KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip -- While there was joy on the faces of some Palestinians returning to the Gaza Strip this week after two years of war , many said they found their old neighborhoods unrecognizable from the relentless fighting that reduced many of the buildings to rubble. Following the historic ceasefire agreement enacted on Monday, tens of thousands of displaced residents and nearly 2,000 Palestinians released from Israeli prisons made it back to Gaza, only to find themselves homeless. "Of course, I was happy about being released, but not happy of being displaced with no safety in place, no life necessities," said 23-year-old Abdullah Wa'el Mohammed Farhan, one of the former Palestinian prisoners freed on Monday as part of a ceasefire deal that President Donald Trump helped broker.
'This is not Gaza': Palestinians return to war-torn neighborhoods amid ceasefire

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