
Nearly two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are leaving their refugee camps and crowded shelters to finally return home after the breakthrough cease-fire deal, only to find that their homes and neighborhoods are nothing but ash and rubble after 15-months of brutal warfare. The United Nations estimates that 69% of all buildings in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed, including more than 245,000 homes — with the World Bank estimating that the first four months alone caused $18.5 billion in damages. Researchers have compared say the scale of destruction...