Following the implementation of the ceasefire deal on Sunday, families have started to emerge from their evacuation shelters and open-air encampments and head back to check on what is left of their homes and businesses, reports Al Jazeera.
They have returned to Rafah, to the eastern areas of the Gaza Strip, and to Jabalia refugee camp.
They have found nothing but destruction, and described the scale of the damage to be incredibly pervasive.
Apparently, families were planning to move their makeshift tents from their evacuation centres to their homes and to build on the remnants of their destroyed buildings.
But we have heard from many that they will return to their makeshift tents because there are simply no signs of life in the areas where they used to live.
Bd-pratidin English/Tanvir Raihan
