As Thousands Try to Return Home, Fragile Mideast Cease-Fires Are Tested
Israeli forces killed at least 22 people and injured dozens more in southern Lebanon on Sunday, Lebanese officials said. In Gaza, Israel said Hamas had violated the terms of the truce.
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Thousands of Gazans returning north; Trump suggests Jordan, Egypt take in Gazans
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Middle East live: residents try again to return to southern border villages in Lebanon
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Israel lets Palestinians start returning to north Gaza as ceasefire holds
Israel let tens of thousands of Palestinians go back to northern Gaza for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month war with Hamas, under terms of a fragile ceasefire.CBS News - 5h -
Thousands of displaced Palestinians begin return to northern Gaza
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Mediators aim to shore up fragile ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon
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Israeli forces kill 15 people in south Lebanon as residents try to return, Lebanese authorities say
Israeli forces killed 15 people in Lebanon on Sunday as a deadline for their withdrawal passed and thousands tried to return home, Lebanese authorities said.NBC News - 1d -
Bombs buried in Gaza rubble put at risk thousands returning to homes, say experts
People planning return to neighbourhoods to search for loved ones and assess damage to homes this weekend. Tens of thousands of people will risk death or injury this weekend from shells and bombs ...The Guardian - 2d -
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One Family in Gaza Returned Home. But Home Was Gone.
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Gazans return home . . . to nothing
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Bitterness and hope as Gazans consider return to destroyed homes
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Gaza ceasefire latest: ‘Shocked’ Palestinians return to their homes as rescue workers ‘ramp up’ aid deliveries
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First hostages return to Israel as ceasefire with Hamas takes effect
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Palestinians trek across rubble to return to their homes as Gaza ceasefire takes hold
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Dramatic day ushers in a fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire after 15 months of war
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White House official credits Biden's 'persistence' for Mideast ceasefire deal
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Joy fades as Gazans return to destroyed homes
After the ceasefire came into force Gaza residents celebrated, but many of those returning are facing devastation.BBC News - Jan. 19 -
Gaza Strip residents returning home as ceasefire takes effect
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Trump inherits fragile Gaza ceasefire
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Syrians in Turkey Agonize Over a Return Home
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Palestinians in Gaza are eager to return home in a ceasefire but many will find nothing left
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Victims search through the rubble as thousands of homes destroyed in Eaton Fire
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WATCH: Palisades Fire still not contained, but some families are beginning to return home
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Residents return to burned homes as LA fires rage on
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Italian journalist Cecilia Sala released from Iran and returning home
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