“Gaza, with its great people and its resilience, will rise again to rebuild what the occupation has destroyed and continue on the path of steadfastness until the occupation is defeated,” Hamas said in a statement after the cease-fire.

Monzer al-Sharafi survived months in a tent with his family in southern Gaza. CBS News joined him for the grueling trek back to find what was left of his life.

The scale of destruction in the northern Gaza strip could be seen from southern Israel on Saturday morning as Israel and Hamas are expected to swap more hostages for Palestinian prisoners.

The Hamas militant group has published the names of four hostages it says it will release on Saturday as part of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip ... the north to the south of the enclave.

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The long trek home by Palestinians comes as mediators helped end twin crises over ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon.

Long lines of Palestinians -- some kneeling to kiss the soil as they stepped into the northern part of the strip -- were making their way home on Monday.

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians streamed into Gaza’s most heavily destroyed area after Israel lifted its closure of the north for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month war with Ha

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Thousands of Palestinians are returning to their homes in the Gaza Strip for the first time since the war erupted nearly 15 months ago and left the area in ruins

For nearly 16 months, hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians have lived in tents, barred from returning to northern Gaza. On Monday, Israel allowed them to walk back.

The return of Palestinians is a dramatic reversal of the mass exodus from the north that many had feared Israel would make permanent.