Palestinians speak to the BBC as they join hundreds of thousands returning to their homes, or the ruins of them.

Large numbers of Palestinians headed to the north of the Gaza Strip for the first time in months after Israel withdrew part of its troops from the Netzarim corridor as part of a cease-fire agreement.

Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians returning to their homes in northern Gaza have passed through checkpoints in a central zone of the enclave where scanners check for concealed weapons being taken in cars and vehicles.