Residents of Gaza City prepare to return with Israeli bombing before the start of the ceasefire News of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Al-Ahli Hospital told Al Jazeera that seven bodies were recovered after Israeli helicopters attacked eastern Gaza City.

Palestinian families began to return to Gaza City At a time when Israel continued its deadly attacks on the Gaza Strip, despite the signing of the first phase of the peace agreement Ceasefire agreement This paves the way for the fighting to stop within the next 24 hours.

like Displaced families From the southern parts of the Strip moving north on Friday, Israel launched a deadly helicopter attack on a position east of Gaza City and launched airstrikes in the area south of Khan Yunis, according to Al Jazeera Arabic.

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Sources at the National Hospital in Gaza City confirmed to Al Jazeera that the bodies of seven people had been recovered from several areas of Gaza City since Friday morning.

There were no initial reports of casualties in the attacks on Khan Yunis, which also included rounds of shelling and heavy tank fire north of the city, according to Al Jazeera Arabic.

These attacks are the first to be reported in Gaza since the Israeli government ratified the first phase of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas late Thursday night.

The attacks occurred at a time when Al Jazeera’s team on the ground reported that Israel had begun Withdraw its forces back Behind the line agreed upon under the Gaza Agreement.

“What is controversial is that there has been significant activity of drones, combat aircraft and even Israeli warships since the early hours of this morning,” Al Jazeera’s Tariq Abu Azoum said in a report from Nuseirat in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.

Abu Azoum said that families began moving towards the north of the Strip, but were still waiting to enter the areas located in the Netzarim Corridor, where the Israeli army was operating.

He added: “They are waiting for the last Israeli tank to leave the area to enter the territory.”

The Gaza Civil Defense called on citizens to stay away from the border areas of Gaza City until the official announcement of the withdrawal of Israeli forces.

Earlier, the Government of Israel Approval of the “first phase” of the ceasefire The agreement, which will see a prisoner exchange and Israel withdraw from parts of Gaza, but the details of how it fits into a broader plan to achieve a lasting peace, if at all, remain unclear.

Khalil Al-Hayya, head of the Hamas negotiating delegation, said The group obtained guarantees From the United States and mediators that reaching an agreement on the first phase of the ceasefire agreement means that the war in Gaza is “completely over.”

The Israeli government’s ratification of the peace plan, which was confirmed in the early hours of Friday morning, comes… It paves the way for an end to the fighting in Gaza Within 24 hours, while Hamas was given a 72-hour timetable to release the Israeli prisoners.

The Palestinian Quds News Network reported that Gazans who left the Strip from Egypt will be allowed to return to their homes through the Rafah crossing for the first time since October 7, 2023. Gazans will also be allowed to exit to Egypt.

About 600 aid trucks will be allowed to enter Gaza daily, with traffic moving freely from the south of the Strip to its north on the Salah al-Din and Al-Rashid roads.