Dozens of trucks loaded with oil derivatives and supplies entered Gaza’s southern city of Rafah on Monday, after a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel went into effect on Sunday morning.

Gaza’s Palestinian Civil Defence agency says it has pulled 137 bodies of those killed in Israeli attacks from under rubble since the start of the ceasefire in Rafah alone. An estimated 10,000 bodies are buried under the concrete wasteland in Gaza.

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.

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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 in Rafah, Gaza, hesitate to return home amid war-torn conditions. Displaced residents navigate devastation, lacking basic necessities like water and electricity. With collapsed structures and debris,

Many Palestinians in Rafah express reluctance to return to their destroyed homes due to lack of basic necessities and unsafe conditions.

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.

The European Union is in talks to revive a civilian mission to monitor the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt at Rafah following the announcement of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.

Hundreds of people continue to return to their homes in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on the second day of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. FOOTAGE OF THE CITY OF RAFAH, IN THE SOUTHERN GAZA STRIP,

Smotrich said he has received assurances that Israel will resume the war after the first phase, during which 33 hostages held in Gaza are to return home and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners are to be freed. The second phase, which must still be negotiated, is to work out an end to the war and return of all remaining hostages.