Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians returned to northern Gaza on Tuesday after the Israeli military withdrew from a key crossing that had previously blocked their movement during the Hamas-Israel war. The withdrawal was part of a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel earlier this month.

Khamis and Ahmad Imarah knew they wouldn’t find much more than rubble when returning to their home in northern Gaza. But they had to go. Their father and brother are still buried under the debris, more than a year after their home was struck by Israeli forces.