PALESTINIANS in Gaza are confronting an apocalyptic landscape of devastation after a ceasefire paused more than 15 months of Israeli destruction.

Across the tiny coastal enclave, where built-up refugee camps are interspersed between cities, drone footage shows mounds of rubble stretching as far as the horizon.

“As you can see, it became a ghost town,” said Hussein Barakat, 38, whose home in the southern city of Rafah was flattened.