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Israel says it will open the Rafah border crossing to pedestrians in the coming days, potentially allowing some of the Gazans who fled the Strip to return. Three Palestinians from Gaza now living in exile explain why they aren't getting their hopes up
Israel's announcement that Gaza's Rafah crossing will reopen to pedestrians in the next few days carried radically different meanings for Palestinians who fled the Strip during the war. For some, it reopened the possibility of return, however fragile. For others, it underscored a more painful reality: There is no home left to return to.
