{"id":83668,"date":"2023-11-25T14:21:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T14:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/nothing-standing-palestinians-return-to-find-gaza-homes-destroyed-israel-palestine-conflict-news\/"},"modified":"2023-11-25T14:21:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T14:21:19","slug":"nothing-standing-palestinians-return-to-find-gaza-homes-destroyed-israel-palestine-conflict-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/nothing-standing-palestinians-return-to-find-gaza-homes-destroyed-israel-palestine-conflict-news\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Nothing standing\u2019: Palestinians return to find Gaza homes destroyed | Israel-Palestine conflict News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Nothing standing\u2019: Palestinians return to find Gaza homes destroyed | Israel-Palestine conflict News<\/h2>\n<p>\u2018Nothing standing\u2019: Palestinians return to find Gaza homes destroyed | Israel-Palestine conflict News<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead css-1wt8oh6\"><em>Amid the truce, some Gaza Palestinians returned to their houses in north and central Gaza \u2013 only to find rubble and debris.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Some Palestinians returned to their homes in the central and northern parts of the Gaza Strip after a four-day truce came into effect.<\/p>\n<p>But for many, only rubble waited where their homes once stood.<\/p>\n<p>Al Jazeera\u2019s Hisham Zaqout visited the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza on Saturday, where he spoke to several Palestinians who used the pause in fighting to return to their neighbourhoods \u2013 only to find utter destruction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur home is destroyed, nothing remains standing. And most of the ducks and chickens were eaten by hungry street dogs,\u201d an elderly woman said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a war; it is a genocide,\u201d she added. \u201cIt\u2019s unprecedented crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zaqout said many residents of the Bureij camp had been forced to head to the Nuseirat refugee camp, further west, due to the constant, intense shelling by the Israeli military since last month.<\/p>\n<p>Upon returning, they found their homes levelled to the ground and some of the dead buried under the debris. The elderly woman said she used to \u201ccome every now and then, despite the ruthless shelling\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was very dangerous, but I have to come and check on my chicken livestock. I am not afraid. If I am destined to be killed, I will die. My life is not in the hands of the Zionists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center;display:block\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hamas-Israel truce deal:residents return to scenes of devastation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y6Q5ML-ovwE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"i-hope-the-ceasefire-can-last-forever\">\u2018I hope the ceasefire can last forever\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Another resident of the camp talked about the unimaginable destruction that awaited him upon his return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, I never imagined the scale of destruction; not even 1 percent of it,\u201d the young man said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy home was shelled. It suffered damages and is not fit to live in any more. It must be rebuilt all over again,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>When asked how he could stay there again, he said he would prefer to live in a house without walls \u201cthan get humiliated in overcrowded UN schools\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe drink seawater and pretend it is freshwater. What can we do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been forced to take shelter inside United Nation-run schools since the start of the war. But they have not proven safe either, and many Israeli attacks targeting them have left dozens of civilians dead.<\/p>\n<p>The truce, which runs until Monday, involves the release of dozens of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel in exchange for Israelis and other nationals held in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>It may be extended, the United States and others have signalled, but Israel and its Western allies have not supported a ceasefire in the besieged strip.<\/p>\n<p>Another Gaza resident speaking to Al Jazeera said they \u201cwish for eternal peace, not just four days, because people have gone through too many pains and are still suffering\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope the ceasefire can last forever. Why? Because we are tired, we are tired of a life like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another displaced Palestinian, a resident of Khuza\u2019a in southern Gaza, said the scale of destruction left them shocked after returning home to the north.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe destruction is very large, tears come down alone. 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