Rafah, Palestinians

'Where are the houses?' Palestinian man says after returning to remnants of Rafah home
While some Palestinians were able to dig up miscellaneous items deep under the rubble, many felt hopeless after dreaming about the possibility of returning to their homes and repairing or rebuilding them.
Displaced Palestinians return to Rafah devastated by Israeli attacks
Hundreds of people continue to return to their homes in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on the second day of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. However, the displaced are returning to a city almost completely devastated by Israeli attacks on the enclave over the past 15 months,
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 returning to Rafah find Al-Najjar Hospital in ruins
An NBC News crew returned to Rafah's Al-Najjar Hospital months after Israel's ground offensive forced the hospital to close and thousands to evacuate. Dr. Marwan al-Hams, the director of field hospitals in Gaza,
‘Where are the houses?’ Palestinians return to a grim Rafah to see what remains of their homes
More Palestinians are returning to where they lived in the Gaza Strip before they were displaced in the 15-month-long war, after a ceasefire took effect Sunday. Some on Tuesday were shocked to see what little remains of their homes that once stood in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
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,
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.
Palestinians in Gaza return to Rafah to find a city of rubble and ash
Palestinians get a first glimpse at the destroyed southern city of Rafah in Gaza after Israeli troops withdrew following the ceasefire agreement with Hamas.
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.
Palestinians return to Rafah after truce between Israel and Hamas
Flowers, trees, everything, you wouldn't believe what it was like, look,” says Dr. Radwan Abu Abed in tears as he rummages through the rubble of what was once his home in Rafah, the southern Gaza city that borders Egypt and has been the target of an intense Israeli offensive since May of last year.
Gaza Civil Defence teams recover dozens of remains during Rafah search after ceasefire takes effect
Following the start of the ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war on Sunday members of Gaza's Civil Defence have been been ...
Destruction left behind in Rafah, Gaza after eight months of Israel’s military offensive
Palestinians in Gaza are confronting an apocalyptic landscape of devastation after a ceasefire paused more than 15 months of ...
Israel violates ceasefire on second day, kills Palestinian child, injures another in Gaza's Rafah
An Israeli sniper shot dead a Palestinian child in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip on Monday, Al Jazeera reported. The ...
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 ...
Palestinians confront a landscape of destruction in Gaza’s ‘ghost towns’
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians in Gaza are confronting an apocalyptic landscape of devastation after a ceasefire ...
Israel army chief resigns over October 7 Hamas attack ‘failure’
The head of Israel’s military resigned on Tuesday, taking responsibility for its “failure” to stop Hamas’ October 7 attack, ...