'A long, long road ahead': Gaza rebuilds from zero

The full scale of the humanitarian challenge ahead is emerging as displaced Palestinians return home, writes the BBC's Paul Adams.

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For Gazans displaced for the 15 months, the distance is not far – the Gaza Strip is a tiny place – but today's journey is just the start of a desperately uncertain future for this war-ravaged place.

The scale of the looming humanitarian challenge is hard to comprehend.

"There are no facilities, no services, no electricity, no water, no infrastructure," Gazan journalist Ghada el-Kurd said, as she prepared to make her own way back north from Deir el-Balah, where she's been sheltering for months.

"We have to re-establish again from the beginning, from zero."

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