Palestinians who had taken refuge in temporary shelters return to their homes in eastern Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip during the first hours of a four-day truce between Israel and Hamas on November 24, 2023. — AFP
Palestinians who had taken refuge in temporary shelters return to their homes in eastern Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip during the first hours of a four-day truce between Israel and Hamas on November 24, 2023. — AFP

 Palestinians who had taken refuge in temporary shelters return to their homes in eastern Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip during the first hours of a four-day truce between Israel and Hamas on November 24, 2023. — AFP
Palestinians who had taken refuge in temporary shelters return to their homes in eastern Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip during the first hours of a four-day truce between Israel and Hamas on November 24, 2023. — AFP

A woman carries her cat as Palestinians who had taken refuge in temporary shelters return to their homes in eastern Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip during the first hours of a four-day truce between Israel and Hamas on November 24, 2023. — AFP
A woman carries her cat as Palestinians who had taken refuge in temporary shelters return to their homes in eastern Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip during the first hours of a four-day truce between Israel and Hamas on November 24, 2023. — AFP

Displaced Palestinians sit in a vehicle as they look to make their way home, during a temporary truce between Hamas and Israel in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, November 24, 2023. — Reuters
Displaced Palestinians sit in a vehicle as they look to make their way home, during a temporary truce between Hamas and Israel in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, November 24, 2023. — Reuters

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