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80% of displaced Palestinians are back in northern Gaza: Report

Wednesday, 29 January 2025 4:37 PM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 29 January 2025 4:38 PM ]

The aerial photo shows the displaced Gazans heading to Gaza City on January 27, 2025. (AFP)

The Government Media Office of Gaza said on Wednesday that 80% of the displaced Palestinians have returned home in the north over the past few days.

For the third consecutive day, Palestinians have been traveling via the Rashid Road to reach the region.

Local media reports said the people carried whatever possible on the 7-kilometer route to Gaza City and the surrounding areas devastated by the barbaric Israeli bombardment.

The return home began in the wake of the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel over the exchange of Israeli captives and Palestinian abductees.

The office said the available tents do not meet the needs of the returning Palestinians.

“The number of tents that have entered the Strip is insufficient to meet the needs.”

The office highlighted a decline in the number of aid trucks entering, which contradicts the terms outlined in the ceasefire agreement.

“Large quantities of aid are still stuck at the borders of the Gaza Strip.”

Implications of Gaza ceasefire

The ceasefire marks a significant victory for Hamas, with Israel agreeing to withdraw its forces, reopen the Rafah crossing, and facilitate humanitarian aid.

Elsewhere in the statement, the office said no heavy equipment had yet entered the besieged Strip to help in removing the rubble and recovering the bodies of Palestinians.

The Gaza Strip faces a dire humanitarian crisis.

Israel’s ruthless campaign of death and destruction in Gaza has pushed the death toll to over 47,000. The glaring figure is expected to rise as thousands more bodies are believed to lie under rubble.

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