Walid Abu Libdeh and his daughter returned to their home in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, only to find it had been ruined beyond recognition.

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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.

Rafah was home to over a million Palestinians displaced from the Israel-Hamas war. Now, Palestinians in Gaza wade through rubble to see what remains.

Views from Rafah in Gaza Watch live views from Rafah in the Gaza Strip showing the city in ruins and the entry of humanitarian aid into the territory after a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold.

Aerial views show the absolute devastation of Rafah in southern Gaza after 15 months of war, while thousands of displaced Palestinians live in a sprawling tent city in Khan Younis.

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,

Leila and Ibrahim el Arja fled their home in Rafah, southern Gaza, in May last year. This week they returned, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, but what they found only added to their devastation.

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,

Israel has confirmed it will maintain control of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip in phase one of its ceasefire deal with Hamas.

Relatives of hostages still being held by militants in Gaza have called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ensure all remaining captives are freed.