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.

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.

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.

Palestinians in Gaza are confronting an apocalyptic landscape of devastation after a ceasefire paused more than 15 months of fighting between Israel and Hamas.

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Israel has confirmed that it will maintain control over the Rafah border crossing, the key passage between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.

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,

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.

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,

NBC News filmed grief-stricken Gazan families identifying the bodies of their loved ones, found under the rubble in Rafah and Khan Younis as the ceasefire allowed recovery efforts to be stepped up.