The Hamas government raised as of Wednesday the number of displaced Palestinians who have returned to the northern Gaza Strip since last Monday to 500,000. The north to which they return, which includes Gaza City and the towns of Jabalia,

A search for Beit Hanoun in Google Maps will reveal a massive Star of David carved into the ground of former farmland in northern Gaza.

Khamis and Ahmad Imarah knew they wouldn’t find much more than rubble when returning to their home in northern Gaza. But they had to go. Their father and brother are still buried under the debris, more than a year after their home was struck by Israeli forces.

Even before the ceasefire officially took effect, many Palestinians moved through the wreckage to reach their homes, some on foot and others hauling their belongings on donkey carts.

The Hamas Beit Hanoun Battalion Commander was filmed walking among the rubble as he spoke of Hamas's 'victory' in Gaza. In May the IDF claimed to have eliminated him.

The full scale of the humanitarian challenge ahead is emerging as displaced Palestinians return home, writes the BBC's .

After the Gaza ceasefire, displaced Palestinians are returning to northern Gaza and reuniting with their families, overwhelmed with emotions of joy and relief

On the tenth day of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, convoys of returnees continue to flood the central and northern parts of the Gaza Strip, traveli

The ceasefire came into effect Sunday after an initial three-hour delay, during which almost 20 more Palestinians were killed, according to medics in the decimated Palestinian territory. Under the terms of the deal,

Hamas officials accused Israel on Wednesday of delaying aid deliveries to Gaza and jeopardising a truce and hostage release deal, an allegation Israel dismissed as "fake news."

just north of the strip’s southern border with Egypt. At the start of the war, they were forced to flee their house in Gaza’s northern town of Beit Hanoun, where they used to gather around the ...