Aerial views show the absolute devastation of Rafah in southern Gaza after 15 months of war, while thousands of displaced Palestinians live in a sprawling tent city in Khan Younis.

Palestinians get a first glimpse at the devastation in the southern city of Rafah in Gaza after Israeli troops withdraw following a ceasefire.

Rafah, Gaza Strip - Dozens of humanitarian aid trucks entered Rafah, located in the southern Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, witnessing a city devastated by Israeli attacks after 14 months of bombardment. Camera: MOHAMMED SABER.

While some Palestinians were able to dig up miscellaneous items deep under the rubble, many felt hopeless after dreaming about the possibility of returning to their homes and repairing or rebuilding them.

Aid trucks drove through the rubble in Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah on Wednesday, while displaced Palestinians—many of them children—chased after the vehicles, desperately trying to grab aid boxes off the moving trucks.

Israel has confirmed that it will maintain control over the Rafah border crossing, the key passage between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied reports on Wednesday that he allowed the Palestinian Authority to run the Rafah border crossing on the border between Gaza and Egypt. The border crossing is slated to open next week on day seven of a ceasefire agreement that halted Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

Israel will maintain control of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza during the initial ceasefire phase with Hamas. The Palestinian Authority will not manage the crossing, and vetted Palestinians will stamp passports.

Dozens of trucks loaded with oil derivatives and supplies entered Gaza’s southern city of Rafah on Monday, after a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel went into effect on Sunday morning.

Following the start of the ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war on Sunday members of Gaza's Civil Defence have been been searching areas in Rafah which were targeted by Israeli military operations. “We've retrieved 120 decomposed bodies over the past two days,

Israel has confirmed it will maintain control of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip in phase one of its ceasefire deal with Hamas.

An NBC News crew returned to Rafah's Al-Najjar Hospital months after Israel's ground offensive forced the hospital to close and thousands to evacuate. Dr. Marwan al-Hams, the director of field hospitals in Gaza,