In the southern town of Khan Younis, which has been housing thousands of displaced families including from heavily bombarded northern Gaza, streets were packed with people on the move.
"A four-day truce is not enough, those (in the north) of Gaza, may God give them patience.
SOME PEOPLE STAYAlaa Al Moubachar, sitting outside a Khan Younis medical centre with her children, said the neighbourhood where she lived in Gaza City had been destroyed.
"I just want to go back, even if just for an hour to see my house and the neighbourhood, to see Gaza (City) and what happened to it."
Some Palestinians in Khan Younis say they will wait until the end of the war before returning home.
Persons:
Khan Younis, Abu Mustafa, KHAN YOUNIS, Ahmad Wael, trudging, Souad Abou Nasirat, We're, Al Moubachar, Ahmad Kabalan, Israel, Timothy Heritage, Peter Graff
Organizations:
REUTERS, United Nations, Thomson
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Israel, Gaza, Khan, Gaza City, City