Hospitals and clinics destroyed. Millions of tons of debris contaminated with toxic substances, unexploded ordnance and human remains. Tens of thousands of people with injuries that will require a lifetime of care.

Crowds of Palestinians filled Gaza’s main coastal road as they streamed north. With their belongings on their backs, they smiled, hugged and sang, overjoyed at the prospect of returning home after more than a year of war. But ahead of the returning Palestinians lies an uncertain fate.

The devastation of the kibbutz of Manara, near the Lebanese border, became a symbol of the heavy price of fighting.

Mediator Qatar says an agreement has been reached to release an Israeli civilian hostage and allow Palestinians to return to northern Gaza. The deal eases the first major crisis of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Israeli forces in southern Lebanon on Sunday opened fire on protesters demanding their withdrawal in line with a ceasefire agreement, killing at least 22 and injuring 124, Lebanese health officials reported.

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he would like to see Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations increase the number of Palestinian refugees they are accepting from the Gaza Strip.

Some 70 people were killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan.

The Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal gave both sides 60 days to remove their forces from southern Lebanon and for the Lebanese army to move in and secure the area. Israel says Hezbollah and the Lebanese army haven’t met their obligations, while Lebanon accuses the Israeli army of hindering the Lebanese military from taking over.

Israeli authorities released an additional 200 Palestinians from imprisonment on Saturday, the second wave to be freed in exchange for Israeli hostages as part of a January ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

Four female Israeli soldiers held hostage by Hamas have returned safely to Israel after the militants paraded them in front of a crowd of thousands in Gaza City.