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74% of buildings in the Gaza Strip have been damaged since October 7th, including homes, stores, hospitals, and schools. This raises the question of what people are returning to and the lack of commitments to rebuild infrastructure.

Israel Katz, the Israeli defense minister, plans to shift focus to raising Gaza tunnels. They've leveled the Gaza Strip, leaving millions homeless with no infrastructure.

Over the weekend, displaced Palestinians made their journey to the neighborhoods they're from in the Gaza Strip. However, for the vast majority, Israel razed much of the area, making reconstruction incredibly costly and time-consuming.

The ceasefire in Gaza is a generational reconstruction project. Gaza is unlivable with 70 to 90% of structures destroyed, and there's an urgent need for international effort to rebuild, not just provide temporary relief.

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has led to celebrations in Gaza, with Palestinians cheering and chanting. After two years of war, an influx of aid and relief is expected to reach residents, bringing hope that this marks the end of death and destruction.

The United Nations Satellite Center estimated that 83% of all structures in Gaza City had been destroyed or damaged by late September. This number jumps to 93% for residential buildings throughout the Gaza Strip.

According to the World Bank, rebuilding Gaza will cost more than $50 billion. The American taxpayers have bankrolled the destruction, and it remains to be seen how much they will pay for reconstruction.

Hamas is claiming that they don't have the bodies of the 28 deceased hostages. The remaining hostages who are supposed to be handed over those corpses apparently are dispersed across the Gaza Strip.

Fida Haraz, a displaced Palestinian, describes the devastation: 'I'm walking in the street, but I don't know where to go. A house of multiple floors, but nothing is left. All the relatives that are near me no longer have homes. All is gone.'

Hamas communicated to mediators that it didn't know the locations of all the deceased hostages' bodies, leading to an agreement to establish an international task force for recovery.