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,

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.

Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians began returning home to northern Gaza on Monday, bracing for what awaits them in a region that has been reduced to rubble by months of brutal bombardment and fighting.