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Palestinians returning to Rafah are met with flattened homes and rubble
Aerial footage on Monday showed the devastation caused to the southern Gaza city of Rafah as Palestinians began returning to what was left of their homes. The truce between Israel and Hamas took hold on Sunday and has left skies above Gaza and Israel silent for the first time in over a year,
Palestinians find scenes of devastation as they return to their homes in Rafah
Celebrations erupted across Rafah as thousands of Palestinians began returning to the city after a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took effect on Sunday.
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,
NBC News drone video captures devastation in Rafah as displaced Palestinians return
Displaced Palestinians returned to Rafah in southern Gaza as the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect. An NBC News crew captured the widespread devastation that awaited them.
Displaced Return to War-Battered Homes in Rafah After Ceasefire
Displaced people were seen returning to Rafah on Monday, January 20, the second day after the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel went into effect. The deal stipulated a pause in fighting and the release of the three Israeli captives and approximately 90 Palestinian prisoners on Sunday,
Dismayed Palestinians find homes in ruins upon returning to Rafah
Storyline: Thousands of displaced Palestinians from the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah have discovered their former homes left in utter ruins after they started returning to the city as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement finally came into effect on Sunday.
Displaced Palestinians move toward Rafah as ceasefire takes effect
An NBC News crew filmed displaced Palestinians walking on foot from Khan Younis to Rafah in southern Gaza. Thousands began moving south hours before the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect.

Aid trucks waiting at Rafah crossing start to enter Gaza

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 ...
Rubble and debris: all that's left of Sinwar's last stand in Rafah
STORY: This is what is left of the building where it is believed Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar, was killed by the Israeli ...
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Gaza: Three injured after Israeli drone dropped bomb on civilians in Rafah
GAZA, January 20, 2025 (WAFA) – Three Palestinian citizens were Monday injured when an Israeli drone "Quadcopter" dropped a bomb on civilians in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
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Rafah municipality to launch efforts to reopen Rafah’s streets
The Rafah municipality in southern Gaza has said it is ready to carry out a gradual plan to reopen the city’s main and side ...
EU's Kallas says talks under way to revive Rafah border mission
The European Union is in talks to revive a civilian mission to monitor the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt at Rafah ...
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EU discusses re-deploying monitoring mission to Rafah: Foreign policy chief
European bloc 'ready to assist with humanitarian aid, reconstruction, recovery,' Kaja Kallas says after meeting Palestinian ...
Middle East latest: Released Israeli hostage says she has ‘returned to life’
One of the Israeli hostages freed in the Gaza cease-fire said she has 'returned to life.' Palestinians return to Rafah to ...
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Report on the widespread destruction from Rafah in Gaza
Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum reports on the widespread destruction from Rafah in southern Gaza, just a kilometre away from where the Israeli military withdrew after the implementation of the ...