Gaza has become a wasteland of ruins and rubble due to Israel's conflict with Hamas following the terror organization's surprise attack on Oct. 7, 2023. However, now that a ceasefire is in place, families are returning to their neighborhoods, hoping to rebuild the places they once called home.

The ceasefire was meant to mark an end to the misery of displacement for Palestinians, but many are returning to destroyed homes.

A private American security company will take over a key checkpoint on the road to northern Gaza in the coming days as Israeli forces withdraw from the area on Saturday, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN.

US private security contractors are set to monitor vehicles of displaced Palestinians returning from southern Gaza to their homes in the destroyed north, US media reported on Thursday, citing government officials.