Palestinian columns with the personal effects they may have directed to North Gaza, after Israel has authorized their adoption in accordance with the current ceases.
Israel allowed the hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians to start returning home in the north this week. Although the crowd had somewhat lit Tuesday, thousands of men, women and children were still on the way, fully aware that they had little expectations but rubble.
“I am happy to be back home,” said Saif Al-Din Qazaat, who returned to Northern Gaza but had to sleep in a tent next to the ruins of his house.
“I kept a fire burning all night near the children to keep them warm … (they) slept peacefully despite the cold, but we don’t have enough covers,” said the man of 41 years old.
Mona Abu Aathra managed to travel from Central Gaza to Gaza City, although she has not yet evaluated the full extent of the war on her house.
His hometown, Beit Hanoon, was among the hardest areas affected by an Israeli military operation of several months which continued until this month’s ceasefire.
“We returned to Gaza City without anything, and there is no drinking water. Most streets are still blocked by the rubble of destroyed houses, “said the 20 -year -old player.
Despite the devastation, Abu Aathra expressed his relief to be found with his family.
“It is the first night that we are again together, me, my mother and my father. Last night, we gathered with my three brothers who were here in Gaza City. »»
More than 375,000 Palestinians have crossed northern Gaza since Israel opened the path to return on Monday morning, the United Nations announced on Tuesday. This represents more than a third of the millions of people who fled the north in the first weeks of the war at the end of 2023.
The increase in essential supplies to people is a goal. Although aid deliveries have increased since the start of the ceasefire, the need remains overwhelming.
The World Food Program said that it had distributed more food during the first four days of the ceasefire than the month of December.
But the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs Coordination (OCHA) said that those who return north would also need other essential supplies, such as drinking water, shelter equipment and kits of hygiene.
