The Independent – The picture that cries out: agree a ceasefire now

The Independent says residents find homes flattened and destruction everywhere after Israeli forces pull out following months of relentless assault – as Qatar says it is cautiously optimistic about ceasefire talks. 

Palestinians are slowly returning to the devastated city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza to find their homes completely destroyed with piles of rubble lying in bombed-out craters. Picking their way through twisted metal and shattered buildings, it seems extraordinary anyone would ever go back – but they fear what the Israeli military may have planned next.

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