People walk past the rubble of collapsed buildings in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip as residents return following a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, on January 21. — AFP
People walk past the rubble of collapsed buildings in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip as residents return following a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, on January 21. — AFP

A boy drinks water from the tap of a dispenser in his hand by the rubble of a collapsed building in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 21. — AFP
A boy drinks water from the tap of a dispenser in his hand by the rubble of a collapsed building in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 21. — AFP

A youth lays out blankets to air in the sun in a heavily-damaged building with no remaining front walls in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 21. — AFP
A youth lays out blankets to air in the sun in a heavily-damaged building with no remaining front walls in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 21. — AFP

A boy sits with a notebook on a sofa in the middle of a road past rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip , as residents return following a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, on January 21. — AFP
A boy sits with a notebook on a sofa in the middle of a road past rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip , as residents return following a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, on January 21. — AFP

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