)

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.

Majida Abu Jarad made quick work of packing the contents of her family’s tent in the sprawling tent city of Muwasi, just north of the strip’s southern border with Egypt.