Heartfelt Reunions Amid Ruins: Life After the Gaza Ceasefire | The Picture Show | NPR

Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons arrive by bus and are warmly received outside Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on Monday.
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Buses carrying Palestinians released under the Gaza ceasefire and hostage exchange arrive outside Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on Monday.
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A man raises a young girl to catch a glimpse of buses transporting Palestinians freed from Israeli detention, arriving at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on Monday.
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Zaid al-Junaidi, 49, shares a heartfelt reunion with his wife and children at their Hebron residence in the West Bank after his release from Israeli imprisonment on Tuesday. Having endured years behind bars, his family celebrates his homecoming.
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On Monday, a military helicopter lands at Beilinson hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel, transporting Israeli hostages recently freed from Hamas captivity in Gaza.
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Rom Breslavski, recently freed Israeli hostage, steps off a helicopter at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, on Monday.
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In Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square on Monday, people wave Israeli flags and hold placards expressing gratitude to President Trump as they watch a live broadcast of hostages released from Gaza, part of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
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An aerial perspective of the Al-Mawasi region in Khan Younis, Gaza, reveals thousands of displaced Palestinians residing in temporary tents along the coastline following the ceasefire agreement on Tuesday.
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In Gaza City on Tuesday, a Palestinian woman cleans the vicinity of tents set up amid the ongoing ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
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Following the ceasefire, trucks loaded with humanitarian supplies pass through the Kissufim border crossing into Gaza on Tuesday.
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Amid the ceasefire, Palestinians stroll past a bulldozer clearing debris from main roads in Gaza City on Tuesday.
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On Tuesday, residents watch as a truck transporting the bodies of Palestinians previously detained in Israel arrives at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip.
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A young child perches atop a vehicle packed with possessions as displaced Palestinians make their way back to their homes in the al-Zahra neighborhood, north of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, on Tuesday.
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Funeral attendees walk alongside the vehicle carrying the coffin of Guy Illouz, a hostage killed during the conflict, during his procession in Rishon Lezion, Israel, on Wednesday. His remains were returned from Gaza as part of the ceasefire agreement.
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Morgue staff unload the bodies of Palestinians who had been detained in Israel, transported by Red Crescent vehicles and refrigerated trucks, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Wednesday.
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Residents of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza gather to receive food aid from a charity kitchen on Wednesday, two days after the ceasefire took effect. The reopening of Gaza’s sole border crossing was anticipated to facilitate aid deliveries as part of the US-supported ceasefire.
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In Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, Palestinians eagerly approach trucks delivering aid from the World Food Programme on Wednesday.
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