‘All of us carry heavy hearts,’ Gaza journalist Shrouq Al-Aila says

Israel declared a ceasefire and started pulling back troops in Gaza on Friday, as thousands of displaced Palestinians began to make their way back to their wrecked homes. “Today is a historic day,” Shrouq Al-Aila, an independent journalist in Deir al-Balah, told FRANCE 24. “But all of us are carrying heavy hearts. The killing has stopped, but there is another war that began today – that of navigating life in the aftermath.”