By ABDEL KAREEM HANA, SAM METZ, SARAH EL DEEB and SAM MEDNICK

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Gaza ceasefire held in its second day as tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians returned to their neighborhoods Saturday and Israelis cheered Monday’s expected release of remaining hostages.

“Gaza is completely destroyed. I have no idea where we should live or where to go,” said Mahmoud al-Shandoghli in Gaza City as bulldozers clawed through the wreckage of two years of war . A boy climbed a shattered building to raise the Palestinian flag.

Displaced Palestinians ride on trucks loaded with belongings and wave Egyptian and Palestinian flags as they travel along the coastal road near Wadi Gaza in the central Gaza Strip, moving toward Gaza city, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, after Israel and Ham

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