GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians loaded cars, carts and bicycles with belongings and made their way back to their neighborhoods on Saturday, weaving through streets shrouded in dust as bulldozers began to claw through the wreckage of two years of bombardment.
What You Need To Know • Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians are returning to their neighborhoods as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas enters its second day • Aid groups are preparing to scale up relief work but many will find their homes reduced to rubble • UNICEF is urging Israel to reopen more border crossings to allow aid to flow freely • About 200 U.S. troops have arrived in Israel to help retrieve hostages and monitor the ceasefire, which Israel's military confirmed took effe