Thousands of Palestinians streamed north along the coast of Gaza on Saturday, trekking by foot, car, and cart back to their abandoned homes as a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas appeared to be holding.
"It is an indescribable feeling; praise be to God," said Nabila Basal as she traveled by foot with her daughter, who she said had suffered a head wound in the war. "We are very, very happy that the war has stopped, and the suffering has ended."
Israeli troops pulled back under the first phase of a U.S.-brokered agreement reached last week to end the war, which has killed tens of thousands of people and left much of the enclave in ruins.
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