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After 15 months genocideHundreds of thousands of Palestinians return to Northern Gaza as part of a transaction to end the fire between Israel and Hamas.
Early on Monday, the Palestinians – tucked together, holding their belongings in sacks and plastic bags – began to head north Walk through the so -called corridor in unknown.
The Israeli military earlier on Monday said they would allow the Palestinians to cross Al-Rashid Street, starting at 7am (05:00 GMT) and Salah Al-Din Street with a vehicle from 9am (07: 00 GMT).
“I will start restoring my home – Brick from Brick, Wall by Wall,” said the forced Palestinian to Al Jazeera. “We will start with the removal of debris and we will restore it again.”
Ali Mahmoud of Al Jazeera, reporting Gaza, said he had “a sense of excitement and happiness to get together,” after Israel announced time for people to return home to the north.
“We have seen a change in the mood of everyone. We've never seen people who have been happy in the last 15 months, “he said.
“People describe this moment as historical. It is said that it is as important as the declaration of cessation of fire. For them, this is a victorious day. “
Hamas called the return “victory” for the Palestinians, while his ally, the Palestinian Islamic jihad, said it was “the answer to all who dream of displacing our people.”
In a statement, Hamas said the Palestinians were returning to areas from which they were forcibly displaced, confirm their relationship to their land, and again “prove the failure of the occupation to achieve aggressive goals for displacing people and violate their unwavering will.”
In the first days of the war, Israel evacuated about 1.1 million people from North Gaza to prepare for ground invasion.
On Sunday, Israeli forces had blocked the Palestinian civilians to approach the crossing of Netsar, shooting on the crowds Several times the killing of at least two Palestinians, according to medical sources.
The hike to the north came after Qatar announced that the Palestinian group Hamas had agreed to release a female Israeli captive Arbel Yehud and others until Friday. Qatar also provided information about the conditions of captives, which will be released in the first phase of the fire termination transaction agreed on January 19.
Israel delayed the discovery of the corridor in an unlucky, initially scheduled for the weekend because of the release of Yehud.
Hamas has accused Israel in violation of the fire termination agreement, although the group informed mediators that it was alive and gave all the necessary guarantees for its release.
However, in the early hours of Monday, the Catar Foreign Ministry announced that Hamas had agreed to release Yehud and two more captives before Friday.
“A small promising sign”
Omar Baddar, a former deputy director of the Arab American Institute, said it was cautiously optimistic that the Palestinians return to their homes in North Gaza.
“There is no doubt that Israel has ambitions to take up North Gaza. This is part of the reason why they have completely destroyed it and expelled people from the area, “Baddar told Al Jazeera.
“So, although this is a small promising sign – that they will allow people to return within this agreement – they allow them to return to an area that is completely devastated. There is no indication that they will allow them to restore their homes in the area, “he said.
Israel's genocide in Gaza killed at least 47 306 Palestinians and wounds 111 483 of October 7, 2023. At least 1139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks and more than 200 were captive.
Palestinian inhabitants in enclave say that actual mortality during the 15th months of the ruthless Israeli air and an attack on Earth can be much higher as they dig bodies from the ruins.
Israeli attacks have displaced about 90 percent of 2.3 million Gaza residents, some of them forced to move many times over.
