A search for Beit Hanoun in Google Maps will reveal a massive Star of David carved into the ground of former farmland in northern Gaza.

The full scale of the humanitarian challenge ahead is emerging as displaced Palestinians return home, writes the BBC's Paul Adams.

Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians began returning home to northern Gaza on Monday, bracing for what awaits them in a region that has been reduced to rubble by months of brutal bombardment and fighting.

The Hamas Beit Hanoun Battalion Commander was filmed walking among the rubble as he spoke of Hamas's 'victory' in Gaza. In May the IDF claimed to have eliminated him.

The ceasefire came into effect Sunday after an initial three-hour delay, during which almost 20 more Palestinians were killed, according to medics in the decimated Palestinian territory. Under the terms of the deal,

On the tenth day of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, convoys of returnees continue to flood the central and northern parts of the Gaza Strip, traveli

Hamas officials accused Israel yesterday of delaying aid deliveries to Gaza and jeopardising a truce and hostage release deal, an allegation Israel

Hamas officials accused Israel on Wednesday of delaying aid deliveries to Gaza and jeopardising a truce and hostage release deal, an allegation Israel dismissed as "fake news."

Even before the ceasefire officially took effect, many Palestinians moved through the wreckage to reach their homes, some on foot and others hauling their belongings on donkey carts.

As survivors in Gaza begin to return to their homes during the first ceasefire in over a year, we speak to Sharif Abdel Kouddous of Drop Site News about the future of those who have been displaced. As Palestinians are “returning to a devastated landscape

Displaced again and again, the ceasefire allowed the Abu Jarad to return to their hollowed-out, destroyed – but still standing – home.