Displaced Palestinians begin return to war-ravaged Gaza with Israel-Hamas ceasefire in effect
Tens of thousands of Palestinians headed back to the heavily destroyed northern Gaza Strip on Friday as a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect.
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Displaced Palestinians walk along the coastal road near Wadi Gaza in the central Gaza Strip, moving toward northern Gaza, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A man exits an installation simulating a tunnel in Gaza in an act of solidarity with hostages believed to be held underground by Hamas during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, at a plaza known as hostages square, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Displaced Palestinians walk along the coastal road as they move in the direction of Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Yousef Al Zanoun)
Displaced Palestinians walk with their belongings past destroyed buildings as they return to their homes in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
People sing traditional songs during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, at a plaza known as hostages square, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
People walk past an installation simulating a tunnel in Gaza in an act of solidarity with hostages believed to be held underground by Hamas during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, at a plaza known as hostages square, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A woman stands next to photographs of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, at a plaza known as hostages square, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Displaced Palestinians ride on the back of a truck past destroyed buildings as they return to their homes in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A young person runs next to an installation simulating a tunnel in Gaza in an act of solidarity with hostages believed to be held underground by Hamas during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, at a plaza known as hostages square, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Displaced Palestinians walk along the coastal road near Wadi Gaza in the central Gaza Strip, moving toward northern Gaza, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Covered in prayer shawls, men dance and hold the four items used as a symbol on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, at a plaza known as hostages square following the announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan to pause the fighting in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Covered in prayer shawls, men dance and hold the four items used as a symbol on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, at a plaza known as hostages square following the announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan to pause the fighting in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Displaced Palestinians walk with their belongings past destroyed buildings as they return to their homes in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A displaced Palestinian woman walks past destroyed buildings in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Displaced Palestinians load their belongings onto trucks as they return to Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Displaced Palestinians walk along the coastal road near Wadi Gaza in the central Gaza Strip, moving toward northern Gaza, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Displaced Palestinians walk past destroyed buildings as they return to their homes in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Displaced Palestinians walk with their belongings as they return to their homes in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Displaced Palestinians walk along the coastal road near Wadi Gaza in the central Gaza Strip, moving toward northern Gaza, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Displaced Palestinians walk past destroyed buildings as they return to their homes in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Displaced Palestinians walk with their belongings past destroyed buildings as they return to their homes in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Displaced Palestinians load their belongings into a van and pass by destroyed buildings as they return to their homes in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to pause their war and release remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Palestinians inspect a damaged armored personnel carrier left behind by Israeli forces amid destroyed buildings in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to pause their war and release the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A Palestinian boy lies on a mattress amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Displaced Palestinians walk with their belongings past destroyed buildings as they return to their homes in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Displaced Palestinians with their belongings pass by destroyed buildings as they return to their homes in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to pause their war and release remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Displaced Palestinians walk past destroyed buildings as they return to their homes in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Displaced Palestinians walk with their belongings along the coastal road near Wadi Gaza in the central Gaza Strip, moving toward Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Displaced Palestinians walk toward Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Displaced Palestinians walk with their belongings along the coastal road near Wadi Gaza in the central Gaza Strip, moving toward Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Displaced Palestinians walk with their belongings, while others ride in a car loaded with mattresses, along the coastal road near Wadi Gaza in the central Gaza Strip, moving toward Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians inspect a damaged armored personnel carrier left behind by Israeli forces amid destroyed buildings in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to pause their war and release the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Displaced Palestinians walk with their belongings along the coastal road near Wadi Gaza in the central Gaza Strip, moving toward Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Displaced Palestinians walk with their belongings along the coastal road near Wadi Gaza in the central Gaza Strip, moving toward Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Displaced Palestinians with their belongings pass by destroyed buildings as they return to their homes in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to pause their war and release remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Displaced Palestinians push a cart loaded with belongings as they walk along the coastal road near Wadi Gaza in the central Gaza Strip, moving toward Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Displaced Palestinians walk with their belongings along the coastal road near Wadi Gaza in the central Gaza Strip, moving toward Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Displaced Palestinians walk with their belongings along the coastal road near Wadi Gaza in the central Gaza Strip, moving toward Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
