With the return of the Palestinians to Gaza City, solutions and a mixture of despair

For the first time in more than a year, tens of thousands of Palestinians arrived at their homes in the northern Gaza Strip, giving way to a mixture of bliss and despair.

On Tuesday, throughout Gaza City, people had an emotional reunion with family members who remained in northern Gaza during the war. But returning to the homeland was a shock and depression: the campaign of bombing Israel had led to the settlement of the entire neighborhoods, making it barely piles of rubble.

“We overcome joy-we finally in our region near friends and family a year later. To Rafah, Deir Allah and Noshair after they left the north.” But our house has disappeared and feels that Our future is also over. “

The public return to the northern Gaza began after the withdrawal of the Israeli forces from the coastal Gaza road on Monday, according to the conditions of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, allowing the displacement to move north.

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were from northern Gaza South escaped At the beginning of Israel’s military attack against Hamas. Nearly 16 months ago, they lived in tents, temporary shelters, schools, and the role of friends and relatives.

At the present time, Mr. Sadri, his wife and their seven children reside in his parents ’house, who survived the war but lacks water and power.

While he was walking for five hours on Monday from Nossi in the center of Gaza to Gaza City, Mr. Al -Solh passed a construction that was demolished after another, which made him wonder about the period that Gaza would take to rebuild.

He said about Gaza City: “The entire city is broken.” “It will pass years before we restore our home.”

The north of Gaza was one of the places in the coastal pocket that hit it hard during the war. The place where the Israeli army focused its campaign in the wake of the Hamas 2023 attack on southern Israel, which left nearly 1,200 people dead and 250 others of the hostage. The Israeli forces caused huge damage to the residential blocs, hospitals and schools – the places that Israel accused Hamas militants of exploiting military purposes and use to hide among civilians.

With the destruction everywhere, the north of Gaza needed tents and units, temporary housing, according to Samah Hamad, the Minister of Social Development of the Palestinian Authority.

Mrs. Hamad, who participated in the efforts of the Palestinian Authority to send relief to the region, said that tens of thousands of tents waited for Israel’s approval to enter Gaza. Although the authority, which is located in the West Bank occupied by Israel, does not control Gaza, it has some active employees there.

“These tents need to reach people immediately,” she said in an interview.

According to the conditions of the initial stage of the ceasefire deal, it is supposed to enter at least 60,000 temporary housing units and 200,000 tents in Gaza. Kojat, the Israeli government agency responsible for coordinating aid delivery to Gaza, said tens of thousands of tents entered the region in the past two weeks, including 15 trucks to northern Gaza last day.

On Tuesday, Majed Al Zari, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Qatar, who was a mediator in the ceasefire talks alongside Egypt, said that there are challenges related to a kind of relief that was entering Gaza and the regions in that were arriving.

“Entering aid is not an easy problem,” he told reporters.

Thousands of trucks carrying humanitarian relief have entered Gaza since the beginning of the ceasefire, but relief workers said more needed to meet the needs of the population.

The ceasefire deal struck between Israel and some enthusiasm Break During the weekend, but Mr. Al -Zari said he did not believe that there was no “real violation” of the agreement that might lead to an escalation.

On Saturday, Israel said it would prevent the movement of the Palestinians to the north of Gaza until plans are determined to release it White painting JewsOne of the last civil women in captivity in Gaza. Israeli officials said that the agreement was asking Mrs. Jews to release her on Saturday.

A day later, the problem was solved when Hamas confirmed that Mrs. Jews and other hostages will be released this week and Israel agreed to allow the displaced Palestinians to return to the north starting on Monday.

Israeli and enthusiastic officials have also been ready for a new round of negotiations aimed at enhancing the ceasefire and allowing more hostages and Palestinian prisoners, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet in Israel on Wednesday on Wednesday, according to a spokesman for Mr. Netanyahu.

Mr. Witkoff played an important role in the secrecy of the initial ceasefire deal, as a team with officials from the Biden, Qatar and Egypt administration in the days before the opening of Mr. Trump.

The master was expected to visit the Gaza Strip during his journey. Last week, he told Fox News that he would go to Gaza to be part of an inspection team visiting two parts of the coastal pocket.

“We have to make sure that the implementation is going well,” He said.

On Monday, Anwar Abu Hindi, 41, walked for more than four hours from the Monastery of Balla to reach her home in Gaza City, a stressful journey that requires a frequent space. Although she described the destruction as “behind the nightmares”, Mrs. Abu Al -Hindi said that her souls are still raising by returning home.

She said, “I can feel the atmosphere of my city.” She added, “The gentle breeze feels as if he welcomes us.” “It is a special moment, despite all the difficulties.”

Bilal Shibt The reports contributed.