Displaced Palestinians returned to Rafah in southern Gaza as the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect. An NBC News crew captured the widespread devastation that awaited them.

Even before the ceasefire began — and as tank shelling continued — Palestinians traveled to what remains of the homes they left during the 15-month war.

Even before the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas was fully in place, Palestinians in the war-battered Gaza Strip began to return to the remains of the homes they had evacuated during the 15-month war.