Hospitals and clinics destroyed. Millions of tons of debris contaminated with toxic substances, unexploded ordnance and human remains. Tens of thousands of people with injuries that will require a lifetime of care.

Tens of thousands of displaced Gaza residents ended months of exile in temporary camps and began returning to what was left of their homes on Monday after Israel opened a corridor into the north of the battered enclave.

The ceasefire agreement between Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah is in new jeopardy Sunday as various groups slow walk responsibilities under the deal.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has withdrawn a threat to quit the government if Israel does not return to fighting in Gaza, several Israeli news sites reported on Monday.

Michael Levy, brother of hostage Or Levy, joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss the ceasefire agreement and the critical need for sustained international support. Levy expressed cautious optimism about the agreement,

The fragility of the truce between Israel and Hamas was laid bare on Saturday, after Israel accused Hamas of withholding a hostage, prompting a halt in the movement of Gazan civilians back to their homes in the north.

Crowds of Palestinians fill Gaza’s main coastal road as they stream north. With their belongings on their backs, they smile, hug and sing, overjoyed at the prospect of returning home after more than a year of war.

Dr. Shehzad Batliwala was supposed to return to the United States nearly a week ago after treating patients in Gaza for two weeks. As of Monday, the Israel Defense Forces has denied his team’s requests to cross the border into Jordan six times.

After four female Israeli soldiers were released by Hamas over the weekend, six more hostages were to be released this week. Some of those expected to be freed in the first phase of the ceasefire with Israel are thought to be dead.